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Mousini78
11-17-2006, 11:37 AM
NC Museum of History in Raleigh will be hosting this celebration on Saturday, November 18. (Note: If you are attending, be aware that this is also the same day as the Raleigh Christmas Parade)

http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/AIHC/index.html

Bicentennial Plaza – Performance Stage
11:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Master of Ceremonies – Tony Clark (Lumbee)
Southern- and Northern-Style Drumming
Southern Sun Drum Group (intertribal)
Red Wolf Drum Group (intertribal)
Noon–12:45 p.m.
Grand Entry
Call of Nations: Tribes and Organizations
Coharie – Gene Faircloth, Chief
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – Michell Hicks, Chief
Haliwa-Saponi – Ronald Richardson, Chief
Lumbee – Jimmy Goins, Chair
Meherrin – Thomas Lewis, Chief
Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation – Tony Hayes, Chair
Sappony – Otis Martin, Chief
Waccamaw-Siouan – Roscoe Jacobs, Chief
Cumberland County Association – Roy Maynor, Chair
Guilford Native American Association – Frances Stewart-Lowery, Chair
Metrolina Native American Association – Earlene Stacks, Chair
Triangle Native American Society – Lana Dial, President

Welcome
Prayer and Invocation
Reading of Proclamation
Flag and Veterans’ Song
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Dance Demonstrations
2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Ani-Kuwih (Mulberry) Dancers, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Dance Demonstrations

Demonstrations and Displays
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Pine needle baskets: Loretta Oxendine (Lumbee)
Gourd carving and pottery: Herman Oxendine (Lumbee)
Pottery: Senora Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)
Stone carving: Freeman Owle (Eastern Band of the Cherokee)
Drawing and painting: Mickey Patrick (Waccamaw-Siouan)
Pottery: James Locklear (Lumbee)
Silver work: Brian Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)
Corn babies: Phyllis Lowery (Lumbee)
Weapon making: John Blackfeather Jeffries (Occaneechi-Saponi)
Pottery and carving: Josh Dugan (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
Pottery: Joel Queen (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
Foodways display: Angela Huskey and Tony Hayes (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Third Floor
Medicinal herbs: Mary Sue Locklear (Lumbee)
Carving demonstration of walking sticks: Members of Sappony tribe
Arrowhead display: Patrick Stewart (Sappony)
Beadwork: Pat Richardson and Carol Brewington (Coharie)

Museum Entrance
Wampum and jewelry making: Andrew Hunter (Meherrin)
Dugout canoe: Forest Hazel and Roger Hayes (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Capitol Grounds
Longhouse construction: Arnold Richardson and Alvin Evans (Haliwa-Saponi), and Denyce Hall (Meherrin)
1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Weapons demonstration: Jeremy Currie (Lumbee)
Making Cherokee bean games and corncob darts
Playing Indian games: chunkey, bean games, reed games, corncob dart game
Blow gun activity—test your aim with a blow gun

Lobby Level
Quilting with the Coharie Quilters
Scavenger hunt—register to win prizes
Grinding corn
Imprinting pottery designs
Making Cherokee name badges
Wheel of History—spin the wheel and test your knowledge of American Indian history

Third Floor
Making jingle cones
Creating beadwork patterns
Finger weaving: staff from Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
Mini-classes on the creation of dream catchers: Members of Sappony tribe
Tribal tattoos: Members of Sappony tribe

Discovery Tour: Early American Indian Life
1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m.

Tutelo Language Lessons
12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Red Room—Lobby Level
Find out about the language of Tutelo from Marty Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi), then learn some words and phrases.

Beadworking Workshop
1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Red Room—Lobby Level

Register at the front desk for these mini-workshops led by Qua Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi). Each workshop is limited to 15 participants ages 8–17. Made possible by Ornamentea.

Third Floor
Community and Culture: North Carolina Indians Past and Present
An exploration of how the state’s American Indians have maintained their cultural traditions through pottery making, corn use, and the games of stickball and chunkey

Tsalagi and Creation
Soapstone carving by storyteller, artist, historian, and elder Freeman Owle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Storytelling
Purple Room—Lobby Level
Emcee:
1:00 p.m.–1:20 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee)
1:30 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
2:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m.
Lawrence Dunmore (Occaneechi-Saponi)
2:30 p.m.–2:50 p.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
3:00 p.m.–3:20 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee)
3:30 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
Lawrence Dunmore (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Films
Auditorium—Lobby Level (cancelled if inclement weather)
11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m.
In the Heart of Tradition: The Eight State-Recognized Tribes of North Carolina and the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs

Food Vendors
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Bicentennial Plaza
Sappony tribe: fried pies, sweet potato fries
Illyas Concessions: turkey legs, ribbon fries, funnel cakes
Mills on Wheels: barbecue, fry bread, Indian tacos
Wake County Indian Education Program: beverages

Dreaminghawk and I are going to attempt to attend this, if we can make it through the traffic and find a place to park. I think it will be a really informative event.

mgreer
08-21-2009, 03:00 PM
i was just in townsend three weeks ago and bought a book in cades cove my grate,great,great,great,grandmother is on the 2ent page of the book anyway i come from the long line of Huskeys and have gotting mixed up with all the inter marrying

Mousini78
08-22-2009, 09:07 PM
Not sure the previous post is in the right place, should probably be on the genealogy forum....but, this celebration is going to be held this again this year. American Indian Heritage Education Day
Friday, November 21, 2009
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Grades K–12
Prepaid registration fee: children ages 5–13, $6 per person; children ages 14 and up and adults, $8 per person (one free adult admission per ten students)


Celebrate National American Indian Heritage month! Students will have an interactive experience that will bring American Indian history and culture curriculum to life. Visit teaching stations on storytelling, crafts, games, foodways, dancing, and music, staffed by members of the state’s eight recognized tribes. Listen to and participate in discussions about Indians today. Teachers receive supplemental materials for classroom use.

Bus parking, restrooms, and outdoor picnic facilities available
Free information packet and classroom suggestions via e-mail for participating teachers

Space is limited, so register early! To reserve a time for your group, please call Courtney Armstrong at 919-807-7993 or e-mail courtney.armstrong@ncdcr.gov.


Registration required by November 1. No refunds after November 1, 2009.

Fourteenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Saturday, November 21, 2009
11 a.m.–4 p.m.


Celebrate North Carolina’s American Indian heritage at this exciting festival!
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/wgo/Festivals.html