Ancient Knowledge, Modern Mystery

Newark Earthworks Day

Saturday, October 14, 2006

9 am – 5 pm

Free and open to the public

American Indian Feast

5:30 pm - Hopewell Hall

Hosted by the Native American Indian Center of Columbus, Ohio

Tickets: Adults: $10, Children: free 

Sacred to many Native American Indians, the Newark Earthworks are listed among the 70 Wonders of the Ancient World by an international team of archaeologists.  Nearly 2,000 years old, they constitute the largest set of geometric earthworks ever built.

For more information, call 740-364-9584 or visit www.OctagonMoonrise.org

Preliminary program:

9:00 am – Welcome and Procession of Honored Guests

Morning Sessions:

The Newark Earthworks: Ohio's Prehistoric Monument, The Newark Earthworks Committee of Miller Elementary School

Teaching, Learning and Changing the State of Ohio Legislature in the Classroom, Panel of Licking County Teachers

Multigenerational Trauma and the Healing Journey of a Dacotah Woman: Zitkana Ho Waste Wiyan, Ms. Carol Welsh (Sisseton-Wahpeton), Director, Native American Indian Center Central Ohio

Self Determination and Moundbuilding, The Honorable Alfred Berryhill, Second Chief of the Creek Nation, The Mound, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

12:00  Lunch Break - Please visit our vendors and exhibitors in the Ballroom

Lunchtime sessions:

 The Astronomy behind the Lunar Alignments at the Newark Earthworks, Dr. Michael Mickelson, Physics and Astronomy Department, Denison University, 12pm – 1:00pm, Reese Center room 149

 Come donate your earthworks story to the Oral History Archive! Open 10am - 4pm.  Newark Earthworks Story Booth, Dr. Katey Borland, Associate Professor, Comparative Studies, OSUN, and Dr. Michael Sherfy, Assistant Profession, History, OSUN, Reese Center room 153.       

 Afternoon Sessions:

 From Sunrise to Moonrise: Cahokia and Newark, Mr. William Iseminger, Assistant Site manager at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and World Heritage Site

 Exploring Lunar Architecture in Newark, Dr. Robert Horn, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College, Geometry and Astronomy at the Newark Earthworks,           Dr. Ray Hively, Professor of Physics, Earlham College

 Sovereignty and History: Confessions of a Native Archaeologist, Dr. Robert Warrior (Osage), English and Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma   

 The Shaman of the Newark Earthworks, Dr. Bradley Lepper, Curator of Archaeology, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio    

 Concluding Remarks:

 Dr. Richard Shiels, Interim Director and Associate Professor of History, Newark Earthworks Center, OSU-Newark

Closing Procession