You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop opportunity. Learn how to make an Ash Bark Basket with materials Jennifer has harvested from her own property. Bring a lunch and enjoy the company of fellow crafters. The cost is $100 for members or $120 for non-members. If you’re not already a member of MKIM, become a member first to enjoy substantial savings on this workshop. You will also enjoy free admission for a year and discounts on special events.

Learn more about membership at this link.

Sign up for the workshop here.

For more info on Jennifer Lee, visit her website by clicking here.

It’s the sweetest time of the year in New Hampshire! Join us for a day of maple syrup making demonstrations, historical displays, a maple bake sale, storytelling (at 11 am and 1 pm), acorn pancake samples, and more! The outdoor events are free but regular admission applies to tour the museum which is free for members.

Join us for our second annual Snow Snake Event. The museum will be open and we will have hot cocoa and smores. Outside events are free but regular admission applies to tour the museum. There will be plenty of snow snakes to borrow to try out. Snow Snake is an ancient game played by Northeast tribes which involves sliding a wooden snake along a trough of snow to see how far it goes! Join in on the winter fun for all ages!

It’s almost time for our Annual Meeting. We will begin with lunch provided by our Board of Trustees between noon and 1 pm. The meeting portion will be from 1-3 pm. Hear about how 2023 went and our plans for the future! We hope you can join us for this free event which is open to the public!

Agenda:

12:00 pm - Potluck lunch provided and served by MKIM Trustees, visit museum galleries and gift shop

1:00 pm - Welcome, “Flip the Switch” celebrating our new solar panel project, review of 2023, what’s in store for 2024

3:00 pm - Thank You and Farewelll

Please consider a donation to Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum on Giving Tuesday or any time this month as we close out our calendar year. We know you have a choice on which nonprofit to support this month. Learn more about our mission by clicking here and help us educate about Native American culture and history! Thank You!

MKIM Donation Page

Unfortunately, we have to cancel this event and will let you know when it can be rescheduled.

Join us to watch the documentary ‘Gather’ followed by a discussion led by Darryl Peasley.

Darryl Peasley is the retired owner operator of Casual Catering and The Old Guy can Cook. He is a citizen of the Nulhegan band of Coosuk Abenaki Nation, one of the four recognized Abenaki tribes of Vermont, and also a Board Member of Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc. the tribes nonprofit.  

‘Gather’ is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Regular admission applies to tour the museum. Browse a wide variety of sale items in our gift shop, including jewelry 20% off all month long! Free popcorn and traditional snacks will be provided.

Join a local book group to discuss ‘Firekeeper’s Daughter’ by Native author, Angeline Boulley. This is a free event and all are welcome. Come early to tour the museum which will be open from noon to 4 pm (regular admission applies, free for members). BookGroup participants receive 20% off the book in advance of the event at MainStreet BookEnds of Warner, a local bookstore.

MainStreet BookEnds of Warner

Save the date for this opportunity to make a bark basket under the guidance of Jennifer Lee, Trustee and talented Northern Narragansett basket maker. This is a four hour workshop and all materials will be provided. The basket will be similar in size to those pictured and will be made from ash bark.

The workshop price is $95 for members or $100 for non-members.

Register for the workshop here.

To learn more about the instructor, Jennifer Lee, visit her website.

Bark Baskets by Jennifer Lee

Visit various locations throughout town to see artist demonstrations and displays. At MKIM, we will be hosting Lenny Novak and his dreamcatchers and Sheila Williams and her baskets and beads. Please join us for this free event. Regular admission applies to tour the museum.

Author, Daniel Boudillion, will join us at 1 pm to discuss his book, ‘History of the Nashobah Praying Indians: Doings, Sufferings, Survival, and Triumph’.

Listen to a presentation, get your books signed, enjoy refreshments. This event is free. Regular admission applies to tour the museum (free for members).

