As our Native Journeys Festival: Music and Dance 2019 is quickly approaching, we’d like to share our Head Man and Head Lady that will be leading the events in the dance circle! They have celebrated our events with us on numerous occasions and we are overjoyed to have them returning […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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Did you know that your online shopping can generate income for the museum at no cost to you? The Amazon Smile Foundation will automatically donate .5% of every eligible purchase each time you shop. It’s easy, just go to AmazonSmile to link to your regular Amazon account and select us […]
As we stated last week, after we shared a post on Native dolls, we also wanted to share some of the dolls from our own collection! The Seminole people reside in the Everglades of southern Florida. In the late 1800’s the women began making dolls out of the palmetto for […]
We recently posted on our Facebook page about dolls made by the native people and we wanted to bring up some examples of the dolls that you can find in our exhibits! Almost all native tribes have dolls, but none are so common as the Corn Husk Doll. Like the […]
Don’t forget that we’ve got an online shop you can visit! We often get questions about the ability to purchase something from the museum from the comfort of the online world. We are finally there! We’ve added a few more items since we first posted about it such as several […]
We introduced the lovely Ha’aheo O Hawai’i last week, so we’re overjoyed to be able to introduce the Red Oak Drum Group this week! These guys are Haliwa-Saponi and straight out of North Carolina. When you are invited to dance, this fantastic drum group will be the ones leading you […]
We Are Pleased to Announce… That we have a very special guest group coming for our 2019 Native Journeys Festival in April! Ha’aheo O Hawai’i will be here to teach about traditional Hula! While in Southern California in the mid 70’s, Cindi and her Hawaiian girlfriends were not happy with an […]
Did you know….. That there is a video game that networked with the Iñupiat people of Alaska? They worked with almost 40 tribal elders to create it! This game is set in the Arctic where a young Iñupiat girl and her fox companion trek across the frozen tundra in search […]
We’ve already started putting flyers out for our 2019 Event! Make sure to keep up with our website or through social media because we’re going to be updating on more specific details as we get closer to the event. So many of you have enjoyed our past events, and this […]