​"Come sit with me by my fire."

​Hūyū Tepaní Sacred Fire Ancestral Lifeways Tribal Gathering and Cultural Burn is a three day tribal led cultural gathering inspired by the element of fire and our ancestral connection to this sacred, powerful force in creating Indigenous culture, tradition and lifeways. 

​Join inter-tribal community members from Dunlap to Mariposa for a three day long educational ancestral lifeways and skills gathering inspired by the element of fire. This gathering will host a variety of ancestral lifeway skills centering the spirit of fire including buckskin hide pit smoking, friction fire ignition, hot rock acorn cooking in an ancestral basket, open pit fired hand-shaped earthen pottery, baskets made from weaving materials tended with fire including willow, redbud and sourberry. The element of fire will be celebrated in traditional song, ceremony, Indigenous language of fire, Native plant identification, elements of regalia making with fire and a small scale grassland broadcast burn of plants used for traditional purposes of food, medicine and Indigenous lifeways. 

​​This three day gathering will include onsite camping options and full service meals throughout the gathering with opportunities for tribal members to experience the sacred element of fire in our lifeway practices and everyday living. On the last day of Hūyū Tepaní  Sacred Fire we will honor the land and Earth with a 5 acre cultural burn on Wukchumni territory in Dunlap, CA.  

​Hūyū Tepaní  Sacred Fire Ancestral Lifeways Gathering is hosted Dunlap Yokut/Wukchumni/Mono and Mariposa Southern Sierra Miwuk. Local tribal members over 18 are welcome. Capacity is limited. Register today. 

​DATES: November 7th, 8th, 9th 2025

​CAMPING & LODGING:

• ​Onsite Camping - Upon Approval

• ​Offsite Camping - Dunlap Camping Retreat (Pre-paid spaces will be reserved for participants. Located 10 mins from event site.)

• ​Yurt (Discounted Fee/Self Reservation Required) - Dunlap Camping Retreat (Located 10 mins from event site)

• ​RV Site (Discounted Fee/Self Registration Required) - Dunlap Camping Retreat (Located 10 mins from event site)

• ​Airbnb - Dunlap, CA

• ​Hotel Stays - Sanger, Reedley or Fresno

​ANCESTRAL LIFEWAYS SKILLS:

• ​Pit Fired Earthen Pottery w/ Martha Rodriguez

• ​Buckskin Hide Smoking w/ John Saucedo & Tiśina Parker

• ​Traditional Acorn Processing w/ Chrissy Atwell

• ​Fire & Baskets w/ Jennifer Malone

• ​Fire & Elements of Regalia w/ Tiśina Parker

• ​Friction Fire Ignition w/ Ray Gutteriez & Chimaway Lopez

• ​Plants & Fire w/ Ray Gutteriez & Community

• ​Song, Ceremony & Fire w/ Wukchumni & Southern Sierra Miwuk tribal members. 

• ​Cultural Burn led by Ray Gutteriez & local Fire Keepers

• ​Catered Food by Maizie White & JT Beggs

​FOOD:

​Meals provided: Friday Dinner - Sunday Lunch. If you plan to bring additional people with you, please ask them to sign up or indicate them in your registration so we can get an accurate headcount for food. You may consider bringing your own snacks and coffee/tea set up. We will try to make accommodations, but please consider bringing your own food if you have strict dietary restrictions. Food will be catered by Maizie White (Mohawk) & California Chef & TEK practitioner JT Beggs.

​What to Bring:

• ​Long Pants & Long Sleeve shirts - Cotton, wool or fire resistant fabric.

• ​Fire Boots or Durable Work Boots

• ​Leather Gloves

• ​Hardhat (*if you have one)

• ​Water Bottle

• ​Camp Chair, Blanket or something to sit on

• ​Towel & Toiletries

• ​Additional Clothing - Camp wear, jacket/layers, camp shoes

• ​Traditional song or story to share

​What Not To Bring:

• ​Drugs or Alcohol

• ​Dogs or pets

• ​Keep Tobacco sacred. Keep personal use and away from children & communal spaces.

• ​Fire Arms are not allowed.

​MORE QUESTIONS? Facts & Info Sheet (coming...)

​LEARN MORE: Native One - Hūyū Tepaní Sacred Fire

​*Hūyū Tepaní is supported by UC Berkeley, First Peoples Fund, Native One and Southern Sierra Miwok Nation.