Museum of the Waxhaws: Native American Village

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Immediate Plans

Immediate Plans

Media:

Art Exhibition/Tribal goods commissions:

-Aggressive marketing and media coverage of the museum and native village to create new/renewed interest in the museum as a cultural center in the Carolinas

-TV, Newspaper and Online

-Update M.o.t.W. website to announce new direction and reach out to local schools

-Outreach to artisans and tribes to display art in the temporary exhibition room. The art can be displayed as well as sold, creating income for the museum. If not sold, items can be bid on in a silent auction.

-Traditional wares from tribes can also be sold in the gift shop, benefiting both artist and the museum.

Fundraiser/Awareness:

-Development of major native programs, i.e. powwows, socials, artisan demonstration days, shared exhibits with area museums, symposia, and lectures

-Development of the Native Village Experiential Program as a tuition based, self-supporting program that will assist in bringing resources to the museum

-Development of interlocking history programs with local colleges

Phase I

Immediate Plans

Powwow-->Funds for...

-Longhouse restoration, expansion and development of gardens

*Purpose: To establish a true period native village

-Relocation of longhouses to a better area on the property with more space and better conditions

*Purpose: To dry the longhouses and keep decay to a minimum; increase comfort of guests; create optimal conditions for the village program itself

-Place longhouses central to gardens and grounds

*Purpose: Increase visibility/accessibility which creates automatic marketing and guest traffic

Powwow:

-Typical duration is Friday noon to early Sunday afternoon

-Donations to the museum would be encouraged at the entrance

-Vendors: $50/table

-Food Vendors: $50/day

-Entrance Fees:

-Adults: $10

-Children, veterans, disabled, rescue services/active military: Free

-Educators: Free

Funds from the powwow will be used to:

-help rebuild the native village/relocation of longhouses to drier area. This will also allow for farming to take place and for expansion of the longhouse area out of the current wooded area

-create media/marketing capacity for the museum

Stage

Central Gardens

Museum of the Waxhaws:

Native American Village

Firepit

Longhouses

Fencing

Expanded Native Village Tentative Plan

Presented by: Dr. Robert Yellow Fox

and Lindsi McClellan

Phase I Continued

Tribal Involvement

Inviting tribal members from all over the eastern seaboard initially to join in the building of the Village Program

Summer 2016 Requirements:

Approval to...

-move longhouses to the central fields

-mark off and construction of central gardens in plain view to engage the public

-repair existing longhouses and build a third longhouse* (long term demonstration piece)

[Notes:

Extended museum hours

Experiential village participation (access, etc.)

Camps (special needs, girl/boy scouts, schools/colleges)]