Madeleine Gosselin Wright, Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe Citizen and Trustee, will guide you through the process of stringing a unique, bead necklace. Bring your favorite beads if you have them or choose from some of the museum’s beads. All materials are included for a cost of $30 for members or $35 for non-members. This workshop is ideal for ages 10+ and great for beginners! We will limit the number of participants to 12 people.

Bead Stringing 101 Registration

Join us for our 2nd Annual BeadStock celebrating the artistry of beading from around the world. A free bead craft is included in admission. Visit various bead and jewelry vendors, take a tour of the museum, see glass bead making demonstrations, and more!

Click here to sign up to volunteer at BeadStock!

Purchase tjckets here!

Join us for free admission all day! There will be a children’s craft in the lobby and storytelling at the tipi at 11 am and 1 pm. Storytelling will be moved inside if the weather is bad. Explore the museum and grounds and visit our gift shop.

Enjoy a family day of nature presentations, hands-on crafts, and Native foods for sale. Thank you to Northeast Delta Dental for sponsoring this event and to Yankee Farmer’s Market for donating bison meat for our famous Bison Stew!

Storytelling at the tipi will be at 11 am and 1 pm! This can be moved to the auditorium in case of inclement weather.

Tickets can be purchased at the event both in the gift shop or entrance to the powwow field. The cost is $13 for adults, $7 for children 6-12 or members, $36 for a family. Tickets include all the activities and visiting the museum.

To sign up to volunteer at this event, click here.

Learn how to sew a ribbon skirt and receive expert instruction from Trustee, Katie Devoid. Bring a sewing machine if you have one. We will have several at the museum too. Each participant should also bring fabric and ribbons. More specific info will be provided by email. This workshop is ideal for age 10 and up (with a parent) or age 15 and up on your own. We will limit the number of people to 10.

Register for Workshop here!

Everybody loves a yard sale! The museum will have a table featuring used books and other items. We’ll be joined by a few of our neighbors on the lawn in front of the staff parking and bordering Kearsarge Mountain Road. Visit other tables continuing on to the neighborhood behind the museum on Danny Boy Lane. We hope to see you!

It’s our 2nd Annual Warner Palooza! This is a free community event on our Powwow field showcasing a wide variety of booths from Warner businesses, artists, crafters, and organizations.. There will be food for sale. Regular admission applies to tour the museum.

Over 30 businesses, individuals, and organizations have registered.

The museum will have a booth selling hot dogs, iced tea, iced coffee, snacks, and water. We hope to see you .

If you would like to volunteer at the event or donate something, please visit the signup link.

Join Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators for a full-day workshop on August 4, 2023, in Warner, NH. 10 am to 4 pm.

Interactive, media-rich content will be used to expose/introduce teachers to 12,000 years of Abenaki history with 21st-century civic engagement. Participants will pursue a deeper understanding of the region’s diversity through the voices of the American Abenaki people.

From Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River Valley to the Merrimack River watershed, the life-bringing waters of N’Dakinna (Abenaki for “Our Homeland”) were our earliest highways for travel. Presenters will illustrate the Abenaki relationship to water, awareness of water as a fundamental element necessary for all life, and concern that pollution of water can change our traditional lifeways and the health of all our relations, human and animal.

Suggested $35 Materials fee. Pay what you can and consider an additional donation to help another teacher attend.

Questions? Email Elisa programassociate@abenakiart.org

This program is a partnership between Abenaki Arts & Education Center and Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, and supported in part by New Hampshire Humanities, Vermont Humanities, and Vermont Arts Council. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of Vermont Humanities or Vermont Arts Council.

Verbal Description: Painting of two Native American people paddling a birch bark canoe on an expansive waterway. Land mass with trees in the background. Text says "Nebizun Water is Life Teach-In. Warner, NH. August 4, 10 am - 4 pm.
Graphic also includes logos for the co-hosts and supporting organizations.

Teachers can register for the workshop at the following link.

