Message-ID: <BLU174-W11B613A87117F3A07043FA1590@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Indian Agency House to Host Archaeology Camp for Kids Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:34:26 -0500
Know a Young Indiana Jones?
Got a Kid Who Loves to Play in the Dirt?
The Historic Indian Agency House Announces
ARCHAEOLOGY CAMP FOR KIDSESSAY CONTEST
The Historic Indian Agency House in Portage, Wisconsin, an 1832 historic site, is
proud to announce that we will host an archaeology camp for kids this summer
from June 16 to June 20. This five-day
camp will be led by Rachel Stieve-Vertein, who holds a BS in Archaeology and
Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is funded through
the generosity of the Great Circle Foundation.
The camp will center on an actual “dig” of a recreated archaeological
site on the grounds of the Historic Indian Agency House—which sits on the
traditional homelands of the Ho-Chunk tribe and has been the focus of numerous professional
excavations. Students will be
instructed in historical research and archaeological methods, using both
hands-on and discussion activities. Some topics they will cover include
conducting field surveys, setting up plots, utilizing test pits, excavating, making
scale drawings, and processing artifacts.
Each participant will receive an archaeology field kit (that
they will use for the duration of the camp and then be allowed to take home)
and a t-shirt commemorating the camp.
The
actual cost per student is estimated to be $250—but this opportunity will be
offered free of charge to twelve lucky students who will enter grades six and seven during the 2014-15 school year. These students will be chosen based on a
short essay contest on the topic, “Why Archaeology is Important.”
Essays are to be one page in length (or roughly 250 words,
double-spaced), and, along with the registration form**, are due by Friday, May
02, 2014, via postal delivery or email submission. Essay contest winners will be notified on
Monday, May 12. For more information,
call Eleanor Voigt at 608-742-5029 or email historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com .
Essays should be mailed to:
Historic Indian Agency House
Archaeology Essay Contest
c/o Eleanor Voigt
422 W. Edgewater St.
Portage, WI 53901
OR they can be emailed to:
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
**Visit https://www.facebook.com/103130967332/photos/gm.1478704429025549/10152094063397333/?type=1&theater to download the registration form. Or request one via email by contacting historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
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Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago
608-742-6362
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
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~Charles M. Schulz