Red Lake To Host Third Annual Gathering of Elders

Red Lake will host it’s Third Annual Elders Gathering at Seven Clans Casino - Red Lake on Monday and Tuesday April 1 –2, 2013. The event will include informational booths on tribal programs and services. An important part of the Gathering has been to provide a venue for youth and elders to interact and learn from each other. Red Lake youth will mix with elders as volunteers and providing information and entertainment.

The event begins with registration on Monday beginning at 8 AM. At 9 AM Spiritual Elder Eugene Stillday will offer the invocation, followed by drum songs by Young Kingbirds, and then a Welcome/opening remarks-Co-Facilitators-Cheri Goodwin and Delwyn Holthusen Jr. Key-note addresses will be provided by Holly Cook Macarro and Stacey Thunder. All elders 55+ are invited. The rest of the tentative agenda is as follows:

AGENDA

Monday April 1, 2013

8:00 – Registration

Breakfast

9:00 -10:00

• Opening Ceremony – Mr. Eugene Stillday

• Red Lake Nation Color Guard

• Drum Group – Young Kingbirds Mark Kingbird

• Welcome/opening Remarks Facilitators for the Elders Gathering – Cheri Goodwin & Delwyn Holthusen

Keynote Speaker – Holly Cook Macarro Red Lake Band Member

Break

10:30 – 11:30 Session 1

• Red Lake Nation Youth Talent Showcase:

• Showcase # 1 Red Lake Nation Royalty Exhibition

• Showcase # 2 Sonny Johnson - Music

• Showcase # 3 Ponemah Dance Troupe

• Showcase # 4 Elementary Dance Line ???

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:30

Healthy Lifestyles - Comp Health

1:30-2:00

Slide Show Presentation by Georgia Downwind

2:00 – 2:15 Break

2:15 – 3:15 Session 4

Entertainment by Native Pride Arts

3:00 – 5:00

Shapey/Shaky Legs Contest

5:30 – 6:30 – Supper-Special Guests Red Lake Basketball Players 1997-1998 Video Red Lake vs. Wabasso

• This section celebrates Red Lake's position in local hoops lore when they led the record breaking Red Lake Ogichidaag basketball team that went to the State Championship in St. Paul for the 1997 Class A semifinal. They played the Wabasso Rabbits (remarkably from Ojibwemowin Waabooz/Rabbit) in what was to become the biggest record breaking game in state basketball history. Records broken included Field goals attempted 87, field goals made 48, most points in a quarter 43, most points scored by a losing team 113, total points 230, and more.

7:30 Late Night Session

Black Jack Tournament

Cribbage Tournament

Tuesday April 2, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 Registration

Breakfast

9:00

Opening Ceremony – Mr. Eugene Stillday

9:15 – 10:00

Keynote Speaker – Stacey Thunder Red Lake Band Member

10:00 – 10:30 Anna Gibbs Skit

10:30 – 11:00 King & Queen Selection

11:00 – 12:00 Talent/Variety Show

Lunch

1:00 Closing Ceremony

The 2013 Elders Gathering is sponsored by the following Programs and Enterprises:

• Red Lake Tribal Council

• Red Lake Gaming Enterprises

• Red Lake Nation Fishery

• Comprehensive Health Dept.

• Little Rock Community

• Red Lake Community

• Redby Community

• Ponemah Community

• Red Lake Detention

• Red Lake Public Safety

• Red Lake Traditional Foods Program

• New Beginnings

• Red Lake Vocational Rehab Program

• Human Resources

• Red Lake IT Dept.

• Red Lake VFW Post

• Red Lake Nation Royalty

• Red Lake Youth Council

• Red Lake High School Girls Basketball Team

• Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care

• Red Lake Nation News – Mike Barrett

Miigwech to all our sponsors and committee in making our gathering a success.