Eyaawing (pronounced a-yah-wing) Museum and Cultural Center lies on the shore of West Grand Traverse Bay in the village of Peshawbestown,

Once an animal was brought down by the hunters, there was still much work to be done. The animal, being too large to carry back to comp, had to be butchered on site. Then, the meat was transported,

While the atl-atl was still the predominant weapon used during the Woodland Period, the points that tipped the end of their darts took on new variations in style, changing first to a stemmed basal

The Americas are sometimes referred to as the “New World”. The Clovis and other fluted points are considered New World inventions because the fluted technology occurs only here. When you look at

This large skull is an extinct species of elephant called mastodon. Mastodon and its close cousin the mammoth had shaggy coats of hair and are ancestors of our modern elephants. Traveling slowly,

Not all artifacts and tools that the Native Americans used were made out of flint and created by knapping. Some tools, ornaments and other necessities were fashioned in other ways. One such method is

While hunting for meat was a main source of protein and nourishment, other foodstuffs were also necessary for a healthy

The Atl-atl, or spear thrower, was a technological breakthrough as important to ancient man as the invention of the gun was to our more recent ancestors. The image is a depiction of a hunter using an

Smoking continued as an important ceremonial and pastime activity, and the pipes used by the Woodland people became more ornate through time. The pipes from this period shows the Woodland Era

While man banded together in smaller groups and semi-permanent villages during the previous time periods, now the population allowed, and probably demanded, that Woodland era people band together in

The Quapaw people had the shortest sojourn in the Arkansas area of any of the three pottery cultures. The Quapaw appeared late in the period, around 1500 AD and lived in the area until historic

Caddo pottery is usually found in the 4-corner area of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. In general, Caddo pottery is superior in technical construction to most all other Mississippian Era

Mississippian Head Pots are considered a pinnacle of the Mississippian culture and are among the most rare and unique clay vessels. Made between A.D. 1200-A.D. 1500, they are distinguished from other