This event at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT (map will be mailed to participants) requires advance registration of $30 ($25 for Museum members) and includes admission to the The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (adults and older teens, ages 16 and above.)
The subject of Indian gaming may evoke images of large and successful gambling casinos here in Connecticut and elsewhere in the United States and Canada. However, Native American gaming has a rich and long tradition stretching back into pre-history. Some of these games were for children, but many were for the entire family and even the whole community. Anthropologist and curator at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Steve Cook will tell you about these ancient traditions, showing you selected items from the research collections not currently on display. Afterwards, enjoy the Museum's exhibits detailing Native American history in New England as well as contemporary works by artists and craftspeople from all over the Americas.
Presented by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn. 860-486-4460- www.mnh.uconn.edu.
