{"id":155371,"date":"2024-11-12T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=155371"},"modified":"2024-11-12T13:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:01:44","slug":"r-e-a-c-h-festival-brings-celebration-of-indigenous-peoples-to-wright-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/12\/r-e-a-c-h-festival-brings-celebration-of-indigenous-peoples-to-wright-state\/","title":{"rendered":"R.E.A.C.H. Festival brings celebration of Indigenous peoples to Wright State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The third annual R.E.A.C.H. Festival will celebrate Native American heritage and culture from Nov. 15 to 17 at Wright State University\u2019s Student Union.<\/p>\n

The festival is hosted by Wright State\u2019s Asian and Native American Center<\/a> and R.E.A.C.H. Indigenous Advocacy, which stands for representation and reconciliation, education and equity, advocacy and allyship, community and ceremony, and healing, health care and human trafficking.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Van Hoose, the director of R.E.A.C.H., is a parent of a Wright State student. Nicolyn Woodcock, Ph.D., assistant director of the Asian and Native American Center, met Van Hoose\u2019s son at an event hosted by the American Cultural Student Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she and I got together, the first thing she asked was \u2018How can I help?\u2019 but I turned that question around because I think it\u2019s my job to understand how I can help initiatives that are already under way in our region,\u201d Woodcock said. \u201cWith the ANA Center co-hosting R.E.A.C.H. Fest on campus, I think we\u2019re seeing a culmination of that philosophy. It was clear to me that R.E.A.C.H. Fest is growing and needs more space, which we have on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival will begin on Friday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. with a panel on compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, in a joint session with the annual Runkle Woods Symposium, in the Discovery Room of the Student Union.<\/p>\n

Following the panel is an opening dinner with an awards presentation, flute and hoop dance performances and a vendor market. Dinner will be catered by the Indigenous Chef, a caterer and food truck that blends Native and Latin American cuisine. Tickets are $50 per person and $25 for Wright State students <\/a>f<\/u>or the dinner.<\/p>\n

Woodcock encouraged Wright State students and the public to attend the festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much the festival is offering. Come out and see and take it in. In so much of the U.S., exposure to Indigenous peoples cast them as historical and part of the past, but the festival showcases that they are here. They are our neighbors, colleagues, and students. We are better educators, friends, and communities when we take the time to get to know Indigenous peoples for who they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival is free and open to the public on Saturday, Nov. 16., from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 17, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Student Union conference wing.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s activities will begin with opening remarks and a performance by Iron Lightning Drum in the Apollo Room.<\/p>\n

In the Endeavour Room, attendees can view an exhibition of photos by Edward S. Curtis, who focused on photos of Native American people and the American West. Along with the photographs, contemporary artists and living relatives will display their art and will be available to talk about the photographs, including Angel Horn (Mohawk), Jillian Waterman (Saginaw Chippewa), Stephanie Tancreti (Din\u00e9) and Lawrence Reddest (Lakota).<\/p>\n

Woodcock said she is excited to showcase the photo exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe historical photographs by Edward S. Curtis, which have kind of frozen Native peoples in the past for American people and see them side by side with artwork by contemporary Native artists and to hear perspectives of living Native people from those Tribal Nations that Curtis\u2019 work characterized as \u2018dying\u2019 or on the brink of disappearance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Along with vendor booths, Cherokee elders’ storytelling and demonstrations of marbles, stickball, smoke dance, water drum and horn rattles will take place in the Apollo Room. A children\u2019s dance competition will take place from 3 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, until about 4:30 p.m., attendees can get another taste of the Indigenous Chef at its food truck. At 5:30 p.m., a women veterans panel will discuss \u201cWhy We Serve,\u201d followed by a closing prayer and announcements.<\/p>\n

The festival will continue on Nov. 17 with opening remarks, another performance by Iron Lightning, vendors, Cherokee elders’ storytelling, demonstrations of blow darts and family craft stations.<\/p>\n

The photography exhibit will remain open throughout the day, and attendees can experience a live episode of the \u201cUrban Native Collective\u201d podcast, which will discuss \u201cLife on the Margins: An Urban Indigenous Experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second round of the children\u2019s dance competition will be held, with a winner announced at 4:30 p.m. Following a last call for the Indigenous Chef food truck and vendors at 5:30, the festival will close with a prayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis festival really does bring the Indigenous community in the Dayton region together,\u201d Woodcock said. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to see how this looks, and I\u2019m hopeful that this is only beginning a partnership that will bring the festival back to campus again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n

View the complete festival schedule at reachindigenousadvocacy.com\/fest-schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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