Briar Patch B&B Inn
Contact: Ellen Goldberg
Website: www.briarpatchb&b.com  
Address: 23130 Briar Patch Lane, Middleburg, Va. 20117
Phone: 866-327-5911; 703-327-5911

Caledonia Farm-1812
Website: www.bnb1812.com  
Email: RPhilipIrwin@gmail.com  
Address: 47 Dearing Road. Flint Hill, Va. 22627
Phone: 800-BNB-1812; 540-675-3693

Goodstone Inn
Contact: Dana Henry
Website: www.goodstone.com
Email: dhenry@goodstone.com  
Address: 36205 Snake Hill Road, Middleburg, Va. 20117
Phone: 877-219-4663; 540-687-3333

Harmony Manor B&B
Contact: Kimberly Fort
Website: www.harmonymanorbb.com  
Email: info@harmonymanorbb.com   
Address: 65 Clark Lane, Washington, Va. 22747
Phone: 540-987-3300 ; 540-522-9379

Hillbrook Inn & Spa
Contact: Chris & Carissa Zanella
Website: www.hillbrookinn.com   
Email: info@hillbrookinn.com  
Address: 4490 Summit Point Road, Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone: 304-725-4223; Fax: 304-725-4455

Inn at Narrow Passage
Contact: Ellen & Ed Markel
Website: www.narrowpassage.com  
Physical Address: 30 Chapman Laning Road, Woodstock, Va. 22824
Mailing Address: PO Box 608, Woodstock, Va. 22664
Phone: 800-459-8002; 540-459-8000

L'Auberge Provencale B&B Inn
Website: www.laubergeprovencale.com  
Email: celebrate@laubergeprovencale.com  
Address: 13630 Lord Fairfax Highway, White Post, Va. 22663
Phone: 800-638-1702; 540-837-1375

MayneView B & B
Contact: Jon & Donna Mitchell
Website: www.mayneview.com  
Email: spedward@shentel.net  
Address: 439 Mechanic Street, Luray, Va. 22835
Phone: 540-244-3200

Middleburg Country Inn
Contact: JoAnn & Kevin Hazard
Website: www.middleburgcountryinn.com  
Email: hazard@middleburgcountryinn.com  
Address: 209 East Washington Street, Middleburg, Va. 20117
Phone: 800-262-6082; 540-687-6082

Old Waterstreet Inn
Contact: Jeannie Faith & Erik Erdal
Website: www.oldwaterstreetinn.com  
Email: oldwaterstreet@aol.com   
Address: 217 W. Boscowan Street, Winchester, Va. 22601
Phone: 866-665-6770; 540-665-6777

Pembroke Springs Retreat
Contact: Walter, Taeko & Lisa Floyd Email: lisa03@pembrokesprings.com 
Address: 6238 Wardensville Grade, Star Tannery, Va. 22654
Phone: 540-877-2600

Smithfield B&B
Website: http://www.smithfieldfarm.com
Email: info@smithfieldfarm.com
Address: 68 Smithfield Lane, Berryville, VA 22611
Phone: (540) 955-4389

South Court Inn Bed & Breakfast
Contact: Michael & Adelheid Osmers
Website: www.southcourtinn.com  
Email: stay@southcourtinn.com  
Address: 160 South Court Street, Luray, Va. 22835
Phone: 540-843-0980

The Ashby Inn & Restaurant
Website: www.ashbyinn.com  
Email: info@ashbyinn.com  
Address: 692 Federal Street, Paris, Va. 20130
Phone: 866-336-0099; 540-592-3900

The Carriage Inn B&B
Website: www.thecarriageinn.com  
Email: stay@carriageinn.com  
Address: 417 E Washington Street, Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone: 304-728-8003; Toll free 800-867-9830

The Inn at Vaucluse Spring
Website: www.vauclusespring.com  
Email: mail@vauclusespring.com  
Address: 231 Vaucluse Spring Lane, Stephens City, Va. 22655
Phone: 800-869-0525; 540-869-0200

Waypoint House B&B
Contact: Rachael & Jonathan Worsley
Website: www.waypointhouse.com  
Email: info@waypointhouse.com  
Address: 211 South Church Street, Berryville, Va. 22611
Phone: 540-955-8218

On the eve of the 45th Academy Awards, Marlon Brando announced that he would boycott the ceremony and send Apache Sacheen Littlefeather in his place. As Littlefeather read the acceptance letter, some in the crowd booed (video bottom left). Marlon Brando was among a few in Hollywood who raised attention to what is being taught about Indigenous culture in our schools, by the media and in films (video below left). Littlefeather says she was immediately blacklisted in Hollywood, according to Indian County Media Network.
Indian Country Today tells how "Marlon Brando asked Littlefeather, then a budding actress, to attend the Academy Awards and refuse the Oscar for him to protest the way the film industry perpetuated harmful stereotypes of Native Americans, and to show his solidarity with American Indian activists who were at that moment engaged in an armed battle with the FBI at Wounded Knee."

Marlon Brando supported the American Indian Movement (AIM), co-founded by American Indian Icon Dennis Banks. Now, Dennis Banks volunteered to be co-master of ceremony for The Gathering 2015 at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville VA this fall. The three-day festival details are online at www.HarvestGathering.org. Everyone is welcome to attend. Schedule for The Gathering CLICK HERE. 

 Life Cycle (Science SOL 2.4)

• White-tailed Deer in the Classroom: explore the life cycle of the white-tailed deer with a video, lessons and information to support the Virginia Science Standard of Learning Objective 2.4.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries let the Spirit of The Gathering Catch You Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 in Berryville, located 60 Miles west of Washington, D.C. in Clarke County Virginia.

Chief Terry Price of Virginia's Wolf Creek Cherokee is scheduled to attend The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1

The Wolf Creek Cherokee museum offers preservation of artifacts as well as artwork, research in genealogy, and educational classes. 

Sign up early for Kidz Harvest Fest Special VIP Group Tours and Advance Ticket Sales for the First Tour Groups of the Educational Villages that begin at 10:00 am on Friday Oct. 30. CLICK HERE to get a VIP Group Tour registration packet now before it fills up.

General Admission Opens to ALL AGES at 11:00 am Friday, Oct. 30.

Letter from Cressida Lozano, president Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation to Sanctuary on the Trail™ host to The Gathering:

Letter from the American Community Gardening Association to The Gathering Council of Elders.

 The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association recognizes that community gardening improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education.

ACGA and its member organizations work to promote and support all aspects of community food and ornamental gardening, urban forestry, preservation and management of open space, and integrated planning and management of developing urban and rural lands.

The Association supports community gardening by facilitating the formation and expansion of state and regional community gardening networks; developing resources in support of community gardening; and, encouraging research and conducting educational programs.

Berryville has a new landmark on its eastern entrance to welcome those attending The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 - Tee Pee. More on the front page B section of the Winchester Star newspaper is below (Sept. 19 issue) or online at LINK.

Next Step.  A team of volunteers are needed to sew, paint and wrap the Tee Pee on Thursday and Friday Sept. 24-25. Email: Info4TheGathering@gmail.com.