Photos: Longhouse Dedication
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Dawn Standing Woman waves a wand of burning sage to bring positive spirits into the new Iroquois-inspired longhouse at the Heldeberg Workshop on Thursday evening, July 14. The structure, supported by 24 locust posts set 18 inches into the ground, was built by workshop board members and friends to replace the longhouse built in 1992. “Mitakuyeoyasin,” meaning “all my relations,” Standing Woman said as she blessed the new longhouse.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Sounds of the indiginous: Eric Marczak of Knox plays on his handmade courting flute to a crowd of 100 people on Thursday evening, July 14, at the Heldeberg Workshop in New Scotland at the foot of the Helderbergs as a new Iroquois-inspired longhouse is celebrated.