Grandmother Council ~ Fireside Storytelling Circle

You are warmly invited to join the Grandmother Council for our Fireside Storytelling Circle with a theme on how to Create Community during Difficult Times ~ a sacred fire gathering of story, song, and remembrance. This gathering is an opportunity to reconnect with the old ways of sharing, listening, and healing through story.

We have been invited to hold this gathering on the sacred tribal lands of the Siakumne people, within a traditional Council Roundhouse at Pata Panaka Village. We will be sheltered within the Roundhouse and warmed by the Sacred Fire. All ages and genders are welcome to join this village-building family friendly circle of community and connection.

To join us, please register in advance through Eventbrite. Space is limited in the Roundhouse.

Event Details

• Date & Time

On Saturday January 17th arrive by 12:30 PM to allow time to walk the distance from the parking area to the kitchen, then to the Roundhouse to recieve a clearing and invitation from the land to enter and settle in.

The sacred circle will open promptly at 1:00 PM. Please arrive early so you can be comfortably seated by 1 pm, allowing everyone to be present to open the circle together. The circle will flow until 3:30PM, followed by shared potluck & community connection until 4:30/5:00 PM.

• Location

Pata Panaka Village ~ Sacred Tribal Lands of the Siakumne People

Address: 16200 Lake Vera Purdon Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959

• Ceremonial Attire

Women are invited to wear long skirts in honor of the Siakumne tradition of being in ceremony.

• Honoring the Land

We have been invited by the tribe to host this gathering in their sacred Council Roundhouse. Guidance will be shared on how to walk respectfully and participate with reverence upon these sacred lands and in the Roundhouse. The tribe ask that NO phones be on in the Council Roundhouse and NO photos, cameras or documention be taken on their land.

What to Bring ~

• Your own bowl, plates, utensils, and cup for the shared Potluck (a wash station is available to take your dishes home clean).
• A blanket or cushion for sitting on the ground(some chairs are available for those that need them).
• A dish or drink to share for the community potluck. Please also bring serving utensils with your dish. There is a kitchen for use.
• Musical instruments to join the songs around the fire.
• A small gift or offering for the Grandmothers. You will place the offering in a basket before you enter the Roundhouse. Your offering may be flowers, a handmade item, a poem, a scarf, or anything heartfelt.
• Your Eventbrite ticket

Reciprocity

This is a donation-based gathering ~ please give what you can.

Suggested donation: $18-$44 per person ~ under 18 are free to attend

No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Donate what you can.

Your contributions support the event costs, Grandmother Council and donations in gratitude to the Siakumne Tribe for the use of their sacred site.

Let us gather by the fire, in community, song and open hearts, to receive the wisdom from the Grandmothers.

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Host or Publisher Paige Carnwath