Haudenosaunee Festival 2025: Chris Thomas and Smoke Dancers

The fourth annual Haudenosaunee Festival at Binghamton University celebrates the culture of the Haudenosaunee people who have been stewards of the land on which Binghamton University exists for time immemorial.

Following the opening ceremony and the Three Sisters Garden harvest, Chris Thomas and Smoke Dancers will perform from 11am-12pm in the Science 1 Courtyard.

Click here for the full schedule and more information on the festival: https://www.binghamton.edu/programs/haudenosaunee-festival/

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: Binghamton University Art Museum, Main Gallery

Friday, Sept. 12
9 a.m. – noon: Canoe in the Spirit of Two-Row Wampum; Opening Ceremony by Hickory Edwards 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 Binghamton University School of the Arts)

5:30 – 7 p.m.: Chris Thomas and Smoke Dancers; Location: Peace Quad

7 – 9 p.m.: Contemporary Music Band: Sacred Medicine musical performance; Location: Peace Quad

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.; Locations: see below

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 musical performance; 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

We are deeply grateful for the campus and community partners who have made the Haudenosaunee Festival possible: Office of the President, Vestal Historical Society, Lafayette High School, Onondaga Canoe and Kayak Club, Cayuga Canoe Club, City of Binghamton, Binghamton University Art Museum, Public Archaeology Facility, Multicultural Resource Center, Center for Civic Engagement, Laboratory of Ancient Food and Farming, Office of Sustainability, College in the Woods, School of the Arts, BU Men’s Lacrosse, Binghamton University Student Activities, Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of English, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program, Environmental Studies Program, Campus Activities, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Human Rights Institute, DEI at Decker College, Sustainable Communities TAE, B-Healthy, Fleishman Career Center, Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, Student Affairs Diversity Committee

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Co-hosted with: Binghamton University Art Museum, Center for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Division of Student Affairs, Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies, Multicultural Resource Center , College in the Woods, B-Healthy, Human Rights Institute (HRI), Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, Office of Sustainability, The School of the Arts at Harpur College, Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence, Office of the President, Department of History

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