"CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE”
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 21, 2023
SATURDAY – OCTOBER 28, 2023
116 South Public Square - Laurens, South Carolina
864-681-3678
Come, enjoy and help celebrate the “Native American Arts, Culture and Heritage”. Events are sponsored by the Laurens County Museum, Piedmont American Indian Association Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation of South Carolina and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Artists, speakers and Tribal Leaders from all over South Carolina will provide hands on artisan workshops, music, drumming, Native American Artifact identification and much more. These programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required for the workshops, as space is limited. To register, contact the Museum at (864)681-3678 or laurensmuseum1@gmail.com
Saturday - October 21, 2023
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. - Opening Lectures – Magnolia Room
Chief of the Waccamaw People, Harold Hatcher, PhD
History of Waccamaw People and Current Native American Issues
Chief of the PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation of South Carolina, Dexter Sharp
History of Cherokee People and Current Native American Issues
1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. – Lecture and Demonstration – Traditional Cherokee Pottery
Magnolia room
Billy Lightwalker Fulcher, Cherokee Potter
1:30 P.M. – 2:15 P.M.– Lecture / Questions - Native Beadwork – Traveling Exhibit Hall
Marcy Hayden, Pee Dee Indian Tribe Beading Craftswoman
2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. – Workshop (pre registered) - Hands on Bead Crafting
Traveling Exhibit Hall
Marcy Hayden, Pee Dee Indian Tribe Beading Craftswoman
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
“Celebrating Native American Traditions”
(Workshops for those pre-registered)
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. – Lecture / Demonstration
musical instruments, flute, hand drum & rattlers - Magnolia Room
Kim Two Moons Erwood, Cherokee Flute Player
1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. -Demonstration on how to make a Native flute – Magnolia Room
1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. - Lecture and make a tobacco basket - Traveling Exhibit Hall
Deborah Moon Wolf Pope, Cherokee Basket Weaver
1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. – Lecture and make a dream catcher – Magnolia Room
Patsy Dancing Wolf Durham, Cherokee Elder
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