Native Americans will take front stage at the inaugural meeting of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, which will be held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., June 18-28, 2010.
Planners for the meeting are inviting local and regional Native Americans to participate in a special pow wow planned for Tuesday, June 22, at Ah-Nab-Awen Park on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.
Native Americans will also provide exhibits at Calvin College, conduct a talking circle and participate in some of the workshops scheduled for conference delegates. And a prominent Native American will be invited to present a keynote address at one of the plenary sessions.
"This world conference will allow us to accurately showcase who we — as American Indians — are in contemporary times to delegates from around the globe," Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi), who is coordinating Native American participation in the event, said in a press release.
Gathering under the theme "Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace," the World Communion of Reformed Churches’ meeting will bring together 1,000 representatives from 250 churches and more than 100 countries. Among the international delegates will be many from indigenous peoples in their own countries.
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