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Meet Jake Ortiz-Van Every from the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, which is a confederation of six Native American nations. Jake is from the Cayuga Nation and came to teach our students about his people's traditions and customs.
Jake Ortiz-VanEvery
Jake Ortiz-VanEvery
Reading the Thanksgiving Message to open up the presentation, thanking Mother Earth for all the things we have.
Robin Dance
Robin Dance
Jake teaching our students how to do the Indigenous dance dedicated to the bird that welcomes the spring, the robin.
Traditional Haudenosaunee Gustoweh (headpiece)
Traditional Haudenosaunee Gustoweh (headpiece)
Jake explaining that they wore their headpieces with feathers in different positions symbolizing which nation they came from.
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