Join us for unique discussions during a new Elders Talking Circle on Sept.17-18, 2022. Ask an Indian any question.

Topics of possible interest: 

• Pottery
• Flint Napping
• Indigenous Foods
• Native. American. Literature.
• Treaties vs. Reserved Rights
• Sovereignty
• Self-Determination
• Inherent Rights 
• Blood Quantum
• Sacred Herbs
• Living History
• MMIWC
• The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
• Diversity and Inclusion

Children and adults join us for unique discussions during a new Elders Talking Circle on Sept.17-18, 2022. Ask an Indian any question.

Past topics children ask: 

• Do Indians wear hats? 
• What do you eat? 
• Did we kill you all? 
• ​Where do you live? 
• Why do you wear feathers in your hair? 

Participants in the Indian Village are volunteers. Your $40 donation for a map goes towards helping bring this educational event to Northern Virginia. Donations are tax deductible. Our host non-profit is Sanctuary on the Trail a 501(c)3.

​Born out of a long-standing need, Tribal Nations Maps is a company dedicated to representing all historical Indigenous Nations across the Western Hemisphere, using traditional and given Tribal names. They also promote authentic Native-perspective books and other materials in an effort to bring awareness and representation of the Indigenous Peoples of this land. 

The tribal nations map reflects the vast richness of Native America. Although we honor the individual cultures of each Native American nation, modern-day Native Americans recognize the beauty of our cultures shared as a whole as well.

This map asserts that our nations spanned the entire United States landscape from sea to sea, that as a collective group we are the original and true heirs to what is now called the "United States."

​We thrived on our God-given homelands from time immemorial and nothing can testify to that quite like our Tribal Nations map. We appreciate non-Native American's respect and fascination with our history and hope that they, too will appreciate the information that our map has to offer.

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.