Okchahli

Saturday April 11

1:00 PM  –  4:30 PM

 
Join us as we celebrate the renewal of spring. We will have presentations and activities centered around growth, conservation, and stewardship.
 
Okchahli (Breaking of the Ground) for planting. This event is in collaboration with Growing Hope to experience planting heirloom seeds and learning their growing phases. 
 

1:00 pm - Intro & Prayer 

                    Traditional food samples 

1:30 pm - Relationship with Food, presented by Sandy Stroud

2:00 pm- Naturopathic Presentation & tea samples with Dr. Carmen Jones

3:00 pm- Women’s Roles as Life Givers, presented by the Public Programs Department

3:15 pm - Growing Hope presentation 

                     Growing Hope samples 

4:00pm - Planting sunflowers in CCC Growing Hope Garden 

                Squash planting demo

4:30pm - Planting kits by CCC exit 

 

This is included with admission to the Choctaw Cultural Center.

Admission is complimentary for Choctaw tribal members and Cultural Center members.