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Native American festivals and events Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Area
Caney Indian Spiritual Circle.
An organization devoted to the path of shamanic enlightenment
as it was trailblazed by ancient mystics and wise elders of the Taino
Native people in the Caribbean islands over four thousand years ago.
Based in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
Council of Three
Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. The Council of Three Rivers
American Indian Center was initially conceived in 1969 when members of
two Native American families in Pittsburgh sought to overcome the
feeling of "floating" in the mainstream. They felt the need to maintain
a sense of Indian-ness, recapture roots and become more conscious of
their rights as Native Americans. In February 1972, after several years
of planning, the Council was incorporated as a non-profit organization
under the laws of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Internal Revenue
Service regulations. The Council was to operate from offices in the
Homewood section of Pittsburgh until July1976, when it moved to its
present headquarters in Dorseyville, Indiana Township. Current programs:
Headstart, Early Headstart, Elders Program, Cultural Program (annual Pow-Wow),
Rainbow Adoptions, Foster Care, Employment and Training Program, and
Russell's Readers.
National Museum of the American Indian. Wow! This is an
extraordinary place. The banners around the museum speak of "A Native
Place." This seems so perfectly stated. This museum is an expression of
hundreds, perhaps thousands of Natives. Not a product of scientific
study by non-Natives studying Natives, this is a work of Natives telling
others about our lives. In addition to the presentations within, the
building and its surroundings is a healing agent all its own -- water
falls, wetlands area, curving architecture. All these elements state
clearly that we Natives are still here, not extinct. And more, we have
wisdom to offer the world that is beautiful, unique and so very needed.
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