Beaver Brook children ages 5+

Native Americans of the Woodlands

This program focuses on the vast knowledge Native Woodland people possessed of their environment in order to live compatibly with nature. Students will hike to our new wigwam and handle and discuss implements of Woodland Indian daily life. Students have the opportunity to play games that originated with Native American children, discuss the “Three Sisters,” identify some wild edibles and medicinal plants, and grind corn with a stone pestle. Learn how these people depended on the land, plants, and animals for their survival and the impact that winter had on their survival.