{"id":20700,"date":"2013-11-22T14:49:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=20700"},"modified":"2013-11-22T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:49:35","slug":"nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Celebrates Native American Tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration is taking place Nov. 22 and 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Thousands of people are expected to participate in this annual event that pays homage to the eight state-recognized tribes. <\/p>\n<p>The Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Hali-wa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan are represented by craftspeople that create pottery, baskets, jewelry, weapons, beadwork, baskets, fishing and hunting tools. <\/p>\n<p>This event is designed to shine the light on North Carolina\u2019s American Indian population \u2014 the largest of any state east of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\" class=\"navis-slideshow one-up\"><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide1\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0282.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/1\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lynch, of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, demonstrates wood working techniques for groups of students.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide2\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0297.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/2\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat Richardson and Carol Brewington, from the Coharie tribe, display jewelry and art from Eastern North Carolina.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide3\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0307.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/3\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weapons on display at the annual American Indian Heritage Celebration.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide4\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0318.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/4\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Occaneechi-Saponi tribe, John Blackfeather Jefferies, makes an arrow.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide5\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0326.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/5\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students learn to make pottery the native American way with Senora Lynch, or the Haliwa-Saponi.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906-slide6\"><img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PD3A0386.jpg\" \/><h6 class=\"credit\">Jon McClain \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/h6><h6 class=\"permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2013\/11\/22\/nc-celebrates-native-american-tribes\/#20700-693150ab6c44e7b4acd2201666bd3906\/6\" class=\"slide-permalink\"><i class=\"icon-link\"><\/i> permalink<\/a><\/h6><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students try their hands tat primitive drills that were also used to start fires.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration is taking place this weekend. 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