“Jöhehgöh” They Sustain Us, Indigenous Food Event | Beyond the Nest (Rochester)

“Jöhehgöh” They Sustain Us, Indigenous Food Event


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 06/22/2024
Join us at Ganondagan for “Jöhehgöh” They Sustain Us - Indigenous Food Event with Braiding Sweetgrass author, Robin Kimmerer (Potawatomi), chef Loretta Barrett Oden (Potawatomi), and Haudenosaunee culture bearers for demonstrations, hands-on activities, speaking, and a delicious, Indigenous lunch. This will be an engaging cultural experience as two internationally known Potawatomi women - Robin Wall Kimmerer (botanist, author, educator) and Loretta Barrett Oden (Indigenous award-winning chef, food historian, and cultural advocate) share their insights. Learn about Jöhehgöh (The Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, Squash) through demonstrations and hands on activities. Chef Loretta Barrett Oden will be creating a delicious, Indigenous inspired lunch featuring Ganondagan's White Corn. ​

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Books will be available for purchase at the Ganondagan Gift Shop and Robin Kimmerer and Loretta Barret Oden will be available for book signings that day. 

The program will include -

  • Traditional Opening - Pete Jemison

  • Welcome - Jeanette Jemison

  • Traditional Cooking - Ange Ferguson

  • Cornbread Wheels - Ionawiienhawi Sargent

  • Corn Pounding - Elsie Jemison & Josie Sargent

  • Corn Washing - Andrea Cooke  

  • Cornhusk Flower Making - Ronnie Reitter

  • Cornhusk Braiding Table Display - Ganondagan Interpretive Staff

  • Meet the Cooks - Loretta Barrett Oden, Ange Ferguson, Ionawiienhawi Sargent and Andrea Cooke

  • White Corn Inspired, Indigenous Lunch 

  • “The Good Mind & Corn Sorting” with Angel Jimerson

  • Keynote Speaker, Robin Kimmerer

  • Book Signings with Robin Kimmerer & Loretta Barrett Oden


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Location:

Boughton Hill Road 7000 County Road 41
Victor, NY, 14564
United States

Phone:

585-924-5848
Contact name: 
Ganondagan State Historic Site
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
06/22/2024
Time: 
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM ​
Price: 
$100 for current members, $125 for public, Pre-registration only!

Ages

Adults without kids