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Walk in the Park: First People's Festival in DeWitt Park, Ithaca

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Channel: Anthony Ingraham · 2013 · Travel & Events

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In episode 59 of Walk in the Park, we go to DeWitt Park in downtown Ithaca, NY for the annual First People's Festival on October 5, 2013, held in concert with the Ithaca Apple Festival. See all of our Walk in the Park episodes at my vidblog, http://walkinpark.com

The high point of our visit is an interview with Brandon Lazore of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), the artist who painted the wampum belt mural on the side of the Seneca Street garage in downtown Ithaca. We also interview Tariq Widarso, an Ithaca College student who has been working with the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, which seeks to revive Native American treaties and care for our environment. And we also talk with Laura Kerrigan of Primitive Pursuits, who explains the survival skills they were teaching at the festival. Finally, we take a couple of walks into Buttermilk Glen in Buttermilk Falls State Park;  and we marvel at beautiful photographs by Roger C. Ingraham, who loves to study the nature of light reflected from water, particularly during the fall color season.

Join me, Tony Ingraham, as we visit parks in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, across the US, and around the world. As a former career state park ranger and environmental educator and interpreter, I am moved to share my love of our beautiful and historic landscapes. I have two series: Walk in the Park, a half hour show from public access TV in Ithaca, NY, and Park Minute. Each shows weekly. Find out more on my website http://walkinpark.com.
Episode 59 was recorded 10/9/13 at PEGASYS Studios in Ithaca, NY.

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