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2001 Strawberry Festival at Kule Loklo

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Date: April 20, 2001
Contact: Rod Torrez, 415-464-5131

Please join us for this Native American celebration of the new spring season at Kule Loklo at Point Reyes National Seashore on Saturday April 28, 2001. Please join the festivities at Kule Loklo with traditional dances and other cultural demonstrations such as flintknapping, clam shell bead drilling, and Native American games throughout the afternoon. Food, including Indian tacos, will be for sale at the site. The festival starts at 11 am with cultural demonstrations. Traditional dancing will begin after 1 pm. Kule Loklo means "Bear Valley" in the Coast Miwok dialect, and the village is a cultural exhibit representing a Coast Miwok community before European contact.

Visitors are encouraged to bring strawberries for the traditional blessing of the first fruits.

For more information, please call the Bear Valley Visitor Center at (415) 464-5100, Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and weekends 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

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