| During last year's (2021) Indian Village, quilt artist Kerry Faraone, received inspiration from the Red Dress installation and designed a new art quilt. The Red Dress represents Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Violence against Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceed national average. Kerry submitted her art quilt to several shows including the Sacred Threads Quilts Group in Herndon, Va. Her red dress quilt will be on display at the old stone Bluemont Methodist Church during this year's (2022) Bluemont Fair. The church address is 33843 Snickersville Turnpike, Bluemont, VA 20135. Join us for the Sept. 17-18, 2022 Indian Village during the Historic Bluemont 52nd Annual Fair Located in North West Virginia about 70 Miles Northwest of D.C. Follow Parking Signs to Snickersville Turnpike Bluemont, VA 20135. This year’s Indian Village also features outdoor Elder Talking Circles in Stone's Field at foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain. Follow the signs for general free parking. The Indian Village’s collection of exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities also 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. |  Kerry is volunteer with the Waterford Quilt Guild.  Closeup of the stitching detail. |
Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Display Sept. 17-18, 2022 at the Indian Village8/29/2022
For decades, Native American and Alaska Native communities have struggled with high rates of assault, abduction, and murder of women. Community advocates describe the crisis as a legacy of generations of government policies of forced removal, land seizures and violence inflicted on Native peoples.
A 2016 study by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) found that more than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women (84.3 percent) have experienced violence in their lifetime, including 56.1 percent who have experienced sexual violence. In the year leading up to the study, 39.8 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women had experienced violence, including 14.4 percent who had experienced sexual violence. Overall, more than 1.5 million American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime. For more information visit: www.bia.gov/service/mmu/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis |
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