RAIN or SHINE!

Join us at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, at 18 Highlawn Road in Warner on Saturday, September 26 from 10am - 3pm for our annual family-friendly Harvest Moon Festival. The festival is a Native American celebration of the harvest, the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. Harvest Moon is about more than just crops and food, it is a celebration of a season’s worth of hard work throughout the community.

The day will include the opportunity to make dolls from corn husks, sweetgrass braids and also beading. Enjoy watching the art of basketmaking, a live demonstration on flint-knapping, and learn the process of how acorn flour is made. There will be sensory-friendly activities and games, as well as a scavenger hunt with prizes at the end. The entire family will savor the taste of Native foods, including the ever-popular Hidatsa bison stew and three-sisters soup. Tickets are available at the gate the day of the event, and museum admission is included with your ticket to the event.

10 AM - Festival Begins

11 AM - Tour through the new Accessible Path in Medicine Woods

1 PM - Storytelling inside the museum

Admission:

Adults - $15

Seniors - $12

Children over 6 - $10

Members and Native Americans - Free

Join us for our next community Book Club as we read Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice — a gripping and thought-provoking novel set in a remote Anishinaabe community in northern Canada.

As winter deepens, the community suddenly loses power, cell service, and all communication with the outside world. At first the disruption seems temporary, but as days turn into weeks with no explanation, concern begins to grow. With supplies dwindling and uncertainty rising, community members must rely on their traditions, leadership, and collective strength to navigate a rapidly changing reality.

When unexpected visitors arrive from the south bringing troubling stories and new tensions, the community must confront difficult questions about trust, survival, and what it truly means to live as a people connected to land, culture, and one another. Through the eyes of protagonist Evan Whitesky and his family, the story explores resilience, Indigenous knowledge, and the strength of community in the face of crisis.

We are excited to feature contemporary Indigenous literature in our community discussions.

 Date: April 22
 Time: 5:30 PM Eastern
 Location: Zoom

This event is free and open to the community.

Pick up a copy, start reading, and join us for an engaging conversation about this powerful work of Indigenous literature.

Please register below. The Zoom link will be sent after registration.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum invites the public to welcome the return of spring with Maple Day, a family-friendly program celebrating the traditional practice of maple sugaring at 18 Highlawn Rd., Warner, NH. The outdoor program will run from 10am - 2pm and is free to the public.

For thousands of years, maple sugaring marked an important seasonal tradition for local Native communities. As spring approached, families gathered to tap maple trees, collect sap, and transform it into syrup and sugar using time-honored methods. More than a source of sweetness, maple sugar was an essential food, medicine, and trade item, deeply connected to cultural teachings and relationships with the land; these traditions continue today.

Program Highlights Include:

• Observe maple sap boiling over a traditional outdoor fire pit

• Demonstration clay pots have been donated by NH artist Eric Maglio

• Play a variety of Native American games

• Storytelling by expert storyteller, Madeleine Gosselin Wright, citizen of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki

• Mounted Animal Specimens from the Harris Center for Conservation 

• Learn how acorns are traditionally transformed into pancakes…topped with maple syrup

• Enjoy maple baked goods and hot beverages, available by donation

• Community Partners from ABA will be available to discuss services for people on the Autism Spectrum

Pson-Skoks or Snow Snake is a winter game which has been played by many Northeastern Tribal Nations for generations. Join Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in partnership with Abenaki Trails for our very own Snow Snake Games on Saturday, February 21st from 10am-2pm. 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. If you attended the workshop, make sure to bring the snow snake you decorated. Unsure of how to play or don't have a snow snake of your own? Don't worry, we have you covered! Join in on the winter fun for all ages!