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Family Friendly Saturday: Our Waterways
June 26, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
$10- Family (up to four) non-member
$5- Individual non-member
$0- Members
Join us as we explore the importance of the river to all inhabitants of the area, as well as the human impact on the ecology of the river over time. The day will consist of hands-on activities with water and make-and-take crafts. Denise and Paul Pouliot of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki will share the waterways importance to the daily life of the Pennacook-Abenaki People, including foodways, transportation, and culture. The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum will share how birch bark canoes allowed transportation across N’dakinna (the traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook and Wabanaki Peoples past and present) via waterways and how Wampum (beads with important culture meaning and significance) even have ties to the water.
Discover how the use of the waterways from fishing, water power, and transportation transcend cultures, and how those uses had different impacts on the waterway themselves.
The entire program takes place outside.
The program runs from 10:00-2:00, with formal family friendly presentations happening at 10:30 & 12:30.