About this Event
November is National Native American Heritage Month
On November 12th 10am-5pm, Burpee Museum invites you to our celebration of Native American Heritage.
In conjunction with our newest contemporary exhibition "Of This Place", a collaborative effort between the Burpee Museum and Native American people from the Sac and Fox, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe Nations, we will have special guests, learning and interactive stations, and opportunities to grow as a collaborative community.
Be inspired by contemporary and traditional artworks and learn about the histories of the represented Nations from their own cultural educators and artists. Experience the living cultures, languages, and history of Native American people who are "Of This Place".
Cost: $14 Non-Member Adults | $12 Non-Member Youth | FREE Children Under 3
Members are FREE!!
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From the beginning, Native American peoples had many ways of getting food, the techniques usually depended on their tribe and area. The methods include hunting, trapping, fishing, gathering and farming. Primarily the males would go out to hunt and the women would then clean the animal, prepare it for cooking, storing, and for other resources. Native American people would use the animal for not only food but for things like clothing, weapons, tools and other useful objects.
Majority of the tribes got their food from hunting big and small game. Aboriginals from the Great Plains, like Cree for example relied on hunting bison. Because of the bison being such a large animal, the Cree would lead the bison off a cliff. There were also more conventional hunting methods like using a bow and arrows, spears, tomahawks, snares and traps. The men from the tribe would go out on hunts to get large game like deer, moose, caribou, elk, buffalo, and bear as well as small game like rabbits, beaver, and muskrat. They would also hunt turkey, ducks and other fowl.
There are many teachings that were spread amongst different tribes and clans about the significance of hunting and gathering. An old teaching that came from the Ojibway tribe was that everything was created for a purpose, and each living thing on the earth had its place in the circle of life. They believed that the animals were created to feed the Anishnaabe people, to give us strength, and we should be thankful for that gift. It was very important for the hunter to pray and give thanks when taking the life of an animal, as taking that life meant that he could feed his own family. It was also said that if we stopped hunting and fishing, that we were no longer grateful for the gifts that the creator had given us – therefore it is an act of cultural tradition to not only hunt and fish, but to give thanks by placing sacred medicines when an animal life has been taken for the survival of the tribe.
https://us.tribaltradeco.com/blogs/teachings/cultural-traditions-of-native-american-hunting-and-gathering
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 14.00