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Featured Artist: John Blackfeather Jeffries

November 3, 2009 – 3:12 pm

When John Blackfeather Jeffries, a member of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, demonstrates how to make traditional American Indian weapons or discusses his displays of early hunting and fishing tools, he feels a special bond with his ancestors.
“To hold something like an arrowhead in my hand and know it belonged to my ancestors, [...]

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November Events at the N.C. Museum of History

November 2, 2009 – 11:05 am

November brings plenty of opportunities to celebrate American Indian Heritage Month at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. From the excitement of the American Indian Heritage Celebration to a screening of a documentary film, learn about North Carolina’s Indian culture, past and present.
Other November programs range from a performance of Russian music to an [...]

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Fourteenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

October 2, 2009 – 2:25 pm

Celebrate American Indian Heritage Month with musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers from North Carolina’s eight state-recognized tribes.* Catch the excitement of the Fourteenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. This lively festival is the museum’s largest annual [...]

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Colorful 18th Century Trade Faire at Ft. Dobbs State Historic Site

September 23, 2009 – 1:18 pm

STATESVILLE — Pull on your boots and head out to the most authentic and diverse event of its kind, the 18th-Century Trade Faire at Ft. Dobbs State Historic Site in Statesville. Admission is free to North Carolina’s 18th-century frontier on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More than 100 [...]

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New Archaeological Discoveries at Town Creek Indian Mound Prove Humans Lived There 3,000 Years Earlier Than Historians Thought

July 23, 2009 – 11:53 am

MT. GILEAD — Recent archaeological excavations at Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site have uncovered evidence that man lived at the site as far back as 13,000 years ago, some 3,000 years earlier than previously thought. Digs conducted June 22-26 uncovered a spear point thought to be the oldest artifact ever found at [...]

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Highway Historical Marker Honors Burnt Swamp Association

June 24, 2009 – 1:36 pm

RALEIGH – For more than 100 years, the Burnt Swamp Association has responded to the religious needs of the American Indian community in southeastern North Carolina. The service to that community is being recognized with a N.C. Highway Historical Marker, to be dedicated on Saturday, June 27, at 10 a.m. on NC Highway 72 [...]

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