Nya:wëh (Thank you) to all of you who attended, performed, vended, and helped to make Ganondagan's Indigenous Music & Arts Festival a momentous, memorable and profound event! We are truly grateful for the cultural sharing, relationship building, and love!
Photo credit Alex Hamer Photography
Special thanks to -
Our Māori guests, Tā Derek Lardelli & Kahurangi Rose Lardelli, Tāwera Tahuri, Tama Waipara, Tasha Tāiri, Fiona Collis, Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Margaret Aull, Carla Ruka
Haudenosaunee artists, Hayden Haynes, Marie Watt, Linley Logan, Katsitsionni Fox
Haudenosaunee Artist Demonstrators: Tonia Loran Galban, Jamie Jacobs, Dan Hill, Lauren Jimerson, Marrisa Corwin Manitowabi , Angela Ferguson, Cami Jones, Jocelyn Jones, Angel Jimerson, Ionawiienhawi Sargent, Tsioiannio Galban
Performers: Keith Secola & his Wild Band, Sinquah Family Hoop Dancers, Allegany River Seneca Dancers, Perry Ground, Tonia Loran Galban
Festival specialists - Alex Hamer, Matt Saxon @lakeontariopress, Stellar Sound, John Stewart/Parking & Security, Ansley Jemison @orignialpeoples_podcast, Peter Jemison, Saul Schuster
Support from NYSCA, The Community Foundation of Rochester, Wegmans, RIT National Institute of the Deaf, Creative New Zealand, Creatives Rebuild New York, Flower City Arts, and The Evergreen State College's House of Welcome Cultural Arts Center
The festival wouldn't be possible without the help of -
Ganondagan State Historic Site Staff & Maintenance Staff, Friends of Ganondagan Board of Trustees, Friends of Ganondagan Staff, AND our AMAZING Volunteers!
We are also grateful for all of the Native American Art Vendors and Food Vendors that joined us for this special weekend!
If we left anyone out in our thank you's, it was not our intention - Please accept our heartfelt Thank YOU!
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