Many cultures celebrate the time of the harvest, when the seeds we have planted and nurtured come into their full glory. Harvest Moon is about more than just crops and food, it is a celebration of a season’s worth of hard work throughout the community.

MKIM’s Harvest Moon Festival, celebrating the traditional harvest season, is a family-friendly event featuring Native foods, craft demonstrations, activities for kids, and educational exhibits. Visitors will learn how to make dolls from corn husks, weave dreamcatchers, try their hand at beading and enjoy sensory-friendly activities and games. Dramatic stories about the harvest will be told.

Join in on a scavenger hunt throughout our medicine woods trail to discover how plants would be traditionally used. Discover more about coyotes and how we can live in harmony with them from Chris Shadler’s presentation “Becoming Wolf:  Eastern Coyote in New England”. The entire family will savor the taste of Native recipes that will be available, like chicken wild rice stew, several varieties of cornbread, and the ever-popular Hidatsa bison stew! Meat for the stew is generously donated by Yankee Farmer’s Market.

Click here to purchase tickets. Tickets include admission to the museum.

This event is co-hosted by Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum and the New Hampshire Telephone Museum.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Q & A to follow event.

The author will be present to discuss her book. After growing up in New York and New Hampshire, Judith Avila made New Mexico her home. She has worked as a social worker, an artist, an air traffic controller, and a computer consultant before finally discovering writing.

Her non-fiction project, Code Talker, is the memoir of Chester Nez - the only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII. Published by Penguin/Berkley in 2011, it is still a bestseller.

She is the winner of the NM/AZ Book Award and NM Press Women Zia Award. Code Talker Chester Nez's grandson, Latham Nez, will accompany Judith and will be available for questions.

Signed books will be available for sale. Admission is $10 for adults and children under 10 are free. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.

Click here to purchase tickets to the event.

Join us for a demonstration of ash splint basket-making and learn more about Abenaki culture with Sherry Gould. Sherry will also bring some of the baskets she has worked on. Sherry Gould studied Abenaki fancy baskets with master artist Jeanie Brink of Barre, VT through a grant from the New Hampshire Arts Council Folk Arts apprenticeship program.  Sherry is enrolled in the Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe and is the New Hampshire State Representative for Merrimack County District 8.  

This is a free event! Light snacks will be provided.

Save the date for the museum’s annual Plant Sale. Donations of plants and clean garden accessories can be dropped off at the museum starting Wednesday, May 29th. Tables will be at the front entrance. If digging up plants, please rinse all dirt from the roots and re-pot into clean pots with sterile potting soil to avoid the spread of jumping worms. The museum will be open from 10 am to 4 pm and Herb and Garden Day will be taking place in the Powwow field (event by New Hampshire Herbal Network with separate admission).

For more information on Herb and Garden Day, please visit the web page for the event.

Herb and Garden Day by the NH Herbal Network

Join us for an afternoon of networking, food, raffle items, and the presentation of annual awards. The theme this year is “Bringing our Museum Alive”.

Schedule of Events:

1 pm to 2:30 pm - Refreshments and tour the galleries to view the exhibits and talk to Native people wearing regalia from different regions

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm - Round Dance and Regalia Presentation (outside at the tent)

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm - Awards Presentation (outside at the tent)

If you can’t join us, please consider a donation to help us fulfill our mission. The suggested donation at the door is $25 per adult.

You can donate to MKIM by clicking here.

You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop opportunity. Learn how to make an Ash Bark Basket with materials Jennifer has harvested from her own property. Bring a lunch and enjoy the company of fellow crafters. The cost is $100 for members or $120 for non-members. If you’re not already a member of MKIM, become a member first to enjoy substantial savings on this workshop. You will also enjoy free admission for a year and discounts on special events.

Learn more about membership at this link.

Sign up for the workshop here.

For more info on Jennifer Lee, visit her website by clicking here.

It’s the sweetest time of the year in New Hampshire! Join us for a day of maple syrup making demonstrations, historical displays, a maple bake sale, storytelling (at 11 am and 1 pm), acorn pancake samples, and more! The outdoor events are free but regular admission applies to tour the museum which is free for members.

Join us for our second annual Snow Snake Event. The museum will be open and we will have hot cocoa and smores. Outside events are free but regular admission applies to tour the museum. There will be plenty of snow snakes to borrow to try out. Snow Snake is an ancient game played by Northeast tribes which involves sliding a wooden snake along a trough of snow to see how far it goes! Join in on the winter fun for all ages!

It’s almost time for our Annual Meeting. We will begin with lunch provided by our Board of Trustees between noon and 1 pm. The meeting portion will be from 1-3 pm. Hear about how 2023 went and our plans for the future! We hope you can join us for this free event which is open to the public!

