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Virtual June Cultural Day

Date
27 June, 2020, 9 AM-9 PM
Contact
Anna
360-298-5648

Join us virtually on Saturday, June 27 for a full day of cultural activities! Please always check here for the latest info in case of changes.

 

MORNING CRAFT CLASSES

9:00 - 11:00 - Cedar hearts OR quarter bags

9:00 - 12:00 - Knitted headbands

9:00 - 1:00 - Rattle carving OR medallion beading 

*For craft kits, US residents RSVP by June 15 and international residents RSVP by June 8.

*Craft kit details below

 

AFTERNOON TALKS

1:00 - 1:30 - History talk with Tom Wooten

1:30 - 2:30 - Ethnobotany with Dean Dan Jr

2:30 - 3:00 - Singing practice with Kelly Hall

3:00 - 3:30 - Storytelling with Roger Fernandes

*RSVP to get the link

 

FAMILY REUNIONS

4:00 - 6:00 - Want to meet new cousins and swap family stories? RSVP for our virtual family reunions! We’ll group citizens by family trees and send you a link to your family’s chatroom. 

 

FILM FEST

Day 2 of our Film Fest starts at 6:00. 

6:00 - 8:20     Little Big Man, PG-13, adventure, comedy, drama
8:30 - 10:00   Dance Me Outside, R, comedy, drama

 

 

CRAFT KITS 

If you missed the RSVP deadline or want to use your own supplies, this is what you'll need for each class.


Cedar hearts
  • 8 strips of cedar half an inch wide and 10 inches long
  • 3 ft waxy sinew 
  • 2 clothes pins
  • a container for soaking cedar
  • damp towel or other damp work surface


Quarter bags
  • 25 yds of super bulky weight yarn (we are using Wool-Ease)
  • cardboard cut to ~8 by 5 inches with ~14 slots on opposite sides of the cardboard (it needs to have the same number of slots on each side)

 

Knitted headbands

  • 100 yds superbulky yarn (we'll be using Buttercream or Wool-Ease)
  • size 15 circular needles, 18" or 24" long

Medallion beading 
  • Size 10 or 11 beads in several colors
  • Size 10 or 11 needles
  • 2-4 inch pattern on stiff white felt
  • Stiff black felt (for backing)
  • Size 00 or D thread
  • Beeswax
  • Felt beading mat
  • Sinew or leather for the necklace
  • Hot glue gun or industrial strength glue

Rattle carving 
  • A rattle blank that's been glued together with the rattle pieces inside
  • Detail carving knife
  • Sandpaper, fine-grained
  • Black halibut/fish cord (approx. 1 yard)
  • Tracing carbon paper