Welcome
Come enjoy your first Native American celebration of the year with traditional Native American drumming, singing, dancing, and regalia. Enjoy crafts and artwork from Native American artists from around the country, along with delicious food and drinks. There will be face painting, kids crafts, and a candy dance each day for the kids.

This is an indoor, heated event being held at the
 Fairfield County Fairgrounds, AAA Building, Lancaster, Ohio.

PUBLIC WELCOME!!!!

ADMISSION: Adults: $5, Children 10 and under: $3, Seniors 65+: $3
FREE PARKING
DEMONSTRATIONS
We are happy to announce that Bud Eagle Wolf will be joining us for the first time this year. Bud is a Native American Flutist who has been playing the flute for many years. Bud will be playing several times through out the weekend. Check out the schedule of events in the "Dates & Times" section to make sure you catch one of his play times. 

Keith Perry will be demonstrating traditional brain tanning. He will have a booth set up and will be demonstrating through out the entire weekend. We're very excited to have Keith be a part of this year's event! 
Featured Exhibit
​PIQUA SHAWNEE TRIBE: CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THEIR HOMELAND
The exhibit will be set up the entire weekend for visitors to view and learn about the Piqua Shawnee Tribe.

This exhibition, highlighting 21rst Century Challenges for the Piqua Shawnee Tribe, a State recognized tribe in Alabama, with funds from The National Endowment Through the Arts. The efforts of two generations of Piqua Shawnee Tribal members, who are committed to keeping their Native culture alive and thriving, are documented through stunning photographic portraits and excerpts from oral histories that illuminate their life experiences. The exhibition, PIQUA SHAWNEE TRIBE: CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THEIR HOMELAND, chronicles the on-going cultural revitalization process taking place within the Tribe. The Piqua Shawnee Tribe formed in 1990 in order to give Native people, whose ancestors either stayed behind or returned after The Removal from the Ohio Valley in the 1830's, an opportunity to participate in cultural activities, especially ceremony, while bonding with other Native people. The Piqua do not live on a reservation. Tribal members are scattered throughout the eastern United States and come together in a central location for ceremony three times each year. Today, the Piqua Shawnee live between two cultures that often are in opposition to one another. They face major challenges including the protection of burial and other sacred sites, ensuring an accurate depiction of the history of the Shawnee and other Eastern Woodland peoples, preserving traditional ceremony and community, and creating a viable vision for the future of the Tribe. "We have always been able, by the grace of the Creator, to adapt to our surroundings. We haven't gone away. We are still here." Kevin Everhart, War Chief Piqua Shawnee Tribe

Oral Histories: Janet Clinger,
Photographs: Ruth Morgan,
To purchase a book: PIQUA SHAWNEE TRIBE: CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THEIR HOMELAND please email: rmorgan@communityworkswest.org
Books are $47.00 includes shipping. The books include all the photos and Full interviews with the 18 tribal members.

2019 Dates

The dates for the 2019, 15th Annual Honoring Traditions Eastern Woodland Celebration are:

Saturday, January 19th
Sunday, January 20th

2019 Principle People

Head Male: Austin Stanley
Head Lady: Beth Moody
MC: Jamie Oxendine
Head Vet: Shawn Reilly
Arena Director: Logan Steele

​Host Drums:
Southern Singers
Thunder Nation
Chaske Hotaine 

​*THIS WILL BE A CLOSED DRUM EVENT ONLY!*

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