Saturday, October 30, 2004
12:00 noon-5:00 p.m.
Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
Free with Museum admission

The Museum is celebrating the exhibition's opening day on Saturday, October 30, with an afternoon event featuring Native American dancers in ceremonial regalia, including representatives of the Haida Nation from the Queen Charlotte Islands in Canada and the Cellicion Dancers from the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico.

The program will begin with a special welcome by representatives of New York's local Native American community, including Sidney Hill, the traditional spiritual representative of the Iroquois Confederacy, and with traditional blessings for the exhibition given by Haida and Navajo ceremonial leaders. The celebration is free with suggested Museum admission.