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Indigenous Arts of Life Immersion with Ndakinna Education Center
Offering a series of three types of workshops open to all ages, our partners at the Ndakinna Education Center will engage learners of all ages in the Indigenous lifeways of the original peoples of our lands.
Our farm is part of a wide area whose lands and waters were cared for by the Algonkian people known as the Mahican for over ten thousand years. About fifteen hundred years ago, a group of Iroquoian-speaking people, the Kanien-ke-haka (Mohawk) migrated to the area. Both nations regarded the area surrounding Saratoga Springs sacred. Because of the mineral springs with healing waters, it was considered an area of peace to be shared by all.
Click here to explore these upcoming workshops:
Art of Seeing: Seasonal Tracking Workshops with James Bruchac
Writing with the Land: Poetry Workshops with Joseph Bruchac
Art of Remembering: Introduction to the Eastern Algonquian Language Family with Jesse Bowman Bruchac
Growing Minds - A Living Classroom Experience with Cornell Cooperative Extension
This program component aims to bridge the gap between classroom-based agricultural lessons and real-life experiences on the working farm. Our living classroom has proven instrumental in enhancing environmental and agricultural education for youth, providing a unique and irreplaceable hands-on learning experience.
Through this partnership, Cornell Cooperative will facilitate a series of public school field trips to Pitney Meadows, offering students hands-on activities and farm tours. Students can expect to witness and interact with agricultural practices as the seasons change.
Cornell Cooperative Extension is available to develop pre-field trip materials to prepare students for their visit, providing context and building excitement. Their team will also create post-field trip enrichment materials for in-classroom reflection, connecting on-farm experiences to academic lessons.
For booking information for a Growing Minds Field Trip, please email us at contact@pitneymeadows.org
This program is funded by a generous grant from the Land Trust Alliance through the New York State Conservation Partnership Program.
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