We are excited to announce that we are once again able to invite a limited number of friends to join us on Saturday, Oct. 16 for this year's eighth annual harvest of sacred Ponca corn, planted on Ponca Nation land, on Art & Helen Tanderup's family farm in the path of the now-cancelled Keystone XL pipeline.
Please note re: COVID: We are inviting folks who are *vaccinated* to join the event, and also to wear masks while out in the fields helping harvest the corn. You must register online to attend.(There will also be a film crew documenting the event, and you may be asked to sign a release.)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m (Optional): Arrival and socially-distanced brown-bag lunch provided
(Bring a camping/lawn chair if possible, and your own refillable water bottle)
1:30 p.m: Ride the flatbed tractor into the field for circle prayer and harvest the corn
(Note: No sandals or open-toed shoes -- there are sand burrs and uneven surfaces in the field)
3:15 p.m: Return to Art & Helen's place
3:30 p.m - 4:00 p.m: Prayer and closing remarks at the medicine wheel at Tanderups' Ponca Trail of Tears Pipeline Fighters Arboretum
WHERE: Ponca Nation land, Tanderup Farm near Neligh, NE (address on RSVP)
In May, a much smaller crowd than usual gathered for the eighth annual planting of sacred Ponca corn. Joining hosts Art and Helen Tanderup and family on the farm for this year’s socially-distanced corn planting were Bold’s Jane Kleeb, Tom Genung from Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT), Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Chairman Larry Wright, Jr. and a delegation from the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s Language and Culture Committee.
We hope you can join us for this year's harvest on Oct. 16, please remember to RSVP!
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