Our mission is to contribute to Native American historic preservation by utilizing resources put forth by the academic and Native communities to develop and conduct public programs that present Native culture and history in a way that targeted audiences will best receive it.
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We focus on major historic Native communities of the Northeastern cultural area, including but not limited to Abenaki (including Penobscot), Chippewa
(Ojibwa), Delaware (Lenape), Fox (Mesquaki), Huron (Wyandot), Illinois, Iroquois (Haudenosaunee including Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca), Kickapoo, Mahican, Menominee, Miami (including Piankeshaw and Wea), Nanticoke, Ottawa, Passamaquoddy, Pequot, Potawatomi, Sauk, Shawnee, Susquehannock, Winnebago (Ho-Chunk), as well as Late Mississippian communities and Virginia Peoples.
| We offer educational services to museums, cultural centers, schools, powwows, historical and cultural events in most areas in the Northeast including but not limited to Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
We welcome you to learn more. Please browse the categories located at the left of this page or find specific information by clicking here on site map for a list of all pages.
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Historic Prophetstown
2010 Schedule and Program Descriptions
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Visit us at any of these events*
*Not all engagements are listed below, as we also participate in seminars and educational programs closed to the general public. School outreach programs will never be listed for security reasons. If you are scheduling a museum, Powwow, or school program, please contact us for availability as this schedule does not accurately reflect our available dates. Fall is especially booked with school programs, so please RSVP early.
2010 Events Schedule:
Last Updated - 7/15/10
Feb. 27 & 28: Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Leane and Michael's Sugarbush in Salem, IndianaMarch 6 & 7: Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Leane and Michael's Sugarbush in Salem, IndianaMarch 13 & 14: National Maple Syrup Festival at Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora, IndianaMarch 27: Walk with the Natives at Sugarloaf Mound in Vincennes, IndianaApril 17 & 18: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana May 8 & 9: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, IndianaMay 15: Beck's Mill in Salem, IndianaJune 19 & 20: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana July 3 & 4: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, IndianaJuly 9 - 11: Great Mohican Pow-Wow in Loudonville, OhioJuly 24: Summer Moon Gathering at Perry Riley Farmstead in Kingman, Indiana
Aug. 21: Walnut Grove Dedication at Grouseland in Vincennes, Indiana
Aug. 22: Junior Ranger Series hosted by George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana
Aug. 28 & 29: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana Sept. 4 & 5: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana Sept. 11 & 12: Andersontown Powwow in Anderson, IndianaSept. 17 - 19: Great Mohican Pow-Wow in Loudonville, OhioSept. 25 & 26: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana Oct. 2 & 3: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana Oct. 30: Historic Prophetstown (in Prophetstown State Park) in Battle Ground, Indiana Nov. 13: Isle a la Cache Museum in Romeoville, Illinois
Dec. 12: Rescheduled for April 10, 2011: Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut2011 Tentative schedule to be posted soon!
Past Events: Andersontown Powwow, 2008 & 2009; Annual Maple Syrup Festival, 2008 & 2009; Autumn on the River, 2008; Chief Logansport of Living History, 2007; Eiteljorg Museum's Delaware Day, 2009; Historic Prophetstown, 2009; Isle a la Cache Museum, 2009; Mississinewa 1812, 2007, 2008 & 2009; National Maple Syrup Festival, 2008 & 2009; Northern Lakes Traditional Powwow, 2008; USDA NRCS Diversity Day, 2009.
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| Children listen as the presenter talks about Native American sugar making at the National Maple Syrup Festival. |
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| Visitors at Historic Prophetstown's Woodland Indian Village learn about native storage foods. |
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| Children learn to use a pumpdrill at the Northern Lakes Traditional Powwow. |
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