About this Event
Sunday, September 14, 1:00PM • Medicine Circle: Songs and prayers. Bring your voice, drum or rattle. Featuring Johnny Moses, Whis-stem-men-knee – Walking Medicine Robe (Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish) Johnny is a recipient of the Washington Governor’s Heritage Award. His collection of 80 songs from the Native Northwest was released in 2017 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Johnny has told stories, given presentations, and led song and prayer circles at the Fuller Dome every few years for three decades. Many individuals, of all ages, have learned from, and been uplifted by the words he has shared.
This is his eighth visit to speak in the southern Illinois and St. Louis region. In 1996, on his first visit, recordings were made that are included in his book, Sacred Breath: Pacific Northwest Medicine Teachings, Stories, and Epics, forthcoming in 2026 from the University of Nebraska Press.
The Fuller Dome is located on the SIUE campus just off of Circle Drive next Vistitor Parking Lot B.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Buckminster Fuller Dome, 1 Circle Drive, Edwardsville, United States
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