Native American Teachings with Grandmother Nancy Andry
Mon, Jan 08
|Sticks and Stones Farm
Discover why Indigenous cultures so revered song and dance, and have fun in the process!


Time & Location
Jan 08, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sticks and Stones Farm, 197 Huntingtown Rd, Newtown, CT 06470, USA
About the event
Join revered indigenous wisdom teacher Grandmother Nancy Andry for a fun evening of exploring traditional song and dance rituals of various Native American cultures. You can count on having some fun as well!
Grandmother Nancy is of Algonquin and French heritage and has followed the Red Road since childhood. Seeking out elders willing to teach, her first two mentors were a Lakota author and a Lakota medicine man. Later, an Ojibwa medicine woman, then a Mi’kmaq grandmother, adopted her. Community elders gave Grandmother Nancy permission to pour lodges since 1991. She served as a facilitator for a Native Women’s Circle in federal prison for 17 years.
A Sundancer and a Sacred Pipe carrier, Grandmother Nancy is acknowledged as an elder and a grandmother in her communities in Canada where she was given instruction to bring out and share certain teachings. She is a well-known storyteller, sharing legends from many different…