2017 Summer Newsletter

EXCITING ARTIFACTS ADDED TO MUSEUM INDIAN ROOM

On June 24, 2017 we received on loan 11 cases of a total of approximately 40 cases of Indian artifacts from Miami County. These cases will-be displayed and it is hoped made into a permanent addition to our museum if funds become available for their purchase. This is a special collection that has been accumulated for over 25 years. The owner has decided he can no long con tinue his efforts and wishes to place the items where they will be shared with history patrons. The collection has items from Christmas Dagenette’s headright farm, Miami Village near Block, Wea camp and home sites south of Paola, items from Indian farms that were in the county. Items include

jewelry, tools, household items, arrowheads, bullets, trin kets, all commonly found in possession of the early Indi ans that lived in our county during the reservation period (1830’s to 1870). Our Museum would love to add these to our collection per manently, as we are very lacking in visual artifacts from the Miami Indians as well as the Wea and other tribes that once lived here. Our County was named after the Miami Indians and this is a unique collection that reflects that early history. Lloyd Peckman has played a major role in obtaining these items on loan for us and is our Miami Indian history buff here in the Museum.

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