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PITTSBURGH -- Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center family of museums, will host American Indian Heritage Weekend on Sept. 23-24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
During this special two-day event, visitors will be able to learn about the historical and modern lives of American Indian communities from visiting members of the Seneca-Cayuga, Eastern Shawnee and Moravian Delaware tribes.
Members from the visiting American Indian tribes will showcase how their ancestors gained important life skills through live demonstrations on cooking, hunting, trapping, and crafting.
Throughout the day, Meadowcroft visitors will be able to step inside a wigwam in a recreated 16th-century Monongahela Indian Village, visit the 19th-century Meadowcroft Village and tour the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, a National Historic Landmark and the oldest site of human habitation in North America.
All children 17 and under receive free admission to American Indian Heritage Weekend, thanks to support from Alex E. Paris Contracting and Washington Financial Bank. The event is included with regular Meadowcroft admission for adults and is free for History Center members.
American Indian Heritage Weekend is presented in collaboration with the Fort Pitt Museum, part of the Heinz History Center's family of museums.
For information, visit heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft, or call (724) 587-3412.