Powhatan Indian Native Plant Uses: 1607-2007

Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 pm: Guest speaker Lisa L. Heuvel of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will present a program on “Exploring the Powhatan Indian Landscape: 1607-2007” during the John Clayton Chapter March meeting. The presentation will discuss seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian plant uses from both colonial and modern perspectives. Among the native plants she will discuss are tuckahoe (Peltandra virginica), groundnuts (Apios americana), and bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadense).

Ms. Heuvel works in educational media for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and was previously employed by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. She received her MA in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in 2005. Her current doctoral research in the William and Mary School of Education is in educational policy, planning and leadership, with an emphasis on Indigenous Studies.

The meeting is free and open to the public and will be held at the York County Library on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd in Yorktown. Refreshments will be served. For info call (757)564-4494 or visit www.claytonvnps.org.