Event Details

Awakening of Honor is a Gift We Give Our Children. Experience the Great Circle Ceremony in a Traditional Native American Way.

Native American Indian Honor Day, since 2000 is usually observed annually on Aug.20. It honors the idea that each person has a gift that serves the world, in a good way, through honor, so we may solve the many tasks needed to build a world we love to live in and a life we love to live. This year's Hoop Ceremony features the Hoop of Spiritual Leaders and is observed on August 16, a free family event, open to the public.

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN HONOR DAY (NAIHD) is co-sponsored by Seattle Center and will be observed at the Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Featuring the Hoop of the Spiritual Leaders, speakers, and entertainers presently include the Raven Dancer, Gene Tagaban(Tlingit), Violinist, Swil Kanim (Lummi), and Native American flute with Peter Ali (Yaqui).

The Great Circle Ceremony will be awakened at 11:30am when all faiths will walk the circle with the people. Native American Indian Honor Day has been observed since the year 2000 and continues to grow. Elders, teachers, students, leaders, and artists support Honor Day through signed petitions. Native American Indian Honor Day provides for all tribes and cultures to express what it is they honor in a good way that benefits the whole.

Honor Day is pleased to be working with Northwest InterSpiritual Community Outreach (NICO), Seeds of Compassion, Compassionate Action Network, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

www.honorday.org