14th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

General Description
Schedule of Events

14th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Saturday, November 21
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
FREE

Come to the Museum of History and help commemorate American Indian Heritage Month at this exciting festival! The museum will overflow with music, dancing, storytelling, hands-on activities, and food.

• See artists demonstrate their skills at pottery, basketry, beadwork, stone carving, and other crafts.
• Watch dancers perform traditional dances.
• Make crafts, play games, and listen to stories and legends.
• Learn about the eight state-recognized tribes.

It’s fun for the entire family!

Schedule of Events

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

Bicentennial Plaza—Performance Stage

Master of Ceremonies
Sandon Jacobs (Waccamaw-Siouan)

Arena Director
Jeff Anstead (Haliwa-Saponi)

10:30–10:45 a.m.
Blessing of the Arena and Grounds

10:45–11 a.m.
Musical Performance
Jonathan Ward (Lumbee), flutist

11–11:40 a.m.
Musical Performance
Dark Water Rising, featuring Charly Lowry (Lumbee), American Idol finalist (more information)

11:45 a.m.–noon
Opening Songs

Southern- and Northern-Style Drumming

Southern Sun drum group (intertribal)

Red Wolf drum group (intertribal)

Noon–12:30 p.m.
Grand Entry

Roll Call of State-Recognized Tribes and Organizations

Coharie
Eastern Band of CherokeeIndians
Haliwa-Saponi
Lumbee
Meherrin
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
Sappony
Waccamaw-Siouan
Cumberland County Association
Guilford Native American Association
Metrolina Native American Association
Triangle Native American Association

Flag and Veterans’ Song
Lumbee Color Guard

Blessing of the Ceremony

Welcome Remarks
Gregory Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi), Executive Director, N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs

Ken Howard, Director, N.C. Museum of History

Britt Cobb, Secretary, N.C. Department of Administration

Reading of Proclamation
Mardella Sunshine Costanzo (Lumbee), Miss Indian North Carolina

Special Presentations and Recognition
Nora Dial Stanley (Lumbee), Chair, American Indian Heritage Celebration Fund-Raising Committee

Honor Song

12:30–4 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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11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Demonstrations and Displays

Lobby Level
Pine needle baskets: Loretta Oxendine (Lumbee)

Gourd carving and pottery: Herman Oxendine (Lumbee)

Pottery: Senora Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)

Drawing and painting: Mickey Patrick (Waccamaw-Siouan)

Silver work: Brian Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)

Weapon making: John Blackfeather Jeffries (Occaneechi-Saponi)

Pottery: Joel Queen (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Foodways display: Members of Occaneechi-Saponi tribe

Food Lion Native American Business Resource Group: Diabetes Friendly Native American Recipes

Cornbabies (pottery): Phyllis Lowery (Lumbee)

Information booth: Native American Resource Center, UNC-Pembroke

Second Floor
Longhouse model: Arnold Richardson and Alvin Evans (Haliwa-Saponi), Denyce Hall (Meherrin)

Ribbon work and feather art: Cindy Bowman (Osage)

Information booth: The Census

Third Floor
Medicinal herbs: Mary Sue Locklear (Lumbee)

Beadwork: Pat Richardson and Carol Brewington (Coharie)

Stonecarving: Freeman Owle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

Woodworking: David Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)

Arrowhead display: Patrick Stewart (Sappony)

Museum Entrance
Wampum and jewelry making: Julian Hunter (Meherrin)

Dream catchers: Andrea Hunter (Meherrin)

Bicentennial Plaza
Dugout canoe burning: members of the Occaneechi-Saponi tribe, Robert Stone (museum staff)

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

Museum gardens: Staff from UNC-Chapel Hill Research Labs of Archaeology. Be an archaeobotanist! Find and identify seeds to learn about some of the plants people grew in the past. Learn about the Three Sisters.

1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. 
Graffiti Art Demonstration: John Richardson and Tokeya Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi)

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11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Hands-On Activities

Lobby Level
Quilt with the Coharie Quilters.

Go on a scavenger hunt to win a prize.

Grind corn.

Imprint pottery designs.

Make a traditional tools-and-weapons concentration game.

Second Floor
Make a jingle cone.

Make a ribbon work bookmark.

Third Floor
Design a beadwork pattern.

Make a sassafras tea bag.

Make dreamcatchers with members of the Sappony tribe.

Make a Cherokee word badge.

Spin the Wheel of American Indian History.

Finger weave with staff from Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site.

Make a paper turtle pouch.

Capitol Grounds
Play chunkey or a game of corncob darts.

Shoot a blowgun to test your aim.

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Storytelling and Talks

Purple Room—Lobby Level
11–11:40 a.m.
Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery (Lumbee), Assistant Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Learn about the Lumbee experience and struggle for recognition.

12:30–12:50 p.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), storyteller and author

1–1:30 p.m.
Dr. C. Daniel Crews, Archivist, Moravian Archives
Hear how the Eastern Band of Cherokee and Cherokee Nation is translating Moravian records

1:45–2:10 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee), storyteller

2:30–2:50 p.m.
Lloyd Arneach (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), storyteller and author

3–3:30 p.m.
Dr. Olivia Oxendine (Lumbee), Assistant Professor of Education, UNC-Pembroke
Learn about the Elder Teachers Project, oral histories of six Lumbee educators who taught in segregated and integrated schools.

3:40–4 p.m.
Gwen Locklear (Lumbee), storyteller

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Workshops

Red Room—Lobby Level
Register at the front desk for workshops and lessons. Each session is limited to 15 participants.

1:15–1:45 p.m.
Beadworking Workshop with Qua Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi) and Nancy Pennington (museum staff)

2–2:30 p.m.
Instrument workshop, Arnold Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi)

2:45–3:15 p.m.
Cherokee Language lesson

3:30–4 p.m.
Beadworking Workshop
with Qua Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi) and Nancy Pennington (museum staff)

11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Third Floor
Hands-On Heritage: Cherokee Baskets
Learn about the art of basketweaving and handle reproduction objects.

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11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Exhibits and Displays

Third Floor
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).

A New Land, “A New Voyage”: John Lawson’s Exploration of Carolina
Artifacts, specimens, illustrations, and other objects related to Lawson’s travels in the Carolina colony.

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Films

Auditorium—Lobby Level (in case of inclement weather, films will be canceled)

12:30–1 p.m.
In the Heart of Tradition: The Eight State-Recognized Tribes of North Carolina and the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs*

1:15–1:45 p.m.
Our People: The Lumbee*

2–2:30 p.m.
Our People: Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation*

2:45–3:15 p.m.
Real Indian (8 minutes)**

Sounds of Faith (15 minutes)**

3:15–3:45 p.m.
Listen to the Drum: A Closer Look at American Indian Powwow Music*

*Produced by the Native American Resource Center at UNC-Pembroke, in collaboration with the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs

**Produced by Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery

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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

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

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