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Programs and Events Moundville Native American Festival October 1-4, 2008
One of Alabama’s Top 20 Tourism Events and designated a Cultural Olympiad Event, the annual Moundville Native American Festival will be held October 1-4 at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park. There, Native American performing artists, craftspeople, and musicians will entertain and educate visitors about the rich culture and heritage that makes Southeastern Indians unique. Ancient rulers and thousands of their subjects thrived in a city behind huge wooden walls that once surrounded the Moundville site. These prehistoric Native American farmed, hunted and fished. Their society recognized nobles by birth and praised the feats of great artists, warriors and holy people. Each year, descendants of this vibrant culture return, celebrating the South’s rich Indian heritage at the Moundville Native American Festival.
Described as the Big Apple of the 14th century and a National Historic Landmark, Moundville Archaeological Park contains 320-acres of more than 20 preserved prehistoric Indian mounds, campgrounds, picnic areas, a boardwalk nature trail, a theater, a riverbend lodge on the Black Warrior, and museum of some of the finest Mississippian-era artifacts ever found in North America.
The park is open daily, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; the museum is open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Group discounts are available. A variety of programs for children and adults are offered teaching Native American culture, arts, and technologies. Phone 205/371-2234 or visit us online at museums.ua.edu. UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park is just 14 miles outside The University of Alabama campus at 1 Mound State Pkwy. in Moundville, south of I-20/59 and Tuscaloosa off Alabama Highway 69.
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