Whether Tribal members attending the Family Reunion Festival want to learn how to research family history, work on creating items for their regalia or even take a tour of the CPN Eagle Aviary, there are plenty of opportunities to explore Potawatomi culture this weekend.
Absorbing Potawatomi culture and history
For those who want to appreciate and learn more about Potawatomi culture, there are several different options.
Tours to the CPN Eagle Aviary are available each day. Tours begin at 7 a.m. Friday and Saturday and at 8 a.m. Sunday and are available each hour, with the last tour beginning at 11 a.m. Those wanting to participate must register at the CHC. A bus will transport those who have signed up from the CHC to the Aviary.
An Aviary Q&A session will also take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday and 1 to 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the CHC Long Room.
For those who want to learn more about the Potawatomi language, there will be Potawatomi Language Research presentations from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the CHC Library.
Lacrosse/stickball demonstrations will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, then from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Author and artist Minisa Crumbo Halsey will give a presentation on her book, Going to CPN Family Reunion, from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday in the Long Room. She collaborated with the CPN Language Department to publish the children’s book, which she wrote and illustrated. There will also be a kids’ workshop incorporated in the presentation.
On Saturday, there will also be a presentation about Uniontown from noon to 1 p.m. in the CHC Long Room. Tribal Legislator Jon Boursaw, Tribal member Scott Holzmeister and Dr. Blair Schneider, Ph.D., from the Kansas Geological Survey will discuss findings from the Uniontown Cemetery in Kansas.
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