Twelfth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

General Description
Schedule of Events

Twelfth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Saturday, Nov. 17
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 12th 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, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of Saponi, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan. Visit the special exhibit Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England's First View of America from the British Museum.

It’s fun for the entire family!

Schedule of Events
(As of October 15, 2007—Please check back as the date gets closer!)

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

Bicentennial Plaza–Performance Stage

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
Blessing of the Arena and Grounds—Ray Littleturtle (Lumbee)
Master of Ceremonies – Sandon Jacobs (Waccamaw-Siouan)
Southern- and Northern- Style Drumming
Southern Sun drum group (intertribal)
Red Wolf drum group (intertribal)

Flute Music
Tony Clark (Lumbee)

11:45 a.m.–noon
Calling of Dancers

Noon–12:30 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, Tribal Chairperson
Meherrin: Thomas Lewis, Chief
Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation: Tony Hayes, Tribal Chair
Sappony: Otis Martin, Chief
Waccamaw-Siouan: Roscoe Jacobs, Chief
Cumberland County Association: Roy Maynor, Chairperson
Guilford Native American Association: Frances Stewart-Lowery, Chair
Metrolina Native American Association: Earlene Stacks, Chairperson
Triangle Native American Association: Lana Dial, President

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
Otis Martin, Sappony Chief

Reading of Proclamation
Nora Dial-Stanley (Lumbee), Cultural Committee Vice-Chair, N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs

Special Remarks
Dr. Clara Sue Kidwell (Choctaw), Director, American Indian Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jessica Jacobs (Lumbee), Miss North Carolina
Britt Cobb, Secretary, N.C. Department of Administration

Flag and Veterans’ Song

12:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Dance Demonstrations

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Demonstrations and Displays

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Lobby Level

Pine needle baskets: Loretta Oxendine (Lumbee)

Gourd carving and pottery: Herman Oxendine (Lumbee)

Pottery: Senora Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)

Ribbon work and feather art: Cindy Bowman (Osage)

Drawing and painting: Mickey Patrick (Waccamaw-Siouan)

Pottery: James Locklear (Lumbee)

Silver work: Brian Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)

Weapon making: John Blackfeather Jeffries (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Pottery: Joel Queen (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Foodways display: Angela Huskey and Tony Hayes (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Hunting and fishing tools display: Forest Hazel (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Second Floor

Beadwork and traditional regalia: Brenda Silva (Haliwa-Saponi) and Ray Silva (Navajo-Pueblo)

Third Floor

Medicinal herbs: Mary Sue Locklear (Lumbee)

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

Beadwork: Pat Richardson and Carol Brewington (Coharie)

Rivercane, maple, and white oak baskets: Ramona Lossie (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Arrowhead display: Patrick Stewart (Sappony)

Museum Entrance

Wampum and jewelry making: Andrew Hunter (Meherrin)

Bicentennial Plaza

Dugout Canoe Burning: Roger Hayes (Occaneechi-Saponi) and Robert Stone (museum staff)

Information booth: Triangle Native American Society/Wake County Indian Education Program

Three Sisters garden: Members of the Sappony tribe

Capitol Grounds

Longhouse walk-through: Arnold Richardson and Alvin Evans (Haliwa-Saponi), Denyce Hall (Meherrin)

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.

Lobby Level

Quilting with the Coharie Quilters

Scavenger hunt—register to win prizes

Grinding corn

Imprinting pottery designs

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

Second Floor

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

Making jingle cones

Making paper turtle rattles

Third Floor

Creating beadwork patterns

Creating quilt patterns with members of the Sappony tribe

Creating dream catchers with members of the Sappony tribe

Making Cherokee word badges

Capitol Grounds

Making Cherokee bean games and corncob darts

Playing chunkey, bean games, reed games, corncob dart game

Blowgun activity—test your aim

Stickball target practice

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Workshops and Talks

Red Room–Lobby Level

Tutelo Language Lessons
12:30 p.m.–12:50 p.m.
2:30 p.m.–2:50 p.m.

Find out about Tutelo from Marty Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi), then learn some Tutelo words and phrases.

50 Years at the Haliwa Tribal School
1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Find out about the history of this vibrant school, now in its 50th year. Former principal Dr. Ogletree Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi) shares images, artifacts and stories.

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.

Third Floor

Hands-On Heritage: 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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Exhibits and Displays

11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Third Floor

Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the Twentieth Century
Traveling exhibit from the Asheville Art Museum.

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).

American Indians in the Military
U.S. Army uniform worn by Gregory Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi), N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs director, while serving in the Vietnam War, and flyer about American Indians in the military.

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Storytelling

Purple Room—Lobby Level

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)

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Chats and Signings

Lobby Level

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p .m.
Jessica Jacobs (Lumbee), Miss North Carolina–autograph signing

1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Loretta Oxendine (Lumbee), co-author of Herbal Remedies of the Lumbee Indians–book signing

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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.
Covers of Love: Heirloom Masterpieces of the High Plains Community
Documentary by Sheila Wilson (Sappony)

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.
Dancing in the Gardens of the Lord
Scenes of American Indian powwows in North Carolina, produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC-Pembroke, 2007.

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Food Vendors

Bicentennial Plaza

Sappony tribe: beef stew, sweet potato fries, Sappony salsa, fried pies

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

Native American Methodist Church (intertribal): chicken bog

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