Snow Snake Workshop

The Institute for American Indian Studies will host Snow Snake workshops, a traditional Haudenosaunee winter game involving throwing crafted wooden sticks along a snow trench as well as a live snake meet and greet, on Saturday, February 28th, from noon to 3PM.

The game involves a stick that is carved and decorated to resemble a snake. Competitors throw the stick along a snow trench and try to see how far they can throw it.

Join Susan Scherf, educator with the Institute for American Indian Studies and an expert wood crafter, for one of two workshops filled with whittling fun. The IAIS will provide the materials and have some wood burning kits on hand. Participants are welcome to bring a whittling knife.

If weather permits, there will be a friendly competition following the workshop. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Colleen Harrak from White Memorial Conservation Center will bring several live snakes from their Education Collection to IAIS to visit with program participants. From juvenile rat snakes to a big, friendly giant named “Peaches,” White Memorial’s resident snakes give people an up-close and personal encounter the reptiles.

There are two workshop time slots (noon and 2PM), with a combined live snake demonstration at 1PM.

Space is limited in each workshop and the combined live snake demonstration so pre-registration is required. 

Purchase tickets here, email events@iaismuseum.org or call 860-868-0518.

Cost of participation includes materials. IAIS is located at 38 Curtis Road in Washington CT