11/13/2021
10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for special tours and programs as Historic Jamestowne commemorates Native American Heritage Month.
Free with paid admission to Historic Jamestowne
9:30am–5:00pm: “The World of Pocahontas, Unearthed” Exhibit
This Archaearium exhibit draws from thousands of archaeological artifacts found at James Fort that have illuminated the lifeways of the Chesapeake’s Indian peoples. Indian-made clay pipes, pots, shell beads, projectile points, and bone and stone tools have been found—making James Fort one of the richest sites of contact-period Virginia Indian artifacts in the Chesapeake region.
10:00am–4:00pm: Native Lifeways of the Chesapeake
The local Native peoples were frequent visitors to James Fort during the first several years of settlement. Join Daniel ‘Firehawk’ Abbott of the Nanticoke people from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to learn about the material culture and lifeways of the Tidewater Algonquians as well as their interactions with the settlers at Jamestown.
10:00am–4:00pm: “A tractable trade”
Meet Anas Todkill, one of the settlers that explored the Chesapeake Bay with Captain John Smith. Learn how the English traded with the Virginia Indians for food and information.
10:00am–4:00pm: Forged in History
Blacksmithing was one of the earliest trades to be practiced at Jamestown. Join blacksmith Shel Browder for demonstrations and a discussion of metalworking practices at the site of the original James Fort forge.
10:00am–4:00pm: “pales, posts and railes…”
Building a fort proved a necessity for the colonists within a month of their 1607 arrival. Carpenter Danny Whitten will demonstrate the tools and methods used by the first colonists to build everything from the fort walls to buildings.
11:00am-12:00pm: The Powhatan & the English Walking Tour
Join Mark Summers, Public Historian, for a program discussing the interactions, trade, and clash between English Colonists and the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom based on archaeological evidence. Tour begins at the Tercentennial Monument.
12:00pm–1:00pm: “Hope of a plentiful harvest”
Meet George Thorpe, Gentleman and “Superintendent” of a new school for the education of the original inhabitants of Virginia. Having arrived in 1620, he will discuss the colony’s most recent events as well as his optimism and perspectives for a path to prosperity in this New World.
2:00pm-3:00pm: The Powhatan & the English Walking Tour
Join Mark Summers, Public Historian, for a program discussing the interactions, trade, and clash between English Colonists and the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom based on archaeological evidence. Tour begins at the Tercentennial Monument.
3:15pm–4:15pm: “Hope of a plentiful harvest”
Meet George Thorpe, Gentleman and “Superintendent” of a new school for the education of the original inhabitants of Virginia. Having arrived in 1620, he will discuss the colony’s most recent events as well as his optimism and perspectives for a path to prosperity in this New World.
This event is sponsored by, “The Two Friends of History Fund for Indian Initiatives and Educational Programs,” a special fund for onsite and online educational programs to share the narrative of First Peoples. This fund will also support the publication of Dr. James Horn’s latest book, “A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America.”
