Artifact I.D. Day with Dr. Lucianne Lavin

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Sunday, November 21 - Time Slots between 1:00 and 4:00pm In-Person Event   Do you have any stone artifacts or Northeastern Native American cultural items? Between 1:00 and 4:00, sign up for a time slot with our Director of Research and Collections, Lucianne Lavin, Ph. D. for a small group Artifact I.D. Day. Join the conversation as […]

Native American Holiday Market

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Saturday, November 27 and Sunday, November 28 - 11:00 am - 4:00pm; additional dates in December TBD In-Person   Shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts from local and Native American vendors selling crafts and jewelry. Take advantage of this time to meet and speak with artists while learning about contemporary Native American art and cultures. Stop by to […]

Annual Holiday Market 

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

In-person event December 4, 5, 11 & 12 11:00am – 4:00pm Shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts from local and Native American vendors selling crafts and jewelry. Take advantage of this time to meet and speak with artists while learning about contemporary Native American art and cultures. Stop by to purchase gourds, pottery, jewelry, rattles, artworks, […]

Dr. Lucianne Lavin Lecture “A Native American Winter”

A Native American Winter Tuesday, Dec. 7, 6:00p.m. Virtual Lecture   If you were a Native American living 500 (or 1000 or 5000) years ago, likely you would look forward to the winter season. Connecticut’s indigenous communities were outdoor peoples who not only survived but thrived under adverse weather conditions. They spent most of their lives […]

Annual Holiday Market 

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

In-person event December 4, 5, 11 & 12 11:00am – 4:00pm Shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts from local and Native American vendors selling crafts and jewelry. Take advantage of this time to meet and speak with artists while learning about contemporary Native American art and cultures. Stop by to purchase gourds, pottery, jewelry, rattles, artworks, […]

Annual Holiday Market 

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

In-person event December 4, 5, 11 & 12 11:00am – 4:00pm Shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts from local and Native American vendors selling crafts and jewelry. Take advantage of this time to meet and speak with artists while learning about contemporary Native American art and cultures. Stop by to purchase gourds, pottery, jewelry, rattles, artworks, […]

Virtual Lecture – “An Ancient Highway: The Woodbury Path” with Peter Rzasa

Sunday December 12 at 3:00pm on ZOOM Virtual Event   The Litchfield Hills Archaeology Club welcomes Peter Rzasa, a local historian, has a degree in Forest Chemistry from S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science, with an interest in forest landscape interpretation. Peter has researched the Woodbury Path, an ancient Native American path that originally connected what […]

Full Moon Walk

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

In-person outdoor event - Saturday, December 18, 6:00pm The soft sounds of the nighttime winter woodlands provide a pleasant setting for a walk guided by the light of the last full moon of 2021. As the winter solstice approaches, it is fitting that some tribes refer to the full moon this time of year as the “Long […]

Winter Games, Stories & Crafts

Thursday, December 30; 9:30am and 1:30pm sessions   Have some children that are experiencing a bit of cabin fever? This program will feature Traditional Native American stories, as well as winter games and activities. Participants will play games such as snow snake, hoop and pole, and keeper of the fire, and take home a creation […]

The Frederick Lee Lectures: Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples

January 9 @ 4 PM Presenter: Dr. Lucianne Lavin Dr. Lucianne Lavin, director of research and collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies, will launch the Frederick Lee Lectures with an examination of the history and cultures of Connecticut’s first peoples. She will trace 10,000 years of native American history,  beginning when Native Americans shared the land with […]