20 Results for tag "American Indian"

• Presentation: Two-Spirits in American Indian Life

  Join a member of our American Indian Initiative as they explore the lives of two-spirit indigenous people who embody both female and male spirits.

• Film: Williamsburg – The Story of a Patriot

  See the 1957 film, in its vibrant 70mm format, that tells the story of a Virginia planter deciding to join the patriot cause.

• Special Event: We are Everywhere

  Join Professor Greg Smithers to open new insights into histories of gender diversity and sexual fluidity in Native America.

• Presentation: To Paint for War

  Discover the warfare of the Eastern Woodlands tribes and nations and its lasting legacy in the United States.

• Presentation: Researching Indigenous History

  Join the American Indian Initiative team as they share their research, programming, and outreach efforts as the initiative turns twenty years old.

• Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774

  Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.

• Performance: Washington and the Shawnee War

  Washington had a long history with the Shawnee as allies and enemies. Come hear his perspectives on the war against the Shawnee in the frontiers of Virginia in 1774.

• Special Event: Indigenous Gown in a Day

  The Mantua-makers are making a gown in a day! See what prominent northern Indigenous nations would have considered the height of fashion made with European trade goods.

• Presentation: Midwinter Stories

  Celebrate American Indian life and culture through stories and traditions.

• Street Theater: Shawnee Princes Arrive, 1774

  Come witness the arrival of these Shawnee “Princes” into the city and the reactions when two cultures collide.

• American Indian Heritage Month

  Learn even more about American Indians by exploring these resources from both our museum and other trusted institutions.

• The American Indian Experience

  American Indians, Native Americans, and/or Indigenous peoples were a regular and frequent presence in 18th-century Williamsburg. There were local "tributary" tribes, who were considered subjects of Great Britain by the 18th century, such as the Pamunkey, Mattaponi, and Chickahominy. There were “foreign” Indian tribes who had a nation to nation …

• FAQs with our American Indian Interpreters

  Get answers to frequently asked questions about the story of American-Indian tribes in Virginia. Read on to learn more about the American-Indian community.

• Warriors Stood There

  Native American people made a significant contribution to US Armed Forces. Read on to learn how they served and sacrificed their lives to service.

• Making Moccasins

  Mocassins are soft-soled footwear unique to each Native-American tribe from North and South America. Read on to learn to make a pair of mocassins at home.

• Why we use the term American Indian

  For clarity and consistency, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has been using the term American Indian since the establishment of the American Indian Initiative program in 2003. The term refers to the peoples of the North American continent and their descendants, who have lived here since before the European settlement began …

• American Indian Visitors in Williamsburg

  In the 18th century, America Indian delegations were a regular sight in Virginia’s colonial capitol of Williamsburg. During their stay, many of the accommodations, such as an encampment or the expenses incurred at a tavern, would be paid for by the local colonial government. At a time when southeastern and …

• 5 Things to Know About Navajo Weavings, Adapting Tradition

  Thanks to the popularity of Navajo Weavings: Tradition and Trade, the first Native American textiles exhibition at the Art Museums, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum’s next exhibition featuring Native American textiles opened September 10 in the Mary B. and William Lehman Guyton Gallery.Navajo Weavings: Adapting Tradition features six …

• Orange Shirt Day

  Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the U.S. and Canada, these two federal governments oversaw the operation of boarding (their name in the U.S.) and residential (their name in Canada) schools. These “Indian schools” removed Indigenous children from their communities, often via force or coercion, with the specific intent …

• That’s True Honor: Native American and Indigenous Veterans

  On this Veterans Day, it is important to reflect on the fact that Indigenous Americans have fought in every war in U.S. history. I want to acknowledge and lift up the stories of Indigenous American veterans of the past and present. I’ll begin with two local Native veterans from the …