
Will be performing at the following locations
Pocomoke Indian Nation Inc. Public Calendar
2023
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March 25-26 – Heritage Days Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Saturday 3/25 10-4 – Free entry
· Sunday 3/26 12-4 – Free entry
April 15, Saturday, 1-5 pm - Opening of Allen Museum https://allenhistoricalsociety.org
April 29, Saturday, 10-5 pm - Chicone Village Day www.restorehandsell.org
· The Handsell Plantation represents three distinct cultural communities: Indigenous, Enslaved, and Colonial people who collectively shaped this region.
June 3, Saturday, 1-3 pm – Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Fire and Flint Knapping Demos
· Related hands-on-activity
· Free to Museum members
June 17, Saturday, 10-2 Pocomoke River State Park, Shad Landing parkmaps/shadlandingmap
· Multiple demonstrations that take you back to the early 1600s to experience lifeways of the Pocomoke First People.
· Special Features include Dugout Canoe Burning and Fire-Starting Demonstration at Noon.
· Related hands-on-activities during the day.
· Held outside of the Nature Center in good weather, and inside if raining. Free Entry
July 19 Wednesday, 1-3 pm – Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Basic history of the Pocomoke Indian Nation, with cultural storytelling about Creation of “turtle island”
· Moons of the Pocomoke and how the terrapin can be a Calendar
· Exploration of indigenous Containers of gourds and clay
· Related hands-on-activity
· Free to Museum members
August 5, Saturday, 10-2 Pocomoke River State Park, Shad Landing parkmaps/shadlandingmap
· Multiple demonstrations that take you back to the early 1600s to experience lifeways of the Pocomoke First People.
· Special Features include Dugout Canoe Burning and Fire-Starting Demonstration at Noon.
· Related hands-on-activities during the day.
· Held outside of the Nature Center in good weather, and inside if raining. Free Entry
August 9 Wednesday, 1-3PM Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Storytelling, Cattails and Shells
· Related hands-on-activity
· Free to Museum members
September 9 – 10-4 pm Indigenous Heritage Day, Historic St Mary's City hsmcdigshistory.org
· Drew Shuptar-Rayvis, Pocomoke Cultural Ambassador
September 30 – 1-3PM Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Native Plants and Foods
· Related interactive activity
· Free to Museum members
October 14 - 10-5 pm – Nanticoke Jamboree at Handsell / Chicone www.restorehandsell.org
· The Handsell Plantation represents three distinct cultural communities: Indigenous, Enslaved, and Colonial people who collectively shaped this region.
Nov 4 - time to be announced, Delmarva Discovery Museum delmarvadiscoverycenter.org
· Special program –” Friends and Flutes -“Affright, then delight any man” ft. Ron Warren
http://www.restorehandsell.org
History Lives at Handsell
4837 Indiantown Road Vienna Maryland
Please check the Handsell website for directions to the colonial site.
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