Beads come in many different shapes and colors The bead in a disk shape, called heishi, featured on this necklace are made out of coconut shell. To make the coconut shell into beads, a hole was drilled using a pump drill like the one below: Beads were drilled halfway through […]
Yearly Archives: 2023
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Have you ever wanted to be able to learn how to do some of the delicate beadwork that you see in our exhibits? Now you can! The museum staff has created a kit that contains everything to make your very own beaded bracelet! Peyote stitch, sometimes called gourd stitch, is […]
When we say we have some of the best visitors, we really mean it! One of those visitors is a member of Bear Creek Supply right here in North Carolina. We collaborated before to produce new mugs that have been a hot item, and now we’ve got brand new magnets […]
We’ve gotten asked several times about different ways to donate to the museum. There’s the ones most people are aware of, like donations of artifacts or cash in our donation box. We’ve shared about putting us as your Non-profit of choice on AmazonSmile too! There’s volunteering your services, which we […]
Those of us that are frequent readers are used to having our favorite comfortable spots to cuddle down with our books. But when you’re on the go? It means traveling with you reading pillow and extra bags for your book, or even worse, trying to carry both of them (as […]
In the world of archeology, exciting finds are often discovered after the rains soften the hard earth. You can now share in a bit of that adventure at home with our new Excavation Kit! Just by adding water to the block a little at a time, you can soften it […]
We’ve gotten some anonymous donations as of late and we wanted to say thanks to those lovely people for such a wonderful surprise you gifted us with. Thanks to our anonymous donor of $100 in donation box. Thanks to our anonymous donor through Network for Good. When we say every […]
We often say at the admission counter to “let us know if you have any questions”, and it brightens our day when folks take us up on the offer. The other day we had a young man ask a question that we weren’t quite sure of. We enthusiastically assured him […]
Summer Classes at Frisco Native American Museum equals Family Fun! Every Friday through September 1st at 2pm come and share some fun learning Native American crafts, music and natural history. Learn Finger Weaving, string a bead necklace, Sing and Drum, and learn about all sorts of critters! Every class will […]
It always brightens our day to hear “Hey! It’s John Day from Ohio!” when we pick up the phone. Mr. Day has been a long time friend of the museum that we wanted to publicly show our appreciation of. He’s donated countless pieces of flint and churt he’s picked up […]
Summer Classes at Frisco Native American Museum equals Family Fun! Every Friday June 9th through September 1st at 2pm come and share some fun learning Native American crafts, music and natural history. Learn Finger Weaving, string a bead necklace, Sing and Drum, and learn about all sorts of critters! Classes […]
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for our fallen warriors If you have ever participated in a Native event, such as our past Powwows, you would have noticed that every event has at least one daily event where members of the military are asked to come forward so they […]