Native American Culture Day at Vermilionville

Annual event shares the living cultures of Louisiana’s Native People

The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville Living Museum & Folklife Park as they celebrate their annual Native American Culture Day on Sunday, November 12 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Representatives from many of Louisiana’s Native American tribes will be on hand throughout the village to celebrate their living culture through craft/food demonstrations, music, dance and cultural exchange. Admission to the village is free throughout the day.

This year’s activities will include traditional Native American dancing and drumming performed by various Louisiana tribes as well as demonstrations such as bead work, weaving, basket making, pottery, tomahawk throwing, flint knapping, foodways and more. Activities for children will include storytelling and an arts & crafts station. Those attending can enjoy canoeing and Bayou Vermilion boat tours throughout the day as well as film showings, cooking demonstrations and an exhibit entitled “Tribes of Louisiana” in the Visitor Center’s Conference Room until Friday, Dec.1.