This unique book is produced by Lumbee Nation author Jamie K. Oxendine and illustrator and jewelry artist Timothy P. Locklear II.

About the Author: 

Jamie is a Native American of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, educator, historian and speaker. He has been an adjunct professor of Native American studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio State University, University of Toledo, Lourdes University, and has served as the Native American liaison & education consultant for Ohio University.

He has served on the board of trustees for the Ohio Humanities Council, Board of trustees for the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission and governor appointee to the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Board.

He has also sat on the ACCESS Grants Panel with the National Endowment For The Humanities.

Donations to purchase this book help bring Native American educational experiences to Northern Virginia.

Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration. The original Germanic term knopp meant to strike, shape, or work, so it could theoretically have referred equally well to making statues or dice.

​Modern usage is more specific, referring almost exclusively to the hand-tool pressure-flaking process pictured. It is distinguished from the more general verb "chip" (to break up into small pieces, or unintentionally break off a piece of something) and is different from "carve" (removing only part of a face), and "cleave" (breaking along a natural plane).

Flintknapping or knapping is done in a variety of ways depending on the purpose of the final product. For stone tools and flintlock strikers, chert is worked using a fabricator such as a hammerstone to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stone. Stone tools can then be further refined using wood, bone, and antler tools to perform pressure flaking. (Source: Wikipedia)

​Visit with Kevin and Bill during the Sept. 17-18, 2022 Indian Village at the Bluemont Fair from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.  ​

Located in Northwestern Virginia ​about 70 Miles Northwest of D.C. Follow parking signs to ​Snickersville Turnpike Bluemont, VA 20135. Free parking. Fair general admission is only $10, children nine and under are free.

Joining our Indian Village this year (2022) is Kacye Heister who traces her ancestry to Virginia's Pamunkey Tribe. Kacye is dedicating her life to connecting with her ancestors and putting ancient wisdom into action through arts, food and medicine. She uses traditional techniques that are mind blowing to teach and help reduce suffering. 

Hear Kacye share during our Elders Talking Circles and visit her living history exhibit at the Indian Village Sept. 17-18, 2022.

​Also follow Kacye on TikTok for updates on her work.

This year’s Indian Village features outdoor Elder Talking Circles. The Indian Village’s collection of exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities include: Native arts and crafts; beadwork; pottery; flint napping, wild-color tie dye; morel mushroom propagation; rock, gems and crystals; ancient healing practices; leather goods; wooden flutes; food is medicine garden; music; Native American regalia exhibit; fishing trap weaving; bones, stones and other treasures; as well as community healing.