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2013 Annual Thanksgiving Native American Feast

at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve | Sat Nov 23 - Sun Nov 24

Location

Garvies Point Museum and Preserve

50 Barry Drive
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(Map)
Tel: 516-571-8010 / 11

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Date & Time

10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Cost:    $5
Description

The celebration of northeastern Native American culture has been held the weekend before Thanksgiving for more than 25 years.

Hands-on activities during the weekend will be on-going. These will include pottery-making, primitive fire-building and on-site cooking. Authentic Native American cuisine; artifacts and tool technology will be displayed. Face painting with natural pigments, and use of the atlatl will also be demonstrated. Movies celebrating Native American life will be shown throughout. Activities are appropriate for all ages.

Other activities include:

  • sample native foods
  • spear throwing
  • use the atlatl
  • face painting
  • fire making
  • Native American Films
  • exhibits
  • cooking at the fire
  • learn tool making
  • pottery making
  • dugout canoes
  • nature trails
  • artifacts
  • wigwam

Come rain or shine!