13th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

General Description
Schedule of Events

13th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Saturday, November 22
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Celebrate North Carolina’s American Indian heritage at this exciting festival!

The Museum of History and Bicentennial Plaza will overflow with

• music
  
• dancing
  
• storytelling
  
• hands-on activities
  
• food
  

Come to the museum and help commemorate American Indian Heritage month and the museum’s 13th annual American Indian Heritage Celebration! See artists demonstrate their skills at pottery, basketry, beadwork, stone carving, and other crafts. Watch dancers perform traditional dances to the rhythms of northern- and southern-style drum groups. Make crafts, plays games, and listen to stories and legends presented by Indian storytellers. Learn about members of the eight state-recognized tribes: Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of Saponi, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan.

It’s fun for the entire family!

Schedule of Events
(As of November  2008—Please check back as the date gets closer!)

Bicentennial Plaza–Performance Stage
Demonstrations and Displays
Hands-On Activities
Exhibits and Displays
Storytelling and Book Signings
Films
Food Vendors

Bicentennial Plaza–Performance Stage

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
Blessing of the Arena and Grounds
Master of Ceremonies –Tony Clark (Lumbee)
Southern- and Northern-Style Drumming
Southern Sun drum group (intertribal)
Stoney Creek drum group (intertribal)

Flute Music

11:45 a.m.–noon
Calling of Dancers

Noon–12:30 p.m.
Grand Entry
Call of Nations: Tribes and Organizations
Coharie
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Haliwa-Saponi
Lumbee
Meherrin
Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation
Sappony
Waccamaw-Siouan
Cumberland County Association
Guilford Native American Association
Metrolina Native American Association
Triangle Native American Association

Welcome and Introductions
Ken Howard, Director, N.C. Museum of History
Gregory Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi), Executive Director, N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs

Prayer and Invocation
Chief Don Carter, Coharie Tribe

Reading of Proclamation

Special Remarks
Dr. Freda Porter, President and CEO of Porter Scientific, Inc. and trustee of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian

Flag and Veterans’ Song

12:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Dance Demonstrations
Women’s Dance Styles:
Women’s Traditional
Women’s Fancy
Women’s Jingle

Men’s Dance Styles:
Men’s Northern Traditional
Men’s Southern Traditional
Men’s Fancy
Men’s Grass

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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)
Pinecone patchwork patterns: James Malcolm (Lumbee)

Drawing and painting: Mickey Patrick (Waccamaw-Siouan)

Pottery: James Locklear (Lumbee)

Silver work: Brian Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)
Ribbon work and feather art: Cindy Bowman (Osage)

Weapon making: John Blackfeather Jeffries (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Pottery: Joel Queen (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Foodways display with members of the Occaneechi-Saponi tribe
Arrowhead display: Patrick Stewart (Sappony)
Pottery: Darrin Bark (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Hunting and fishing tools display with members of the Occaneechi-Saponi tribe

Medicinal herbs: Mary Sue Locklear (Lumbee)

Stone carving: Freeman Owle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Beadwork: Pat Richardson and Carol Brewington (Coharie)
Woodworking: David Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)
Wampum, jewelry and dream catcher making: Duane and Julian Hunter (Meherrin)

Dugout canoe burning: Robert Stone (museum staff)

Three Sisters garden: Members of the Sappony Tribe
Information booth: Triangle Native American Society/Wake County Indian Education Program
Weapons demonstration (1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.): Jeremy Currie (Lumbee)

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Hands-On Activities

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Quilting with the Coharie Quilters

Scavenger hunt—register to win prizes

Grinding corn

Imprinting pottery designs
Recording your giving story with NC Gives

Finger weaving with staff from Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site

Wheel of History—spin the wheel and test your knowledge of American Indian history

Making jingle cones

Making pinecone patchwork patterns

Creating dream catchers with members of the Sappony tribe

Making Cherokee and Tutelo word badges
Making sassafras tea bags
Creating beadwork patterns
Making paper bandolier bags
Creating quilt patterns with members of the Sappony tribe
Making ribbonwork bookmarks
Playing Indian games: corncob darts, chunkey, bean games, reed games

Blowgun activity

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Exhibits and Displays

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Community and Culture: North Carolina Indians Past and Present
A look how pottery making, corn, and the games of stickball and chunkey carry on Indian cultural traditions.

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

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Storytelling and Book Signings
11:00 a.m.–11:20 a.m.
Lawrence Dunmore (Occaneechi-Saponi)

11:30 a.m.–11:50 a.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Long Ago Stories of the Cherokee—book signing follows the storytelling session

1:20 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee)

2:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m.
Freeman Owle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Origins of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee—book signing follows the storytelling session

2:30 p.m.–2:50 p.m.
Lawrence Dunmore (Occaneechi-Saponi)

3:00 p.m.–3:20 p.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

3:30 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee)

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Workshops and Talks

Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians
2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Learn more about herbal remedies from Loretta Oxendine (Lumbee), coauthor of Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians. A book signing will follow this short talk.

Beadworking Workshop
1:40 p.m.–2:10 p.m.
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Register at the front desk for these workshops led by Qua Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi). Each session is limited to 15 participants, ages 8–17.

Hands-On Heritage Spotlight: Cherokee Baskets
1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Learn about the art of basketweaving and handle reproduction objects.

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Films

Auditorium—Lobby Level (cancelled in case of inclement weather)

12:45 p.m.–1:15 p.m.
In the Heart of Tradition: The Eight State-Recognized Tribes of North Carolina and the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
Produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC-Pembroke, in collaboration with the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs.

1:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
Our People: Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation
Produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC Pembroke, in collaboration with the Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation and the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, 2008.

2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Our People: The Sappony
Produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC Pembroke, in collaboration with the Sappony Nation and the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, 2007

3:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Listen to The Drum: A Closer Look at American Indian Powwow Music
Scenes of American Indian powwows in North Carolina, produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC-Pembroke, 2008.

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Food Vendors

Bicentennial Plaza

Sappony tribe: beef stew, sweet potato fries, Sappony salsa, fried pies, pumpkin pine nut bread

Mills on Wheels (Haliwa-Saponi): barbecue, fry bread, Indian tacos, hamburgers, hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches, nachos, fried Oreos, stew, buffalo burgers, buffalo burritos, chicken fingers, french fries

Illya's Concessions (Lumbee): turkey legs, ribbon fries, funnel cakes

Wake County Indian Education Program (intertribal): bottled water, drinks

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