Beginning July 2023, all are welcome to attend homesteading, homemaking, and natural wellness classes on Saturdays with Stephanie Bandosik at Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community in Fonda, NY. Topics include meditation, reiki, upcycling, sewing, foraging, gardening, baking, refreshing summer drinks like fruit shrubs and switchel or “Haymaker’s Punch,” and more.

Meditation classes begin on July 15th and 22nd at 10 am for $15.

A “Christmas in July” class on Saturday, July 29th at 9:30 am features upcycling an Old Sweater into New Mittens. No sewing experience is necessary but registration is required. Participants can learn to upcycle an old sweater into warm mittens. Some sewing experience is helpful but not required. Participants should bring an old sweater with sleeves and cuffs (wool is great but not necessary), and if possible, polar fleece or an old t-shirt for mitten lining, scissors, needle, thread, and sewing pins. The Cost is $25

Celebrating their 30th Anniversary, Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community was re-established in 1993 in traditional Mohawk homelands dating back as early as the 12th century.  Kanatsiohareke’s mission is to promote the development of a community based on the traditions, philosophy, and governance of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy), and to contribute to the preservation of the culture of people as a framework for a blend of traditional native concerns with the best of the emerging new earth-friendly, environmental ideologies that run parallel to these traditions.

All are welcome to attend but registration is required by emailing UnityGardenHomestead@gmail.com to reserve your space.

Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community is located at 4934 State Highway 5 in Fonda, NY.

Photo of the historic barn at Kanatsiohareke provided.

Source: newyorkalmanack.com