Honor the Mounds Gathering

The Beattie Park mounds were built during the Late Woodland period, around 700-1100. The group of mounds originally included nine conical mounds, a linear mound, and two effigy mounds; one in the shape of a bird, the other a turtle. Three of the conical mounds, the linear mound, and the turtle effigy still remain. The others were destroyed over the years. The mounds in Beattie Park were ceremonial in nature. 

The 27th Annual Gathering will be held rain or shine in the park. There will be music, dancers, singers, fry bread, and vendors. Demonstrations will be going on throughout the day, as well as speakers on several native topics. A children’s tent will be set up for native crafting with the children and parents, and a sacred fire will be going all day for prayers.

This event is sponsored by the NAAC - Native American Awareness Committee of Rockford, and organization that Kim supports. Kim will have a book and craft table there, where she will be selling and signing her books and talking with people about her handmade crafts.