5th Annual Native American Day, Sept. 13 at Pfeiffer Museum

PIGGOTT, Ark.-For the fifth consecutive year, the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum and Study Center will host the annual "Native American Day" on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the museum grounds, located at 1071 Heritage Park Drive, Piggott, Ark.

Admission will be free and there will be free hot dogs and sodas and crafts for the kids. Souvenirs from the museum store, including a special selection of arrowhead and gemstone necklaces, will be available for under $5.

Native American artifacts from the Pfeiffer Museum, along with identification, will be on display. Authorities on the subject of Native Americans will be on hand to answer questions.

photos provided Scouts from "The Order of the Arrow" will be on hand, performing authentic Native American dances.

One of the authorities, R.W. "Dub" Lyerly, of Ash Flat, Ark., is an amateur archeologist and has worked on many digs and spent many years learning the history of the early inhabitants of northeast Arkansas.

Knappers will demonstrate knapping, the process Native Americans used to produce arrowheads or points.

The Knappers are very knowledgeable in the history of Native Americans and will be available to answer any questions the public may have.

Scouts from "The Order of the Arrow" in Cape Girardeau, Mo., will be on hand again this year.

The scouts will perform authentic Native American dances, in full Native American dress. The scouts will also set up an Indian village, complete with tepees, displays, and demonstrations of Native American crafts.

Art instructor Jerri Tate, along with art students from Piggott High School, will be on hand to assist younger guests in making pinch pots, a primitive form of clay pottery.

For more information, call the museum at (870) 598-3228.