This unique book is produced by Lumbee Nation author Jamie K. Oxendine and illustrator and jewelry artist Timothy P. Locklear II.

About the Author: 

Jamie is a Native American of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, educator, historian and speaker. He has been an adjunct professor of Native American studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio State University, University of Toledo, Lourdes University, and has served as the Native American liaison & education consultant for Ohio University.

He has served on the board of trustees for the Ohio Humanities Council, Board of trustees for the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission and governor appointee to the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Board.

He has also sat on the ACCESS Grants Panel with the National Endowment For The Humanities.

Donations to purchase this book help bring Native American educational experiences to Northern Virginia.

Participants in the Indian Village are volunteers. Your $40 donation for a map goes towards helping bring this educational event to Northern Virginia. Donations are tax deductible. Our host non-profit is Sanctuary on the Trail a 501(c)3.

​Born out of a long-standing need, Tribal Nations Maps is a company dedicated to representing all historical Indigenous Nations across the Western Hemisphere, using traditional and given Tribal names. They also promote authentic Native-perspective books and other materials in an effort to bring awareness and representation of the Indigenous Peoples of this land. 

The tribal nations map reflects the vast richness of Native America. Although we honor the individual cultures of each Native American nation, modern-day Native Americans recognize the beauty of our cultures shared as a whole as well.

This map asserts that our nations spanned the entire United States landscape from sea to sea, that as a collective group we are the original and true heirs to what is now called the "United States."

​We thrived on our God-given homelands from time immemorial and nothing can testify to that quite like our Tribal Nations map. We appreciate non-Native American's respect and fascination with our history and hope that they, too will appreciate the information that our map has to offer.

Visit with Chris Anderson our Cherokee Knowledge Carrier during the Sept. 17-18, 2022 Indian Village at the Bluemont Fair from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm or shop with Chris at Chicken House Studies and Chris on ETSY.

Chris grew up in Saluda, NC and enjoyed living among the mountains and beautiful scenery of western North Carolina. A self-taught artist, she works in pen and ink and watercolors. 

She lives in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley in Luray, Virginia. In addition to her images of historical architecture, she recently created a series of butterfly cards which she hand decorates so each is a unique work of art.

Would you like a custom watercolor image of your home, church, business, etc.? She can create a unique and special gift for yourself or others from a photograph. Contact her today for a quote.

The Indian Village is located in Northwestern Virginia ​about 70 Miles Northwest of D.C. Follow parking signs to ​Snickersville Turnpike Bluemont, VA 20135. Free parking. Fair general admission is only $10, children nine and under are free.

Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration. The original Germanic term knopp meant to strike, shape, or work, so it could theoretically have referred equally well to making statues or dice.

​Modern usage is more specific, referring almost exclusively to the hand-tool pressure-flaking process pictured. It is distinguished from the more general verb "chip" (to break up into small pieces, or unintentionally break off a piece of something) and is different from "carve" (removing only part of a face), and "cleave" (breaking along a natural plane).

Flintknapping or knapping is done in a variety of ways depending on the purpose of the final product. For stone tools and flintlock strikers, chert is worked using a fabricator such as a hammerstone to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stone. Stone tools can then be further refined using wood, bone, and antler tools to perform pressure flaking. (Source: Wikipedia)

​Visit with Kevin and Bill during the Sept. 17-18, 2022 Indian Village at the Bluemont Fair from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.  ​

Located in Northwestern Virginia ​about 70 Miles Northwest of D.C. Follow parking signs to ​Snickersville Turnpike Bluemont, VA 20135. Free parking. Fair general admission is only $10, children nine and under are free.

Medicine Carrier Jodi Lynn will demonstrate how to use natural dyes, from plants and food, to color fabrics. Her natural dyeing techniques will inspire you on to use dozens of species of plants to naturally dye stuff.

One of the comprehensive books that Jodi refers to is "Wild Color". Jodi can explain necessary equipment, how select fibers and plant parts and select fibers work. She can demonstrate how to choose the right methods to dry and test colors. 

Visit with Jodi during the Sept. 17-18, 2022 Indian Village at the Bluemont Fair from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. See the gorgeous colors that you can create by using  various amounts vinegar and much more. 

Located in Northwestern Virginia ​about 70 Miles Northwest of D.C. Follow parking signs to ​Snickersville Turnpike Bluemont, VA 20135. Free parking. Fair general admission is only $10, children nine and under are free.

Kevin Sorensen is our featured flint napper at the Indian Village Outdoor Library 2021.

Overall, fair activities, traffic details and parking map are explained on the Bluemont Fair schedule at www.Bluemontfair.org. The Indian Village and Fair is Sept. 18-19 10:00 am – 5:00 pm in the town of Bluemont.

Directions: Enter off of Snickersville Turnpike (follow the signs on Rt. 734) in Bluemont, Va. 20135 (one hour west of D.C., 17 miles from Leesburg Va. and east of Winchester Va. on Rt. 7.) Fair general admission is only $10, children nine and under are free. Sorry, no pets. Free parking is available.