The 22nd annual Native American Dance & Music Festival was held July 27 & 28, 2013 at the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, NY.
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Blane Tallchief of the Seneca nation performs a traditional Native American song under the Performance Tent at the Ganondagan festival in Victor, NY. -
Native American dancers participate in a traditional dance at the Ganondagan festival in Victor, NY. -
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Arvel Bird of Idaho’s Southern Paiute tribe performs under the Performance Tent at the Ganondagan festival in Victor, NY. This is Arvel’s third year appearing at the festival. -
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Attendees walk through a recreation of a traditional 1650’s Native American longhouse. -
Seven year old Willem Oliveiri of Rochester leans over to ask Ganondagan docent Jordan Dube about a large knife while inside the longhouse. -
Attendees wait in line to enter a recreation of a 1650’s longhouse at the Ganondagan historical site. -
Eight year old Adele Rundberg and her sister ten year old Grace, both Pittsford residents and members of the Cayuga and Seneca tribes, rehearse a dance before their performance. -
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Female Native American dancers line up prior to a traditional dance at the Performance Tent at the Ganondagan festival in Victor, NY. -
Native American dancers participate in a traditional dance. -
Craig Marvin of the Mohawk Nation’s Wolf Clan leads a procession of Native American dancers and members of the audience around the Performance Tent. -
Arvel Bird of Idaho’s Southern Paiute tribe signs an autograph for 11 year old Sam Svengsouk of Brighton following his performance at the Ganondagan Dance & Music Festival in Victor, NY. Sam and his family visit the festival every year and are devoted fans of Arvel Bird. -
Arvel Bird of Idaho’s Southern Paiute tribe signs his autograph on the moccasin of eight year old Adele Rundberg, accompanied by her sister, ten year old Grace Rundberg, both residents of Pittsford, NY and members of the Cayuga and Seneca tribes.
