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SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE 2825 Fish Hatchery Road Allentown, PA 18103: SWEETGRASS BASKETRY Saturday, November 26, 2016 10 am - 4 pm ​ Basket making is one of the most ancient of human crafts. There is a Native American legend that tells how the First Peoples learned to make baskets by watching birds build their nests. Basketry is a local art form; using materials and methods based on the local materials, plants and natural dyes found in an area. In the northeast, many Woodland Indians created coiled baskets from sweet grass. This fragrant grass, which grows about two feet high, was bundled into coils, wound and sewn together with fiber threads. ​ On Saturday, November 26, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., basket artist, Lawrincine Harris, will demonstrate the techniques used by Woodland Indians for coiling sweet grass into small trinket and larger storage baskets. Admission includes demonstration and museum tour: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children 12-17, and children under 12 are free.

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SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE 2825 Fish Hatchery Road Allentown, PA 18103 HORSE HAIR JEWELRY MAKING Saturday, November 19, 2016 10 am - 4 pm ​ More than just a mode of transportation and daily companion, the horse has been a source of fiber for creating horse tack, belts, fishing line and even building materials. ​ On Saturday, November 19, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., learn about the early uses of horse hair among Native American Indians, cowboys, royalty and even construction workers as instructor, Susan Newquist from Red Tail Designs, demonstrates how to “spin” individual horse hairs into “pulls” and braid them for jewelry making. ​ Admission includes demonstration and museum tour: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children 12-17, and children under 12 are free.

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SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE 2825 Fish Hatchery Rd., Allentown, PA HISTORY OF WAMPUM AND ITS USES Saturday, November 12, 2016 10 am - 4 pm ​ Wampum are tubular beads fashioned from the white and purple quahog, or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam. Before European contact, strings of wampum were used by Native Americans for storytelling, ceremonial gifts, and the recording of important treaties and historical events, such as Treaty Belts. Early historians and colonists mistook wampum as a form of money and briefly adopted wampum as their own currency. ​ On Saturday, November 12, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Vicky Schenandoah, Oneida Nation, will demonstrate how a wampum belt is loomed, and discuss the evolution of wampum making and its many uses today. ​ Admission includes demonstration and museum tour: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children 12-17, and children under 12 are free. ​

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SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE 2825 Fish Hatchery Rd., Allentown, PA PRIMITIVE ARROW MAKING Saturday, November 5, 2016 10 am - 4 pm ​ Native people often spent more time perfecting their arrows than their bows. In the act of hunting it is the arrow that delivers the killing blow, and its quality and precision are of the utmost importance. The process of building primitive arrows is an intricate art that is often overlooked. On Saturday, November 5, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. , 30 year veteran arrowmaker, Jack Mickievicz, will discuss the primitive art of arrowmaking by explaining shaft harvesting, preparation and straightening, and pitch preparation; and demonstrate how sinew is prepared for fletching (adding the feathers), and hafting (mounting) the arrowhead point to the shaft. ​ Admission includes demonstration and museum tour: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children 12-17, and children under 12 are free. ​

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Museum of Indian Culture 2825 Fish Hatchery Rd, Allentown, PA SATURDAYS AT THE MUSEUM: INTRO TO BRAIN TANNING A DEER HIDE Saturday, October 29, 2016 10 am - 4 pm ​ Long before factories, blue jeans, and way before handcarts and buggies; people all over the world made their clothes, footwear and all kinds of things out of naturally tanned animal hides. ​ Throughout the day, Wesley Dunn, Museum of Indian Culture’s veteran educator will show the process of scraping down a hide and how animal brains, a natural emulsifier, and wood smoke is traditionally used to prepare and naturally tan buckskin into soft, washable leather. ​ Admission includes demonstration and museum tour: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children 12-17, and children under 12 are free.

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