Join us on Saturday, August 22 for a revival of Madeline Island, a vision of good will for all nations and people to come celebrate with a colorful offering of regional art, music, and camaraderie.
Community potluck feast at 4pm and music at 5pm with Frank Montano, Los Indios, Ivan Curry and others.
11:00am - 12:30pm **** Coffee Up & Berry Feed at Flicker House **** Morning Music by John Sonof Mel
12:30 - 2:00pm - 1854 Treaty Memorial Maiden Birch Bark Canoe Launch. Marvin DeFoe / Mike Wiggins - Joni's Beach, "The Life of a Canoe Journey"
2:00 - 2:30pm - Paul DeMain - Flicker House - "Practicing Good Medicine - Island Mounds and Moose Bones"
2:30 - 3:00pm - PennElys Droz / Tayamni Goodshield - "Manitou Makoons Gitigaan and the Land of Good Medicine Food and some Land Back"
3:00 - 3:30pm - Kevin Finney / Kaesha Baloch "Great Lakes Lifeways Institute - White Flint Corn Project and other Land Based Knowledge"
3:30 - 4:00pm - Author Louise Erdrich - "How Did We Get Here - What Are We Here For?"
4:00 - 9:00pm - Indigenous Music for the Water - Regional Musicians Laughing Fox Charette, Steve Law, Ivan Curry and Frank Montano
5:00 - 7:00pm - Island Potluck Community Feast - Main Course sponsored by Friends of Madeline Island Museum and Flicker House, otherwise bring a dish
For over 10,000 years Madeline Island was the place for Indigenous vendors traveling waterways of North America, from Niagara Falls in the East to the Columbia River in the West. Moningwaane’akaaning was a crossroads of historic empires and civilizations.
Once the Council Grounds capital of the Ojibwe Nation, the island hosted fishing camps, ancient villages, games of chance, la crosse and snow snakes, agricultural and trade markets, an abundance of food and medicine from the woods, dugout/birchbark canoe construction, and seasonal events from treaty payouts and great festivals of song, dance and celebration.
Join Tribal Communities on Wednesday September 30*, 2026 celebrating the Treaty of 1854.
Events Sponsored by Native American Educational Technologies, Inc, (NAET), the Flicker House and Manitou Makoons Gitigaan