Native Americans

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

Topics related to the first people to call the Ozarks home; those who came later from ancestral lands in the east; and modern-day descendants of indigenous people working to preserve their cultural heritage.

  • 20 minutes 35 seconds
    The Crossbowettes

    Shiloh Museum photo archivist Marie Demeroukas presented this slide program during a reunion of the Crossbowettes, a girls archery team from Huntsville, Arkansas, on November 15, 2020.

    8 April 2020, 5:43 pm
  • 31 minutes 7 seconds
    Crossbowette Memories

    Members of the Crossbowettes, a 1950s-1960s girls archery team from Huntsville, Arkansas, share stories during a reunion held at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History on November 15, 2020. Museum photo archivist Marie Demeroukas is the moderator.

    8 April 2020, 4:34 pm
  • 35 minutes 3 seconds
    Nothing Here is Arbitrary

    Historic preservation consultant Joan Gould shares some of her experiences in documenting pre-Civil War architecture in Northwest Arkansas. Recorded January 17, 2017.

    6 January 2020, 6:33 pm
  • 54 minutes 29 seconds
    Uncovering Ozark Coverlets

    Marty Benson and Laura Redford, members of the Northwest Arkansas Handweavers Guild, share findings from their study of some three dozen hand-woven coverlets in the Shiloh Museum collection. Benson and Redford are experienced weavers and weaving instructors with an interest in history and historic textiles, and both are volunteers at the Shiloh Museum. Recorded January 15, 2014

    Follow Marty and Laura's continuing research on Ozark Coverlets via their Facebook page.

    2 January 2020, 10:04 pm
  • 18 minutes 15 seconds
    Prehistoric Indian Pottery

    Ann Early, state archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, discusses the art and craft of prehistoric Indian pottery. Recorded September 19, 2018.

    16 December 2019, 10:33 pm
  • 27 minutes 30 seconds
    Otto Rayburn and His Ozark Folk Encyclopedia

    Ethel Simpson, retired archivist with the University of Arkansas Special Collections Department, explores the life and work of Otto Ernest Rayburn, an author and educator who moved to the Ozarks in 1917, spent years amassing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and photos related to Ozark lore and life, eventually organizing his collection into a 229-volume "encyclopedia." Today the collection is housed in the Special Collections Department at the University of Arkansas's Mullins Library. Recorded April 19, 2017.

    12 December 2019, 11:02 pm
  • 17 minutes 57 seconds
    Politics, Prejudice, and Permanent Posts

    Retired archeologist John Riggs explains the history of Arkansas's western boundary line. During his thirty-four year career in archeology, Riggs worked in Arkansas for the Arkansas Archeological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Recorded August 21, 2019.

    10 December 2019, 11:39 pm
  • 24 minutes 7 seconds
    Northwest Arkansas's "Peavine" Railroad

    A history of the Kansas City & Memphis Railway, known as the "Peavine" Railroad, by local railroad historian Mike Sypult. Recorded January 16, 2019.

    24 April 2019, 10:07 pm
  • 25 minutes 26 seconds
    Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine

    Independent researcher Mary Ann Kahmann discusses the history of Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine. Established in 1942 as a Catholic chapel atop Mount Gaylor near Winslow, Arkansas, the church was organized due to the efforts of local women who saw the need for a church in their remote community. Kahmann and Juana Young are the authors of In God's Pocket: The History of Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine. Recorded February 20, 2019.

    29 March 2019, 9:19 pm
  • 22 minutes 22 seconds
    Untold Stories of the American Dream

    Rubicely Hernandez Monter and Zessna Garcia Rios, former members of the Northwest Arkansas Community College DREAMers (an organization composed of students who were brought into this country without documents as children) discuss their life experiences. Recorded September 20, 2017.

    21 September 2017, 5:00 pm
  • 46 minutes 15 seconds
    The Ordinary Life of Extraordinary Minnie

    Brooks Blevins, professor of Ozarks studies at Missouri State University, discusses the life of Minnie Atteberry, a Searcy County, Arkansas, farm woman who kept a daily diary from the 1930s into the 1960s. The Atteberry diaries were donated to the Special Collections Department of Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas by Searcy County historian James Johnston in 1993. Recorded October 21, 2015.

    22 October 2015, 5:00 pm
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