With the arrival of Piankeshaw Trails to Shakamak State Park comes new activities including a program called School of the Native Journey Through Time which will take place April 26th and 27th at Shakamak State Park from 10:00am-4:00pm. The following was submitted by Sheryl Hartman of Piankeshaw Trails and explains the program and objectives.

School of the native will celebrate Woodland Indian Culture through Flute music, dances and drums which illustrate through movement and sound, how people view themselves and their surroundings. School of the Native is an event that will take visitors through some of the complex and often mysterious prehistoric cultures up through the colonial and settlement periods of the 18th and 19th centuries.

School of the Native attempts to revisit some of the past by utilizing live visual presentations of Woodland Indian life ways and the recreation of the various arts and in many instances inviting the visitors to join in.  This event honors Native Woodland People through arts and activities that engage the audience. The hosts of this event want the children and families of the community to leave the event with a much deeper understanding of cultural diversity and appreciation of those ancient ones who left their moccasin prints deeply imbedded on the face of mother earth.

The 2008 School of the Native will be highlighting such arts as coil wrapped pottery, stone tool manufacturing, storytelling, cordage making, and hide tanning, among many others. Most of these have been designated as, "lost arts" or "archaic arts," or even so called, "primitive arts." When you examine each of these and see how complex detailed knowledge goes into producing a finished product, "primitive" is not at all an appropriate definition for them.  read more  

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When: April 12

Where: Roy Clark Building in Linton

What time: Doors open at 5:00, music starts at 5:30

Cost: $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids 12 and under

Bands: John Danner, Kade Puckett, Samurai Porkchop, Acousma, Precore, Katatonik, and TenStrip

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