42nd Annual
Indian Day
Celebration
August 10th -13th, 2007 |
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Support this event by purchasing T-shirts
with this year’s logo
pictured above
- $15.00 per shirt -
Proceeds goes to planning and funding
current and
future events.
Sipayik Nation
(a.k.a. Pleasant Point, ME)
(Located between Washington County, Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Canada
with coastal boundary shorelines of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bay.)
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Schedule of EVENTS
Additional activities may be planned
and some
events are tentative
Click here to download PDF
copy of this year's schedule:
Events Schedule for 2007 - Annual Indian Day Weekend Schedule
http://www.sipayik.com/PDFs/IDW07_Brochure_Final_Rev08032007.pdf
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Thursday, August 9, 2007 |
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8:00 AM
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~ Warrior Canoe Run ~
Indian Township Bridge |
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Friday, August 10, 2007 |
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8:00 AM |
~ Vendor Registration ~
Ball Diamond Site |
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9:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
~ Health Fair ~
Passamaquoddy Community Center |
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12:00 PM |
~ Arrival of Warrior Canoeists & Sacred
Runners ~
Split Rock |
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1:00 PM |
~
Sipayik Pageant ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond Site
Bring a chair - Lynn Moore |
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6:00 PM |
~ Bingo ~
Doors open at 4:00 PM
Passamaquoddy Community Center
Youth Account |
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7:30 PM |
~ A. A. Meeting ~
Wellness Building next to Health Center |
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Saturday, August 11, 2007 |
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10:00 AM -2:00 PM |
~ Chinese Raffle ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond Site
Elderly Van Account ~ Laura |
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10:00 AM |
~ Maine Basket Alliance ~
Youth and Rec. Building (Tentative) |
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10:00 AM |
~ Annual 2-Mile Diabetes Health Walk ~
Pleasant Point Health Center ~ Sign up/T-shirts |
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11:30 AM |
~ Children’s Games ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond Site
Gloria Lewey-Cleaves |
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12:00 PM |
~ Horseshoe Tournament
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$5.00 Entry Fee Split Rock
Mark Altvater |
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12:30 PM |
~ Canoe Races ~
Split Rock
Brenda Mitchell/Frank Cleaves |
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
~ Drumming & Dancing ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond Site
BRING YOUR CHAIR/BLANKET
TO INSURE YOU
HAVE A
“SEAT” FOR THE DANCING
Enjoy the drumming of Little Eagles
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5:00 PM |
~ Elders Dance
~ 55 & up
Elderly Mealsite |
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6:00 PM |
~ Bingo ~
Doors open at 4:00 PM
Passamaquoddy Community Center
Elderly Bingo Club |
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6:30 PM |
~ Sweat ~
Nation Grounds
(Tentative)
Deanna Francis |
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7:00 PM |
~ A. A. Meeting ~
Wellness Building next to the Health Center |
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Dusk |
~ Fireworks!!!!
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Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond Site
(Rain Date - Sunday) |
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9:00 PM |
~ Youth Dance ~
Youth and Recreation Center
Frank Cleaves |
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Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
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8:30 AM |
Registration ~ Warrior Run ~ $5.00 Entry ~ Fitness Center |
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9:30 AM |
Start of Warrior Run ~
Fitness Center ~ Brian Altvater, Sr. |
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10:45 AM |
Mass ~
St. Ann’s Catholic Church |
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11:00 AM |
Sweat ~ Youth & Rec. Center ~
Joe McLaughlin |
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2:00 PM |
Traditional & Inter-Tribal
Dancing & Singing ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond |
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5:00 PM |
Traditional Meal ~ Beatrice Rafferty School Cafeteria ~ Food Donations accepted at 3:00 PM |
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6:00 PM |
Bingo ~ Doors Open at 4:00 PM ~ Sponsored by Elderly Bingo Club ~ Passamaquoddy Community Center
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Monday, August 13, 2007 |
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8:00 AM & 1:00 PM |
~ Stroke Play Golf Tournament & 9 Hole Scramble
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St. Croix Golf Course
Calais, ME
454-8875
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6:00 PM |
~ CO-ED Softball Game ~
Kcipeskiyak Ball Diamond
Mike Lewey |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
~ Opening Comments ~
by Tribal Historian and Representative - Donald Soctomah
Eastport Arts Center |
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5:30 PM -8:00 PM |
~ Movies ~
Song of the Drum, The Petroglyphs of Maine
N’tolonapemk - Our Relatives’ Place
Eastport Arts Center
6 Washington Street
Eastport, ME
For more information, please call
Jon Bragdon at 853-2374. |
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
~ Opening Comments &
Song/Music ~
Surprise Guests will give a traditional Spiritual Introduction |
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5:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
~ Movies ~
Gabriel Women
Wabanaki, A New Dawn
ISHI The Last Yahi
Eastport Arts Centerr
6 Washington Street
Eastport, ME
For more information, please call
Jon Bragdon at 853-2374. |
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All events proudly supported by: |
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Passamaquoddy Tribe
Pleasant Point
Postal: P. O. Box 343,
Perry, ME 04667-0343
Street: 9 Sakom Road,
Pleasant Point, ME 04667
Phone:
(207) 853-2600
Fax:
207-853-6039
Emergency Phone Number:
(207) 853-2551
Pleasant Point Police Dept.,
Sipayik Ambulance Service,
and Fire Dept.
For info/updates on events, locations,
visit the tribal website at:
http://www.wabanaki.com/indian_day1.htm
the indian day committee and tribe is
Not responsible for short funded travelers.
Not responsible for any misinformation, however, If there is an error, omission,
addition, revision, or if you would like to add a picture that will capture the
moment, please email me at:
webmaster@sipayik.com.
If you would to contribute to the PRE- or Post content of this web page, simply
email me a word document with pictures, so I can post. |
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