Press Release: National Native Day of Prayer,

Friday, June 20^th, 2008:

Aztalan to Koshkonong Mounds Run

Observances and ceremonies will be held across the country on Friday, June 20, to mark the 2008 National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places. The events serve to emphasize the need for Congress to enact a cause of action to protect Native sacred places.

In Wisconsin, Earth Keepers’ Voices for Native America (EKVNA) will host a short ceremony on Friday, June 20, 8:00 AM, at the entrance of Aztalan State Park on Highway Q in Jefferson County. This will be followed by a 15-mile relay run south to Fort Atkinson and then southwest to the Koshkonong Mounds. (The route will be south on Q, to Highway 89 south to Fort Atkinson; Highway 26 south to Old Highway 26 to Koshkonong Mounds Road.) The public is invited, at no cost, to join the ceremony and run.

That Friday night (6-20) there will be a music benefit in Fort Atkinson for EKVNA’s Sacred Sites Run 2008. The concert begins at 6 PM at Café Carpe, 18 S. Water St. West, Fort Atkinson, and features Skip Jones, Clinton Miller, and Patrick Klaybor. Tickets are $10 at the door.

The public is also invited to join EKVNA’s Summer Solstice celebration at Mitchell Park (27^th and National Ave in Milwaukee), Saturday, June 21, 2008. Late morning open drumming; Potluck lunch; 12:00 to 3:30: musicians and poets, and speakers on Sacred Sites protection. Literature tables. Families welcome. No cost.

For more information, contact (414) 801-0534.