Abenaki Teach-In Registration

Save the date for this fundraiser at Reed’s North in downtown Warner, NH. A portion of the proceeds from food sales will be donated back to the museum. We’re planning a few special things as well. The theme will be Summer Solstice with summer tunes and decor! Enjoy good food and company for a good cause!

To help plan arrival time and to try to spread people out, please see the sign-up link. Please note this is for planning purposes only. Walk-ins are welcome and take-out also counts. Thanks and we hope to see you!
Reed's North Sign Up

This is the fourth year of our Plant Sale and the third year we will be hosting Herb and Garden Day by the NH Herbal Network. Herb and Garden Day will take place on our powwow field. MKIM will also have a plant sale by donation at our front entrance until the plants sell out. Regular admission applies to tour the museum but there’s no charge to come to the plant sale or enter the gift shop. The museum will be open from 10 am to 4 pm. Herb and Garden Day has separate admission. MKIM will begin accepting donations of plants a few days before the event.. To avoid the spread of jumping worms on outdoor plants, please rinse the roots and repot in a clean pot and consider using soilless potting soil. We will also accept donations of pots and gardening accessories. Guidelines from UNH are available at the following link.

UNH Plant Sales and Jumping Worms

For more information on Herb and Garden Day visit NHHN’s website.

NH Herbal Network

This special event is a celebration in honor of our founders, Bud and Nancy Thompson.. This year, we are pleased to host the Dineh Tah’ Navajo Dance Troupe for a cultural presentation and performance. Thank you to Sugar River Bank for sponsoring this event.

Schedule of Events:

1:00 pm Meet and Greet, light refreshments

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Dineh Tah’ lecture “Tribal Treaties” (auditorium)

2:30 pm Museum presentation (auditorium)

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Dineh Tah’ Navajo Dance Troupe (outside under the tent)

4:00 - 4:30 pm Wrap up

This event is open to the public with a minimum suggested donation amount of $25 per person. Any donations are welcome. We hope you will join us!

MKIM Donation Page

Raffle tickets can purchased in advance by making a $10 donation per ticket. See the raffle items at the following link.

Founders' Day Raffle

If you’re planning to attend, please let us know by emailing deputydirector@indianmuseum.org.

Please note the date of this event has been changed. This live program is free, thanks to the generosity of New Hampshire Humanities and is in partnership with the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. Bring your chairs and join us for a night of stargazing and storytelling around a campfire at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum. Telescopes will be set up for viewing and we’ll have smores. The museum bathrooms and gift shop will be open but the galleries will be closed for viewing.

In this hands-on workshop we will be exploring ancient glass bead making as practiced by the early craftspeople in Mesopotamia around 1,300 BCE to about 100 AD. Students will be taught how to produce beads over a unique glass bead making furnace and there will be plenty of hands-on practice to produce duplicate designs of beads. As we work around the furnace, we will be discussing multiple ancient glassmaking practices including 18th Dynasty Egypt and Roman glass that pre date the invention of the blow pipe at the first century AD. This workshop is open to all levels of glass/beading experience and beginners are welcome but participation is limited to five people. The workshop fee is $200 and includes all materials. Payment is required at time of registration. Bring a lunch and wear comfortable clothes. The workshop is facilitated by Carolyn Rordam. Carolyn has been making glass since 1990. For 15 years, she made glass beads and designed jewelry with Dudley Giberson at their company Joppa Glassworks Inc. Carolyn has presented this particular ancient glass bead making technology to glass historians, archaeologists and material scientists from the Toledo Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, MIT and the Corning Museum of Glass.

Register for the Workshop Here!

It’s the sweetest time of the year in New Hampshire! The museum will be open from 10 am to 4 pm with outside demonstrations including sugar on snow. Yuka the Arctic Fox will be visiting too. It is free to attend this event, however, regular admission applies to tour the museum. There is no charge to come into the lobby area or the gift shop. We’ll have educational exhibits, maple baked goods for sale, and a raffle item too. Visit sugar houses in the area all weekend. The museum event is one day only on Saturday, March 18th!