Hearth & Harvest Festival

Saturday, 11/19 - 10am-4pm

Harvest celebrations have been a part of Native culture for thousands of years. After a long growing season, crops would be gathered in abundance, and shared with family and the wider community, signaling the beginning of winter.

Special presentations of Native life and culture will be featured in the 3rd County Courthouse and Historical Museum, including a performance of Native dance by Patrick Little Wolf Brooks of the Tuscarora Nation and 7 Directions Dancers.

Historic kitchens throughout the village will also feature demonstrations of 19th century hearth cooking in North America.

WHAT’S IN STORE:

• Special presentation of indigenous cultural dance, education, storytelling and crafts will be presented in the Courthouse & Historical Museum.
• Dance Performances will be held at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm
• Crafts and storyteling sessions will be held at 12:30pm and 2:30pm
• Tours of the new Native Encampment will be led by David Bunn Martine throughout the day.
• Stephens House: Tour a Victorian-era kitchen and learn about the 19th-century roots of the Thanksgiving holiday we celebrate today.
• Christopher House: Discover foods native to the Americas. Sample cornbread with apple butter.
• Basketmakers House: Taste sweet potato and apple pies baked in a Dutch oven.
• Kruser-Finley House: Meet the broom-maker and learn about how this essential kitchen tool was made in the early American republic.
• Guyon-Lake Tysen House: Watch a reflector oven cook meat by an open hearth fire.

THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT. No refunds will be given for inclement weather.