Nanticoke Indian Tribe hosts Native American Day
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, the Nanticoke Indian Association hosted Native American Day at its Millsboro museum Nov. 6.
There were museum tours, traditional dancing and singing, Native American flute performances, storytelling, and Native American vendors and food.
Keith Colston, who has been an emcee for the Round Dance during the Nanticoke Indian Powwow, was a guest speaker. There was also special recognition of the Nanticoke Indian Dance Troupe.
A historic marker dedication for the Indian Mission School, now the Nanticoke Indian Center, has been scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 15. The tribe established the school at the site, 27073 John J. Williams Highway, Millsboro, in the 1920s to educate Nanticoke students.
For more information, go to nanticokeindians.org, email museum@nanticokeindians.org, call the museum at 302-945-7022 or call the center at 302-945-3400.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
