18751 Hogaboom Lane St. Mary's City , 20686
Saturday, September 10, 2022
10:00am - 4:00pm
18751 Hogaboom Lane St. Mary's City , 20686
10 Sep 2022
Join Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC) for Indigenous Heritage Day from 10 a.m.—4 p.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The annual event will be filled with ongoing demonstrations at the Woodland Indian Hamlet that highlight traditional methods in hide tanning, pottery, and cooking.
Interact with Drew as he takes you on an interpretive journey while exploring the interconnected relationships between the Dutch, Swedes, English, and Algonkian peoples in their respective regions/colonies.
Nate Salzman, Village Manager, at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, demonstrates how to start a fire using friction.
Meet with members of HSMC staff as they demonstrate Late-Woodland Indian pottery techniques.
HSMC staff demonstrate the many plants, native and invasive, throughout the landscape that can be used by humans.
HSMC curators from our research department will display and expound upon the Native American artifacts that have been found on HSMC property.
Admission for the day will be available to purchase at The Shop at Farthing’s Ordinary or the HSMC Visitor Center (18751 Hogaboom Lane, St. Mary’s City, Md 20686)
September 10
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$10 adult; $9 senior; $6 student; free to ages 5 and younger. Free to museum members.
ABOUT DREW SHUPTAR-RAYVIS:
Drew Shuptar-Rayvis (Pekatawas Makatawai’U “Black Corn”) holds a cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology from Western Connecticut State University and a Certificate Degree in Archaeology from Norwalk Community College. A true American of the mid-Atlantic region, his family includes indigenous Pocomoke heritage, Pennsylvania Dutch, Welsh, Swiss,English, Scots-Irish, Boyko Ukrainian and Ashkanazi Jewish, he honors all of his ancestors as a practicing living historian and regularly participates in colonial era reenactments, interpretations and public educational events. He has studied the reading of Wampum and works diligently in the research and preservation of the Eastern Woodland languages, particularly Renape and Mahican and is educated in the many European languages at use in the Colonial Period. He was the first garden manager of Western Connecticut State University’s Permaculture Garden, and practices Native horticulture. In July 2021 Drew was elected by his Paramount Chief Norris Howard Senior and Vice Chief Norris Howard Jr. as Cultural Ambassador of the Pocomoke Indian Nation of Maryland.
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