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- Great Mini Event This Saturday
We’ve been looking for new ways to reach out and connect with the community and we had a lovely volunteer come up with a perfect suggestion! This Saturday, Nov 9th, come to the museum from 12 to 3 and help making Talking Sticks with Pamela Boneweaver Jones! Those of you that have joined our Friends… Read more: Great Mini Event This Saturday - THIS WEDNESDAY! 1st Annual Thrills & Chills Halloween Event!We’ve got a brand new event that we’re excited to be sharing with you! Wednesday, October 30th, travel to four of your favorite museums (though a recent update, The Lost Colony Museum will not be participating this year) on Hatteras Island for a day of scary and thrilling stories! Each museum has incredible stories to… Read more: THIS WEDNESDAY! 1st Annual Thrills & Chills Halloween Event!
- 1st Annual Thrills & Chills Halloween Event!We’ve got a brand new event that we’re excited to be sharing with you! Wednesday, October 30th, travel to four of your favorite museums on Hatteras Island for a day of scary and thrilling stories! Each museum has incredible stories to be told at different times during the day. Stories will last approximately 40 minutes… Read more: 1st Annual Thrills & Chills Halloween Event!
- Wild Poinsettia & PollinatorsWe are working on several avenues to bring more native plants and pollinators to our museum grounds and Nature Trail to both support our native ecosystem and educate our visitors. In that spirit, we’d like to introduce Euphorbia cyathophora, also called Wild Poinsettia or Fire-on-the-Mountain. This unique looking plant makes excellent accent plants though it… Read more: Wild Poinsettia & Pollinators
- Saying Goodbye to Our FriendIt is with great sadness that we announce the final journey of Loretta Oxendine, beloved friend and long-time supporter of the museum. Loretta was a talented artist, dedicated mentor, and extraordinary teacher who touched countless others through the example of her enduring wisdom and her generous and loving heart. Her beautiful spirit will continue to… Read more: Saying Goodbye to Our Friend
- Native Culture in Unexpected PlacesA newly published paper on 22 new species of gall wasp may not be something you’d ever consider as having any connection to Native American culture. Most people have seen a gall before. A strange growth on a plant that makes the stem bumpy or puffed up. Sometimes little furry balls on leaves or they… Read more: Native Culture in Unexpected Places
- Our First Free Museum Success!Community support is an important aspect of many native nations. It was understood that the weakest members of the tribe said much about how well your people were taking care of one another to ensure survival of all members. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone that brought in canned goods for our… Read more: Our First Free Museum Success!
- Pump DrillsWe had a very interesting discussion in the museum about wampum and pump drills and our visiting family asked a question we didn’t know the answer to….How long were the pump drills used? So we promised to look into it and write up a feature about what we found! A quick bit of backstory here,… Read more: Pump Drills
- Free Museum DayOn Saturday, September 14, 2024, individuals will have an opportunity to visit the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center with only a small donation – NO admission fee. Originally the Smithsonian Magazine “Museum Day” (with a 20 year tradition of offering free admission to designated museums across the country) was scheduled for that date. Although… Read more: Free Museum Day
- Website ChangesThe world of technology is always changing at a rapid pace and we’re always trying to keep up as best we can. With some of the recent updates that our website has experienced (some of you may have noticed we were unexpectedly down for a few days), it made it apparent that we are in… Read more: Website Changes
- Outer Banks Feature!The lovely Molly Harrison of Outer Banks This Week has shared an article that features our museum! “One of the most special and meaningful Outer Banks museums is found off the beaten path, way down Hatteras Island in the tiny village of Frisco. The Frisco Native American Museum explores the history of the earliest inhabitants… Read more: Outer Banks Feature!
- Concrete Trees?If you’ve been to any of our amazing summer classes you’ve been able to see one of our latest accomplishments in person. Our Natural History Center was recently remodeled to provide a unique classroom experience of being out in nature without concerns like mosquito swarms. One of the things at incorporated from the successes in… Read more: Concrete Trees?
- Navajo Silver HammeringWe discussed the tufa stone and sandcasting types of molding techniques the Navajo used for their silversmithing, but some of the work that is produced is too thin to be efficiently molded. So how did they make some of the thin detail work? This was done by hammering out coins! A U.S. silver dollar would… Read more: Navajo Silver Hammering
- MORE Summer Classes!What’s better than Summer Classes at the museum every Friday? Even MORE classes once a month on Wednesday and Thursday from Cherokee volunteers Jeannie and Mike Cranford! Check out what we’ve got available over on our EVENTS AND PROGRAMS tab. From talks about regalia to history, Mike and Jeannie cover a lot of information in… Read more: MORE Summer Classes!
- Join the Conversation!We’ve been looking for a way to engage more of our visitors in personal ways while they’re fast away from their vacation destination. We came up with a new FACEBOOK GROUP called Friends of the Frisco Native American Museum and it’s administrator is a volunteer that is an incredibly passionate individual. We’ve got Tuesday Tidbits… Read more: Join the Conversation!
- Pollinator Week AnnouncementThis week is Pollinator Week! From Pollinator.org: Pollinator Week 2024 is a celebration of the vital role that pollinators play in our ecosystems, economies, and agriculture. Under the inspiring theme “Vision 2040: Thriving ecosystems, economies, and agriculture,” this year’s event urges us to envision a future where pollinators not only survive but thrive. These essential… Read more: Pollinator Week Announcement
- 2024 Summer Classes are Here!But now they’re better than ever! With a newly remodeled pavillion we’ve got more room for more fun to be shared! Sign up by going to our EVENTS & PROGRAMS page and purchase your tickets in advance! Classes are $10 each and will be held every Friday through August! From feather painting to drums to… Read more: 2024 Summer Classes are Here!
- Action Fire FirstWe’d like to show our gratitude for Action Fire First of Wanchese, NC! A company created by a local man who has been in the business for some time, he was able to help when our previous company left hanging. Fast, efficient, and knowledgeable… imagine our delight when the gentleman that showed up at our… Read more: Action Fire First
- Memorial DayMemorial 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 can be shown honor. The… Read more: Memorial Day
- World Bee Day!Did you know that today is a day to celebrate all of our wonderful native bee species? We have so many species that have been spotted on museum grounds and this is the perfect time of year to take a look! From little Colletes bees on our yaupon flowers to large carpenter bees, all of… Read more: World Bee Day!
- Tufa Stone JewelryBeautiful silver jewelry is a well known icon for the Navajo, or Dine, people. But how are they able to create such intricate work out of silver? One method was to use a mold carved from tufa stone. Tufa is a type of limestone that is relatively easy to carve and found in the mid-west.… Read more: Tufa Stone Jewelry
- Navajo SandcastingMaking a mold out of tufa stone was discussed in a previous post, but how did the Navajo mass produce some of their work if the mold would only work for a small number of pieces? In the mid 1800’s the Navajo started a process that is known as sandcasting. The whole process from start… Read more: Navajo Sandcasting
- New & Improved Hours!We are happy to announce that we’ll be changing our hours to open at 10 am from now on! You get an extra half hour to come see us! This new schedule starts immediately so come on in and see what we’ve got going on!
- Local Exhibit Updates
