photo by: Shelley Hanson (file)

During a plein-air painting event in September, Marshall County Schools students, clockwise from left, Olivia Wyatt, Alexis Roberts, Dante McGlumphy and Chyanne Foster work on their paintings of the ancient burial mound at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville. The mound is set to hold its inaugural Native American Heritage Day on Nov. 4.

The Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville is set to hold its inaugural Native American Heritage Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 4.

Site Manager Jeremy Kohus said the day will kick off with a presentation by Tyrone Smith, project director of the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio.

The Friends of Native Roots Artists Guild’s Seneca Tribe of New York members will also be doing demonstrations and selling their works of art. Demonstrations will include quill earring making at 11 a.m.; beadwork with caribou fur tufting at 1 p.m.; make and take bracelets for children at 2 p.m. and moccasin making at 3 p.m.

There will also be traditional food samples, crafts for children and a seed giveaway. The museum’s collections including cultural objects and the hellbender dugout canoe will also be talked about.

Featured visiting artists will include:

∫ Kristina Tome of the Seneca Nation, Deer Clan, of New York. She lives on the Allegheny Territory in Salamanca, New York. She uses a variety of mediums including paint, pencil, beads and porcupine quills to make traditional and non-traditional earrings;

∫ Penelope Minner of the Seneca Nation, Turtle Clan, of New York, creates black ash splint baskets and corn husk dolls. She also lives on the Allegheny Territory in Salamanca, New York.

∫ Samantha Jacobs of the Seneca Nation, Turtle Clan, New York, will also be demonstrating traditional arts. She lives in the Cattaraugus Territory in Irving, New York; and

∫ Mary Jacobs of the Seneca Nation, Turtle Clan, creates traditional Iroquois raised beadwork in traditional patterns and designs using artisan glass, semi-precious and precious stone beads, textiles and leathers.

Kohus said the event was researched and planned by AmeriCorps volunteer Basil Stewart.

“He did all the coordinating and brainstorming for this event. He reached out to all the participants,” Kohus said. “This is a first-time event for us here and it’s a one-of-kind event for our area.”

Kohus added Stewart’s term as a volunteer has ended, but he will stay on as a consultant for the museum.

“We’re glad to have him here with us,” he said.