Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign

Schedule for Events and Paddling down the Hudson

July 27 - August 10

Two Row Wampum Renewal Send-off Celebration Festival

•Saturday, July 27, 10 am - 5 pm

Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

Tom Porter, Rick Hill, Pura Fe Crescioni, Margo Thunderbird, Akwesasne Women Singers, children’s activities and more. Contacts: Kevin: [email protected] or Lori:[email protected]

•Sunday, July 28: Launch of the Two Row Flotilla

10 am Launch Ceremony

Rensselaer Boat Launch, Forbes Ave., Rensselaer

Land Schodack Island Park 4:30 pm

•Monday, July 29: Schodack to Coxsackie

Launch at 10 am

Land Coxsackie River Front Pk 4:30 pm

Sharing the River of Life program, 7 pm

Speakers: Mike McDonald, Akwesasne Mohawk Cultural Specialist and Educator and Aya Yamamoto, organizer with the Two Row Campaign.

•Tuesday, July 30: Coxsackie to Catskill Pt Pk

Launch 10 am

Land Catskill Point Park/Dutchman’s 4:30 pm

Protecting the River of Life, 7 pm

Speakers: Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, David Braun, Wes Gillingham and others

•Wednesday, July 31: Catskill to Ulster Landing

Launch 10 am

Land Ulster Landing 4:30 pm

Indigenous Rights and African-American Freedom Struggles, 7 pm

Speakers: Dr. Airy Dixon (scholar on Native American history of Indigenous & African descent), Rev Modele Clark (African American leader in Hudson Valley) and Allison Smith of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign.

Drummers: Nick Miles, Airy Dixon, and their drum group

•Thursday, August 1: Ulster Landing to Norrie Park

Launch 9:30 am, lunc

Land Norrie Park 5:30 pm, 13 miles

A Grand Convergence: The Two Row Wampum Campaign and Unity Riders,11 am Lunch event at Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston

Speakers: Nina Postupack, County Clerk, Ulster Co., Mayor of Kingston, Tadodaho Sid Hill (Onondaga), Jim Davis, Hawk Storm, Unity Rider Chief Gus High Eagle

•Friday, August 2: Norrie Park to Poughkeepsie

Launch 11 am

Land Hudson River Rowing Association 3 pm

Lacrosse: The Creator’s Game, 5:30 pm

Speakers: Alf Jacques [Onondaga Turtle Clan], traditional lacrosse stick carver and lacrosse player; Orris Edwards (Onondaga) player on the Iroquois Nationals under 19 lacrosse team; and Dr. Philip Arnold, professor of religion at Syracuse University and the founding director of Skanonh: The Great Law of Peace Center