NATIONAL CENTER FOR GREAT LAKES NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE, INC.
Post Office Box 424
Burlington, IN 46915

2003 FALL GATHERING – PORTLAND, INDIANA
OCTOBER 4 AND 5

	A Fall Gathering is being planned for the weekend of October 4 and 5 at our site and the Women’s Building at the Jay County Fairgrounds.  This weekend will be a time to light the fire of the future and to see where we stand today as a people and as individuals.  It will be a time to purify the land and ourselves…a time to look at ourselves and to dedicate ourselves to the future of our organization, its purpose and its goals…a time to reflect on the true meaning of being a family and working together for the benefit of all.  Let us gather as a family upon the land as our ancestors have in the past to reflect on our lives, our purposes, and our future.  

	Registration will be from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, October 4 at the Women’s Building.  Welcome Circle will be 9 a.m.  We will then move to the site and prepare the fire.  Bring your unfinished craft, personal or workshop projects to work on.  Lunch will be on your own, but a delicious dinner is planned that is included in your registration fee of $20.  Personal neck pouches will be made in the afternoon.  Special events are planned for the evening.  Everyone will gather at the Women’s Building at 9 a.m. Sunday, then go to the fire site for the remainder of the program.  Closing Circle will be in the building at noon.  

	Hoosier Inn (260-726-7113), 1620 North Meridian Street at Portland is reserving a block of rooms for us October 3 and 4 for $45 for a single and $50 for a double.  This rate will be effective until September 26.   Primitive camping will also be available at the site.  Full hookups are available at the Fairgrounds by calling Tom Zimmerman at 260-726-8176.

	If you have any questions, please contact Ray Lutz at 412-751-2304 or at bluefox70@aol.com.

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I will make my own motel or camping reservations.  I understand my Saturday evening dinner is included in the $20 registration fee.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS IS SEPTEMBER 26, 2003.  Please mail to Karen Cochrane, including your registration fee, at NCGLNAC, Inc., Post Office Box 424, Burlington, IN 46915.