Gila River Indian Community issued the following announcement on Oct. 29
Youth from O’otham communities took part in the first Vecij O’odham Hemapa event at the Mul-Chu-Tha Fairgrounds in Sacaton on Oct. 26. Many, traveled from the Tohono O’odham Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Ak-Chin Indian Community to take part in the event, which was organized by GRIC member Joseph Davis from District 5 Vah-Ki.
The day, consisted of guest speakers and traditional games and artistry provided by individuals who are knowledgeable on each of the subjects. Some of the workshops covered basket and pottery making, creating rag dolls, wire baskets, shell etchings, gourd and chuchumuth making.
Traditional games like gins, ko’omai, songiv’ul and toka, including covering topics on men and woman’s role in O’otham society.
You can read more on this story in the November 1 issue of the GRIN.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Gila River Indian Community
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