In 2020, following the success of its Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, Ucross launched a similar opportunity for Native American writers at all stages in their professional careers. The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Writers is open to practicing writers who are currently producing work in one or more […]
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A while back, we made a post about our Amazon Wish List for how people can help out the museum from home. We were so excited to get our first donation of needles! For some, it may not be a bit deal, but for us, it means that we have […]
A recent visitor to the Frisco Native American Museum and vice president of the Outer Banks Stamp Club, John Webster, recognized that stamps have an important story to tell because they not only depict specific moments in history, they also reflect changes in cultural awareness and understanding. He approached staff about […]
We hope the new year has already brought you some positive changes and opportunities! We’d just like to take today to remind you that we are officially on our off season hours! We’ll be waiting for all of you winter birds! We will doing some construction on our local exhibit […]
We’d like to wish all of you a Happy Holidays! In celebration, we have decided to close both Saturday and Sunday of the coming week so we can all spend some extra time with our cherished friends and family. May you all be blessed with delicious food, joy that will […]
Most of you have seen that our very first Native American Cookery book was published and available for purchase. We were overjoyed to have so many recipes submitted, and torn when we had to choose which we had to exclude out of this volume. Then…we had a brilliant idea…. Get […]
It’s getting to be that time of year again! The cold winds are blowing and it’s getting close to where we need to start planning for the winter. As always, we will be closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas to allow our staff to spend time with their families. Then, starting […]
We had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Terry Guthrie of the Back Roads & Back Water Podcast. He provides a platform for conversational style interviews that share interesting information about different locations. Currently, he’s been conducting interviews down the Carolina Coast and offered us the opportunity to discuss a […]
We’d like to thank Barefoot Wade, a long-time volunteer and supporter of our museum, for sharing this video with us. We posted it on our Facebook page, and wanted to share it on the website as well for those that don’t utilize social media. Wade first came to the museum […]
It’s that time of year again! We’re getting ready to hold some of our more in depth classes! While we have some workshops specifically for children, many of these workshops are for kids 10+ due to the handling of tools needed such as blades or needles, the dexterity, and the […]
It’s that time of year again! We’re getting ready to hold some of our more in depth classes! While we have some workshops specifically for children, many of these workshops are for kids 10+ due to the handling of tools needed such as blades or needles, the dexterity, and the […]
Good News! Good News! Good News! Close your eyes and picture yourself back in time, sitting in a longhouse nestled in the woods, listening to an old lady tell you a story filled with exciting turns and twists. Imagine you can actually smell juniper and hear the songs of birds […]