Native American Culture Day

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Native American Culture Day 2018 Timeline

10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. - Tribal Demonstrations & Presentations throughout the Village

10:30 a.m. - Opening and Blessing of the Common Ground (Atakapas Ishak)

10:45 a.m. - Gourd Dance led by the Avogel Tribe (All Gourd dancers can participate)

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Arts/Crafts & Canoeing (Chapel)

11:00 a.m. - Drumming (Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw)

11:30 a.m. - Dance Lessons (Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe)

12:00 p.m. - Seven Directions Ceremony (Acadian Mi'kmaq (Metis) Heritage Association)

12:30 p.m. - 'An Indigenous Curriculum: Changing the Narrative of Colonial Louisiana History for Elementary School Social Studies' Tulane University Students/Pointe au Chien

1:30 p.m.- Dance Lessons (Canneci N'de Band of Lipan Apache)

2:00 p.m. - Dancing (The Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe)

2:30 p.m. - "Mi'kmaq Sacred Teaching" (Acadian Mi'kmaq (Metis) Heritage Association)

3:00 p.m. - Drumming (Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe)

3:30 p.m. - Dancing (Canneci N'de Band of Lipan Apache)

PARTICIPATING TRIBES & TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

Avogel Tribe of Louisiana
Pointe Au-Chien Coushatta
Acadian Mi'kmaq (Metis) Heritage Association
Chitimacha
Canneci N'de Band of Lipan Apache
Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Isle de Jean Charles Band
Atakapa Ishak
Louisiana Attakapas Eagle Tribe

For more information, please visit Vermilionville.org or
contact Brady McKellar, Director of Museum Operations, at (337) 233-4077 x.211.

This program has been made possible through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This project is supported by an External Agencies Funding Program grant, sponsored by the Lafayette Consolidated Government and administered by the Acadiana Center for the Arts.