{"id":8294,"date":"2026-03-15T22:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/?page_id=8294"},"modified":"2026-04-26T02:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:03:13","slug":"program-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/program-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Program 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">42nd Annual Native American <br>Elders and Youth Gathering<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">July 24th &#8211; 26th, 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-kb-palette-7-color has-text-color\"><strong>The Weekend Program<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sacred Fires in <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/teachings-sacred-arbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Arbor &amp; Moon Arbor<\/a> are lit at 7AM on Friday July 24th and are closed at the end of the program on Sunday, July 26th. Teachings will be live streamed online with audio broadcast in the Arbor at the Sunray Peace Village. Click below to see the program schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/program-schedule-arbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peace Village Arbor Program Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/program-schedule-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Program Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> See the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/presenters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presenters<\/a> page for confirmed Presenters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Zoom link for participation online will be shared with all who register (in-person and online). Re-watch videos will also be available to those who registered (except for Virtual Moon Arbor for Women and Girls, and ceremonies which will not be recorded).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/concert-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday Evening Concert<\/a> on July 25th from 7:00-9:00pm at the Burnham Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, there will be a a special arts-based youth program, <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/sunlight-belonging-circle-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunlight Belonging Circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the annual Elders and Youth Gathering a tent is set up on the land specifically for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/childrens-programming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Children\u2019s program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/art-tent-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art Tent<\/a> invites you to &#8220;Enter into the Imaginal&#8221;. All are welcome to join, painting on a large canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/?page_id=50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ywahoo Lineage Healing Celebratio<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/healing-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">n<\/a> led by Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo and singers, dancers, drummers &amp; healers in the Sunray Meditation Society is offered on Saturday, July 25th at 7:00pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/workshops-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post-Elders and Youth Gathering Workshops<\/a> by Elders are offered online and onsite on Monday, July 27th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-EYG-Poster-v.3-.pdf\">Click Here<\/a> to download the 41st Annual Elders and Youth Gathering Poster<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-EYG-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-EYG-Poster.jpg 512w, https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-EYG-Poster-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Weekend Program The Sacred Fires in the Arbor &amp; Moon Arbor are lit at 7AM on Friday July 24th and are closed at the end of the program on Sunday, July 26th. Teachings will be live streamed online with audio broadcast in the Arbor at the Sunray Peace Village. Click below to see the program schedule: See the Presenters &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/program-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Program 2026\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8294","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Program 2026 - EldersGathering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunray.org\/eldersgathering\/program-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Program 2026 - EldersGathering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Weekend Program The Sacred Fires in the Arbor &amp; Moon Arbor are lit at 7AM on Friday July 24th and are closed at the end of the program on Sunday, July 26th. 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