Regular Monthly Meetings and Potluck Meal
Second Saturday of each month
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Bear Canyon Senior Citizen Center
4645 Pitt Street NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Bear Canyon Senior Citizen Center
4645 Pitt Street NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Regular meetings, are held the second Saturday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Members bring favorite dishes to share and we have a potluck meal. We can affirm that Cherokees like to cook and like to eat. There is a long tradition of various types of foods that we can draw on, from Cherokees, from other Native Americans and from favorite family recipes. The meeting starts with a prayer circle. Thanks are given. Friends are remembered who may be sick or suffering. Special announcements are made. The community then breaks bread together in congenial fellowship and enjoys all the good Cherokee foods. After eating, there is a program of general interest which may be put on by members or by guest speakers. We visit old friends and meet new people. We get caught up on family and community information from local Cherokees and from the Cherokee Nation. We discuss and exchange views on a wide variety of topics.
There is a drawing for door prizes at each meeting. Generally there may be between four to eight door prizes which are donated by CSWT members. We have a custom that those who win door prizes at one meeting might want to donate a door prize from home at a subsequent meeting. The value of a door prize should not exceed about ten dollars.
We have a Christmas Party each December. A fun and meaningful gift exchange takes place.
There is a drawing for door prizes at each meeting. Generally there may be between four to eight door prizes which are donated by CSWT members. We have a custom that those who win door prizes at one meeting might want to donate a door prize from home at a subsequent meeting. The value of a door prize should not exceed about ten dollars.
We have a Christmas Party each December. A fun and meaningful gift exchange takes place.
Special Meetings
Special meetings, are held from time to time to coincide with a special event, e.g. CN representatives, or to meet with visitors from the Cherokee Nation or other Native American Tribes. We ask questions and engage in dialogue on matters of importance to Cherokees and other Native American Tribes.
Workshops, demonstrations, classes
Workshops, demonstrations, classes and other special activities are held from time to time. Past programs including presentations on the Gourd Society and the Gourd Dance, Flintknapping, Firemaking, Eggs and Wild Onion Dinner, Musical Instruments and many more.
Cherokee National Heptagon, of old times, made from gingerbread
Occasionally an outdoor event and/or picnic is held. Since 2009, this has included a traditional Cherokee hog fry. Members also bring their favorite pot luck dishes. There are always lots of beans, cornbread, greens, many desserts and other traditional and modern dishes. In 2008 several people brought old fashioned ice cream made in electric or hand cranked freezers (and was it ever good!)
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Fund Raising
A Silent auction is held annually, in time to pick up some good Christmas gifts as well as people picking up interesting items for themselves, their families or their homes. Members donate craft, art or other collectable items which are on display at the meeting, with people make written bids on items they would like to have. The person making the highest bid takes the item home.
CSWT T-Shirts and baseball caps, are available for purchase at meetings or by mail.
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Youth size is $12.00. Small/Medium/Large size is $15.00. XX-large size is $16.50. XXX-large - kamama * - size is $17.50. |
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Baseball caps - $10.00
