Stone Mountain: Native American Pow-Wow

Quite by accident we arrived at the Stone Mountain Park just in time for the start of the annual 4-day Native American Festival and Pow-Wow.  It was an unexpected opportunity to meet some real Native Americans and to buy some authentic Indian gifts for the grandchildren.  We also had, for lunch, Indian tacos (made with frybread) and watched some tribal dancing.  A good time, even though the weather was less than ideal – we got home just before the skies opened up.

The Pow-Wow was held in Stone Mountain’s “Historic Square” area, which is a small collection of authentic historic buildings from the south, including slave quarters. It is a very small version of Sturbridge Village or Greenfield Village, but interesting. I found the ancient barn and the slave quarters the most interesting.

We were warned that there would be a LOT of schoolchildren there on Thursday and that was accurate. But they were well-behaved and didn’t ruin the day.