Local events focusing on the remnants of a prehistoric Native American culture continue.
Teresa Reep is the director of the Friends of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. While the park is on its way to being listed by the UN as a World Heritage site, she says you can learn more about the culture.
On Saturday, July 23rd, Talon Silverhorn, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, will discuss the importance of Hopewell sites to historic Shawnee identity and culture, traditional life skills, and how you can connect with Tribal Nations and citizens in the modern day. The event will be at the Hopewell Culture Mound City Group Visitor Center.
Siverhorn is also working with the state on a new park about the Shawnee near Xenia where Tecumseh was born.
The July 23rd event is free, but membership has its benefits. Before the 11am presentation, at 10 is a members-only reception while enjoying coffee and morning sweets.
Reep says to make a free reservation soon, because they have almost filled the auditorium at Mound City, just north of Chillicothe at16062 State Route 104 Chillicothe.
Then Saturday, August 27, join Gary Argabright, local archaeological expert and historian for a presentation “Insights Into Prehistoric People from the Artifacts They Left Behind.”
Gary will share 15 artifacts and the clues they give us into their use and the ingenuity of Ohio’s prehistoric peoples. The session will be about an hour at the Hopewell Culture NHP Mound City Group Visitor Center.
Again, before the 11am presentation is a 10am members-only reception with coffee and morning sweets.
Reep says the group has more ideas for fall, and hope to offer one event a month. One idea is exploring the first big documentarians of the Hopewell, Squire & Davis.
Talon Silverhorn, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe