Quebec Bridge Disaster 100th Anniversary & Commemoration
Submitted by Ann VanWert
"Celebrating the Resiliency of the Kanienkehaka Nation"
Agenda: August 29, 2007
PM
2:30 - Marchers & Floats Convene at the tunnel
3:00 - Opening & Flag Hanging Ceremony at the Cross
3:30 - Memorial March Begins
5:30 - Memorial Site Ceremony
6:30 - Flag Hanging Ceremony at Second Cross (Up the Hill)
7:00-10:00 - Potluck Feast & Social at Karonhianonha
Memorial Commemoration Ceremony
PM
5:30 - Descendant/Ironworker Donald Angus
5:35 - MC Lance Delisle will ask people for a Moment of Silence
5:36 - Bell Ringing
5:40 - Ironworker's Wife/Elder Rita McComber Family Resilience & Special Guest Introduction 5:45 - Family descendants will mark places for the 36 trees with stakes. As they put the stakes in the ground, MC will read off the name of the man for each tree
6:00 - Grand Chief Mike Delisle Jr. "The Resiliency of the Kanien'kehaka Nation"
6:05 - Topping Off 6:05 - Youth Descendant Akwirahtehkha Martin will speak in Kanienkeha and English about the Resilience and Future of the Kanien'kehaka Natio
6:10 - MC invites everyone to go to the cross up the hill for the second Flag Hanging Ceremony
The descendants and community members planning committee wish to acknowledge volunteers, community members and friends of Kahnawake for their time, money, food, floats, and supplies for the celebration and commemoration.
MCK contribution and other technical services $10,000 of ceremony costs.
Canadian National - $133T - Community Memorial
Anonymous donor - $4T - Steel of community memorial
McWeld - Bridge erection of steel
Cookie McComber
Clive Jr. McComber
Lee McComber
Todd Jacobs
David Rice
Locals 711, 361, 40, & Pequot Triabal Nation
Businesses & Organizations
Kahnawakeronon & All Supporters
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"Celebrating the Resiliency of the Kanienkehaka Nation"
Agenda: August 29, 2007
PM
2:30 - Marchers & Floats Convene at the tunnel
3:00 - Opening & Flag Hanging Ceremony at the Cross
3:30 - Memorial March Begins
5:30 - Memorial Site Ceremony
6:30 - Flag Hanging Ceremony at Second Cross (Up the Hill)
7:00-10:00 - Potluck Feast & Social at Karonhianonha
Memorial Commemoration Ceremony
PM
5:30 - Descendant/Ironworker Donald Angus
5:35 - MC Lance Delisle will ask people for a Moment of Silence
5:36 - Bell Ringing
5:40 - Ironworker's Wife/Elder Rita McComber Family Resilience & Special Guest Introduction 5:45 - Family descendants will mark places for the 36 trees with stakes. As they put the stakes in the ground, MC will read off the name of the man for each tree
6:00 - Grand Chief Mike Delisle Jr. "The Resiliency of the Kanien'kehaka Nation"
6:05 - Topping Off 6:05 - Youth Descendant Akwirahtehkha Martin will speak in Kanienkeha and English about the Resilience and Future of the Kanien'kehaka Natio
6:10 - MC invites everyone to go to the cross up the hill for the second Flag Hanging Ceremony
The descendants and community members planning committee wish to acknowledge volunteers, community members and friends of Kahnawake for their time, money, food, floats, and supplies for the celebration and commemoration.
MCK contribution and other technical services $10,000 of ceremony costs.
Canadian National - $133T - Community Memorial
Anonymous donor - $4T - Steel of community memorial
McWeld - Bridge erection of steel
Cookie McComber
Clive Jr. McComber
Lee McComber
Todd Jacobs
David Rice
Locals 711, 361, 40, & Pequot Triabal Nation
Businesses & Organizations
Kahnawakeronon & All Supporters
TO SUBMIT an ARTICLE, OPINION PIECE, COMMENTS to the Native Unity Digest, e-mail bobbieo@digitaldune.net.
NATIVE UNITY - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
AIROS NATIVE NETWORK plays music, news and other great programs from Indian Country - www.airos.org
FOR NATIVE CELEBRITY NEWS - go to www.nativecelebs.com
Visit Vietnam Vet. LARRY MITCHELL at http://www.potawatomivet.com and click on his blog at the site.
NATIVE BIZ LEARNING CENTER - www.learn.nativebiz.com was developed for tribal education specialists serving tribal communities. Any tribal community can register at NO COST.
SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST PEOPLE - ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC. http://www.krystynmedia.blogspot.com.
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