On Friday November 2 a Mini-Pow-Wow was held at the Piscataway Cultural Center in Waldorf. Claude Bowen, former Archeology of Maryland, Inc (ASM) President and current member of the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs, was invited to have a table at the event. And since Claude is interested in archaeology, he asked two others (Carol from CCASM and Lynne from Mid-Potomac Chapter ) to participate.
Much of the event was indoors. And there were lots of people, especially lots of children. In addition to learning about archaeology, there were brochures and activities at the National Park Service table and the opportunity to actually see someone preparing river clay to make pottery in the traditional way. And attendees could also participate in dancing the Robin Dance and the Snake Dance. Here are some of those attending at the ASM tables as well as others dancing the Robin Dance.
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| Beside CCASM Displays |
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| Looking at Native American artifacts |
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| Lynne's Pottery Display |
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| Robin Dance |
Other activities were outdoors. In addition to the pottery display Lynne brought atlatls and a deer target. So outside there was atlatl throwing as well as axe throwing at the deer target in front of hay bales. (Sorry no pictures.)
And we have to include this last picture of a little boy that spent a lot of time looking at books describing projectile points. He preferred the drawings of points over the photos.
It was an enjoyable day talking with people about archaeology and learning more about the Piscataways.
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