Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective on an American Holiday at The Farmers’ Museum
An entertaining, family-friendly history of Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective with Onondaga, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) scholar and storyteller Perry Ground.
Onondaga, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) scholar and storyteller Perry Ground presents a family-friendly history of Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective.
Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective on an American Holiday
Saturday, November 26 • 2:00–3:30pm at The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown
No charge for admission, but please consider a donation. All donations benefit The Farmers’ Museum’s Education Programs. Registration is not required.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Onondaga, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) scholar and storyteller Perry Ground presents a family-friendly history of Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective on Saturday, November 26 from 2:00–3:30 p.m. at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown. Perry’s warm, engaging talk, Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective on an American Holiday, will include images and historical information. While the content of this presentation will best be understood by those ages 10 and older, Perry’s interactive style and memorable presence makes him a favorite for all ages. A corn-husk doll craft making activity will follow the presentation. The program takes place in the Louis C. Jones Center during the museum’s Thanksgiving at The Farm event. There is no charge for admission, but please consider a donation. All donations benefit The Farmers’ Museum’s Education Programs.Registration is not required.
Double your fun with a visit to Fenimore Art Museum – just across the road – with several exhibitions on view, including the popular The Art of Observation: The Best of Photographer Elliott Erwitt, all on view through December 31.
The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 State Hwy 80, Cooperstown, NY. For more information, visit FarmersMuseum.org.
About The Farmers’ Museum
As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative exhibits. The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, a recreated historic village circa 1845, the Empire State Carousel, and a working farmstead. Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers’ Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, and hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region. Visit FarmersMuseum.org.
