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The 2025 Haudenosaunee Festival will take place Sept. 11 – 13 on ����AV��Ƶ’s Peace Quad, unless otherwise noted. Outdoor events will be held weather permitting.

Thursday, Sept. 11

10 – 11 a.m.

Festival Opening and Three Sisters Garden Harvest 
Location: Science 1 Courtyard

11 a.m. – noon

Chris Thomas and Smoke Dancers 
Location: Science 1 Courtyard

4–5:30 pm

"Witness at Standing Rock”
Suzanne Halbritter (Onondaga, Eel clan) will speak about her experience between November 2016 and February 2017, photographing events at the Standing Rock Protests organized to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. She was among many Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous people who gathered to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Location: ����AV��Ƶ Art Museum, Main Gallery

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Friday, Sept. 12

9 a.m. – noon

Canoe in the Spirit of Two-Row Wampum
Opening Ceremony by Faithkeeper Tony Gonyea at Otisiningo Park
Led by Hickory Edwards and River Rick
Location: Otsiningo Park to Confluence Park

noon – 5 p.m.

Artisans and Vendors
Location: Peace Quad

1 – 3:30 p.m.

Witness to Injustice (invitation only)
Location: Peace Quad

3 – 4:30 p.m.

Sherri Hopper and the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers
Location: Fine Arts, Studio B
Sponsored by the ����AV��Ƶ School of the Arts

5:30 – 7 p.m.

Chris Thomas and Smoke Dancers
Location: Peace Quad

7 – 9 p.m.

Sacred Medicine
Location: Peace Quad

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Saturday, Sept. 13

10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Opening Address
Location: Peace Quad

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lacrosse Youth Clinic with Professional Lacrosse Players
History and clinic by Hiana Thompson and Jerome Thompson Sr.

10:30 – 11 am

History of Lacrosse
Location: Peace Quad

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lacrosse Clinic
Location: College in the Woods (turf field)

11 a.m. – noon

Storytelling for Children of All Ages: Perry Ground
Location: Peace Quad (main tent)

Noon – 2 p.m.

Contemporary Music Band: Sacred Medicine
Location: Peace Quad (main tent)

2 – 3 p.m.

Panel: Water Ideology
Led by Curtis Waterman
Location: Peace Quad (main tent)

3  – 3:45 p.m.

Panel: Renewing Waterways
Led by Hickory Edwards
Location: Peace Quad (main tent)

4  – 5:30 p.m.

Sherri Hopper and the Onondaga Nation Dancers
Location: Peace Quad (main tent)

5:30 – 5:45 p.m.

Closing Ceremony
Location: Peace Quad