Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge

We're so excited about tonight's 6 pm program about Indigenous plant knowledge in partnership with the GoggleWorks Gardens! 🌱

Join us for a free, family-friendly program featuring stories of Indigenous plants and their medicine. Visitors will get to harvest and tie their own sacred sage bundles from the garden.

🌧️In the event of rain, the program will be moved to inside the main GoggleWorks building Room 318.

📆Thursday, August 6, 2026
⌚6 pm
🌎Sacred Sage: Indigenous Plant Medicine
📍GoggleWorks Gardens, Reading, PA 19601

📢UPDATED LOCATION!!
Due to tonight's stormy weather, we will be moving the book club meeting indoors to the Thorn Alley Kitchen restaurant inside the main floor of the GoggleWorks. We hope to see you at book club at the GoggleWorks at 5:30 tonight! Free parking available in the GoggleWorks lot.

Join us for a lively discussion of the themes in Nothing More of This Land: Community Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. Whether or not you read the book, we invite you to be part of our community's conversation exploring our understanding of Indigenous identity.

We're excited to shake up this month's Native Book Club location and visit the GoggleWorks Gardens! 🌱

We hope to see you at book club at the GoggleWorks Gardens pavilion tomorrow, Tuesday, July 21st at 5:30 p.m. Join us for a lively discussion of the themes in Nothing More of This Land: Community Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. Whether or not you read the book, we invite you to be part of our community's conversation exploring our understanding of Indigenous identity.

Garden address is 247 Walnut Street, Reading, PA 19601. Free parking available in GoggleWorks parking lot across the street!

📖 About the book:

Before Martha’s Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it was home to the Wampanoag people. Today, as tourists flock to the idyllic beaches, the island has become increasingly unaffordable for tribal members, with nearly three-quarters now living off-island. Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, journalist Joseph Lee grappled with what this situation meant for his tribe, how the community can continue to grow, and more broadly, what it means to be Indigenous.

In Nothing More of This Land, Lee weaves his own story and that of his family into a panoramic narrative of Indigenous life around the world. He takes us from the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard to the icy Alaskan tundra, the smoky forests of Northern California to the halls of the United Nations, and beyond. Along the way he meets activists fighting to protect their land, families clashing with their own tribal leaders, and communities working to reclaim tradition.

Together, these stories reject stereotypes to show the diversity of Indigenous people today and chart a way past the stubborn legacy of colonialism.

We hope to see you today for our monthly beading & community circle! We'll be meeting in the fellowship hall of Zion Spies Lutheran Church from 1-3 pm. All are welcome! Bring your crafts in progress...some beading supplies will be available to share, too!

Tonight we are visiting the Boyertown Community Library for a Native Cooking program!

Monday, July 13th
5:30pm
Adults
is required: berkslibraries.org/boyertown-events

You will learn how our diets have changed over time and how we can incorporate more traditional foods into our lives. Attendees will learn how to make Potawatomi Berry Rice.

🪶Hi friends! We're cancelling the beading circle this month for Father's Day but we're looking forward to seeing you in July. 🪶

📢FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

✨Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration Returns to Riverfront Park✨

All are invited to attend the fourth annual Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration at Riverfront Park on Saturday, June 13th from 11 am to 3 pm, hosted by Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge. Join us for a day of free outdoor family fun at the riverfront! The event will be preceded by a park cleanup from 9-11 am, hosted by Keep Reading Beautiful. All supplies provided to volunteers.

Free kayaking demos 🛶will be available courtesy of Alvernia’s Outdoors Club, and the City of Reading Public Works Department will be providing a complimentary picnic lunch and water throughout the day. Listen to some traditional Native American stories at 11:30 am and view a live beading demonstration throughout the event. Free blood pressure screenings will be provided by Freedom Medical Clinic and PA Department of Health will be sharing valuable community health resources and information.

Spirit Wing Arts & Music, a Native American musical duo, will be performing some original songs and sharing stories from Pennsylvania’s history through historical replica wampum belts. Eastern woodland social dance demos led by Spirit Wing will take place at 12 pm and 1:30 pm. A healthy Native recipe demo will take place at 12:30 pm with sampling to follow. Barrio Alegria’s Grupo Uarhani, a Mexican folkloric dance troupe, will perform at 1 pm. Culture Shock Dance Studio in Hamburg is bringing dancers from their Polynesian dance class for a demonstration at 2 pm.

Learn about Native American approaches to health and wellness and access a vast resource library of health promotion materials focused on Urban Native health. Ask Widoktadwen’s Community Health Worker your questions about preventative health insurance, healthcare needs, and referrals to trusted providers.

Bring your picnic blankets, camping chairs, sunscreen, and a refillable water bottle to spend the day enjoying Riverfront Park and recreation on the Schuylkill River. For more information about Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge and Indigenous community health, visit www.widoktadwen.org.

👉🏼Only 2 days away from our annual Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration at Riverfront Park in Reading! We'll be there from 11-3, with an park cleanup preceding the event from 9-11. Volunteers will be provided with all cleanup supplies! 🚮

This year we're so excited to have Grupo Uarhani, Mexican folkloric dance troupe performing at 1 pm, followed by a Polynesian dance demo from Culture Shock Dance Studio in Hamburg at 2 pm. 💃🏼

Spirit Wing, a Native American arts & music duo, will be performing at 12 pm and 1:30 pm--featuring Eastern woodland social dance demos and Native American flute.

Special thanks to Reading Hospital - Tower Health for sponsoring this year's entertainment! Stay tuned for even more event features to be announced!

We're just DAYS AWAY from our annual Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration at Riverfront Park! Join us on Saturday, June 13th from 11 am to 3 pm for an informative day of connection, wellness, nourishment, and immersion in nature. 🌿

Enjoy free kayaking demos on the Schuylkill River, courtesy of Alvernia's Outdoors Club. Bring your chairs and blankets to spend the day picnicking with us and taking in the beauty of the park. Check out our news brief in this month's Natural Awakenings Lancaster/Berks magazine for more details!

Stay tuned for the day's entertainment schedule!

Thank you to Reading Hospital - Tower Health for sponsoring this year's event!

Join us tonight at the Gardens from 6-8 pm for a free family-friendly program celebrating summer berries! Learn about Indigenous berry traditions with Widoktadwen and make your own strawberry jam to take home. Free parking available in GoggleWorks parking lot. Garden located at 237 Walnut Street, Reading.