Agenda:

12:00 pm - Potluck lunch provided and served by MKIM Trustees, visit museum galleries and gift shop

1:00 pm - Welcome, “Flip the Switch” celebrating our new solar panel project, review of 2023, what’s in store for 2024

3:00 pm - Thank You and Farewelll

Please consider a donation to Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum on Giving Tuesday or any time this month as we close out our calendar year. We know you have a choice on which nonprofit to support this month. Learn more about our mission by clicking here and help us educate about Native American culture and history! Thank You!

MKIM Donation Page

Unfortunately, we have to cancel this event and will let you know when it can be rescheduled.

Join us to watch the documentary ‘Gather’ followed by a discussion led by Darryl Peasley.

Darryl Peasley is the retired owner operator of Casual Catering and The Old Guy can Cook. He is a citizen of the Nulhegan band of Coosuk Abenaki Nation, one of the four recognized Abenaki tribes of Vermont, and also a Board Member of Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc. the tribes nonprofit.  

‘Gather’ is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Regular admission applies to tour the museum. Browse a wide variety of sale items in our gift shop, including jewelry 20% off all month long! Free popcorn and traditional snacks will be provided.

Join a local book group to discuss ‘Firekeeper’s Daughter’ by Native author, Angeline Boulley. This is a free event and all are welcome. Come early to tour the museum which will be open from noon to 4 pm (regular admission applies, free for members). BookGroup participants receive 20% off the book in advance of the event at MainStreet BookEnds of Warner, a local bookstore.

MainStreet BookEnds of Warner

Save the date for this opportunity to make a bark basket under the guidance of Jennifer Lee, Trustee and talented Northern Narragansett basket maker. This is a four hour workshop and all materials will be provided. The basket will be similar in size to those pictured and will be made from ash bark.

The workshop price is $95 for members or $100 for non-members.

Register for the workshop here.

To learn more about the instructor, Jennifer Lee, visit her website.

Bark Baskets by Jennifer Lee

Visit various locations throughout town to see artist demonstrations and displays. At MKIM, we will be hosting Lenny Novak and his dreamcatchers and Sheila Williams and her baskets and beads. Please join us for this free event. Regular admission applies to tour the museum.

Author, Daniel Boudillion, will join us at 1 pm to discuss his book, ‘History of the Nashobah Praying Indians: Doings, Sufferings, Survival, and Triumph’.

Listen to a presentation, get your books signed, enjoy refreshments. This event is free. Regular admission applies to tour the museum (free for members).

Madeleine Gosselin Wright, Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe Citizen and Trustee, will guide you through the process of stringing a unique, bead necklace. Bring your favorite beads if you have them or choose from some of the museum’s beads. All materials are included for a cost of $30 for members or $35 for non-members. This workshop is ideal for ages 10+ and great for beginners! We will limit the number of participants to 12 people.

Bead Stringing 101 Registration

Join us for our 2nd Annual BeadStock celebrating the artistry of beading from around the world. A free bead craft is included in admission. Visit various bead and jewelry vendors, take a tour of the museum, see glass bead making demonstrations, and more!

Click here to sign up to volunteer at BeadStock!

Purchase tjckets here!

Join us for free admission all day! There will be a children’s craft in the lobby and storytelling at the tipi at 11 am and 1 pm. Storytelling will be moved inside if the weather is bad. Explore the museum and grounds and visit our gift shop.

Enjoy a family day of nature presentations, hands-on crafts, and Native foods for sale. Thank you to Northeast Delta Dental for sponsoring this event and to Yankee Farmer’s Market for donating bison meat for our famous Bison Stew!

Storytelling at the tipi will be at 11 am and 1 pm! This can be moved to the auditorium in case of inclement weather.

Tickets can be purchased at the event both in the gift shop or entrance to the powwow field. The cost is $13 for adults, $7 for children 6-12 or members, $36 for a family. Tickets include all the activities and visiting the museum.

To sign up to volunteer at this event, click here.

Learn how to sew a ribbon skirt and receive expert instruction from Trustee, Katie Devoid. Bring a sewing machine if you have one. We will have several at the museum too. Each participant should also bring fabric and ribbons. More specific info will be provided by email. This workshop is ideal for age 10 and up (with a parent) or age 15 and up on your own. We will limit the number of people to 10.

Register for Workshop here!

Everybody loves a yard sale! The museum will have a table featuring used books and other items. We’ll be joined by a few of our neighbors on the lawn in front of the staff parking and bordering Kearsarge Mountain Road. Visit other tables continuing on to the neighborhood behind the museum on Danny Boy Lane. We hope to see you!

It’s our 2nd Annual Warner Palooza! This is a free community event on our Powwow field showcasing a wide variety of booths from Warner businesses, artists, crafters, and organizations.. There will be food for sale. Regular admission applies to tour the museum.

Over 30 businesses, individuals, and organizations have registered.

The museum will have a booth selling hot dogs, iced tea, iced coffee, snacks, and water. We hope to see you .

If you would like to volunteer at the event or donate something, please visit the signup link.