Meadowcroft hosts ‘Life with a Shawnee Family’
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center museum system, will host a special living history program, “Life with a Shawnee Family” on Saturday, with extended hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Shawnee Tribe member Jeremy Turner and his family will visit Meadowcroft’s 18th Century Frontier Trading Post to demonstrate what daily life was like for the Shawnee Indians who inhabited Western Pennsylvania’s hills and forests in the 18th century. The Turner family and guests will demonstrate crucial skills, including trapping techniques used during the early fur trade, native cooking techniques and more.
Special presentations throughout the day will also include 18th century fur trading and black powder demonstrations. Visitors can also explore a wigwam, recreated prehistoric artifacts, American Indian agriculture and try their hand at the atlatl, a prehistoric spear-thrower.
Also included with regular admission are tours of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, a National Historic Landmark and the oldest site of human habitation in North America.
Admission is $15 for adults, $14 for senior citizens, and $7 for students and children ages 6-17. Children age 5 and under and History Center members get in free.
For information, visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft or call 724-587-3412.