Event Schedule
Friday, October 17, 2025 - 5 pm to 9 pm
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Concert Performance
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Watch night-time Cannon Firings on Contentnea Creek
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Tour the Grifton Museum and Indian Village
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Fellowship around the campfires within the Civil War Encampments
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Enjoy Concessions available on the grounds
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 9 am to 5 pm
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All Day Events include:
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Civil War and Colonial Encampments
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Black Beard History Presentations,
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Tours of the Grifton Museum and Indian Village
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Fossil pit activities with the Aurora
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Beaufort Pirate Invasion
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Tuscarora Indians
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Children's Activities
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Ropemaking, Soap making, old tractors and engines, blacksmithing, primitive technologies, and much more.
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Speakers to be announced as confirmed
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Event Speakers
David Rahahę́·tih Webb
David Rahahę́·tih Webb
9:30am - 10:30am
David Rahahę́·tih Webb is an award-winning author, artist, conservationist, scientist, and historian- rooted in the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina (Kahtenuaka Territories) where he serves as a community leader. He is a traditional and contemporary Native American artist and recipient of the Artist in Residence in Everglades fellowship in 2024.
A lifetime environmental educator, David brings three decades of professional experience and two decades of nonprofit business leadership to his current role as executive director of Muddy Sneakers Outdoor Classroom. Previously, David was CEO of The Wonder Gardens—a historic zoological park, and director at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center, Miami-Dade County’s environmental education, ecotourism programs, and the county’s sea turtle protection program. He also led teams at regional museums, gardens, and aquariums, and taught public school science. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global Indigenous Forum Center at FIU.
David wrote the award-winning book, The Spanish Seminole: The Untold History of the Spanish Indians as Shared by a Descendant. His newest book, Indigenous Carolinians: A History from Original Peoples to Present-Day Tribes, is set for release by McFarland and Company. Additionally, David is co-author of Working Together: The Significance of Protocols of Engagement Between Indigenous Peoples and Universities, featured in Handbook of Traditional Spirituality and Sustainability. His traditional Native American art in sculpture, beadwork, textiles, and other mediums has been featured in museum exhibits and collections throughout the eastern United States.