Bronx Native-American Festival

Hey, homegirls! What did you do this Sunday? I went to the Bronx Native- American Festival (that ride to Pehlham Bay Park was SO long from Brooklyn, but you know I’ll do anything for you, dolls!)

The festival was very much a family-oriented event- something you can go out to with the whole fam and have a fairly good time. And I was particularly impressed that the activities related back to Native American History specific to the area that is now the Bronx. The majority of the people there were families (with younger children), but there some teenage folk in the place, too.

I went, I saw, I heard, I learned, I recorded and I enjoyed, for the most part. I wish I had a video camera (working on that, next year definitely). But here are some pics from the day.

Activities with very well-informed park staff

Supplies- potatoes, berries, and plastic forks

: Instructions- use the knife to cut the potato in half; then carve a design in the potato and cut away the excess (creating a design pattern); mash berries in a small container; dip potato into mashed berries and apply to fabric or pottery!