Sunwatch Indian Village
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SunWatch Indian Village / Archaeological Park, previously known as the Incinerator Site, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 33-MY-57, is a reconstructed Fort Ancient Native American village next to the Great Miami River.
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SunWatch Indian Village / Archaeological Park, previously known as the Incinerator Site, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 33-MY-57, is a reconstructed Fort Ancient Native American village next to the Great Miami River.
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Informative indian village with reconstructed buildings that show how the Fort Ancient native Americans lived. There is a small museum that describes life in the village as well a display describing how archeologists excavated the site. I took my elementary age children. They liked the dioramas and being in the reconstructed houses where they were shocked that a family of 10 lived, ate and slept in such a small room. There is a neat gift shop with a variety of books, toys and native American art. It was a good visit, although we got through the museum and the grounds in a little over an hour, admission was a little pricey for the amount of time we were there. (There is a second floor with a small exhibit of local art and some placards talking about other native Americans in the US). Overall it was a good adventure, although not sure we got our money's worth for the admission.
Jeremiah BurgessJeremiah Burgess
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Gary J Dixon (Youngblood1999)Gary J Dixon (Youngblood1999)
10
Cool little museum and research site. Clerk was knowledgeable and friendly. Gift shop is small with small treasures, bathrooms open to public. There is a video introduction that you can watch if you want to. The indoor museum is informative, but it’s the outside part that’s really cool. Following the path you can see reconstructions of ancient indigenous huts and other small features. Grounds are cleanly kept. Unique recycled tire path is bouncy and fun, but you couldn’t take a wheelchair out on it so that sucks. Besides that, the only other negative is the cost for entry, it’s a little high in my opinion ($7 for adults, $6 for seniors and free for children under 5 I think.) Just think things like this should be on a sliding scale because not everyone has disposable income, but everyone deserves to go to a museum/historic site and learn.
Grizzly Fire-FangGrizzly Fire-Fang
130
Nice place to learn about American Indians in OH. Due to COVID restrictions they are not giving guided tours at the moment so everything is self guided. They have a video (~12min long) you can watch in the gift shop area which describes how the site was found and reconstructed. Reading all the signs tells you some, I think it would be better with a guided tour. The indoor museum and gift shop is small. We visited on a Saturday morning and were the only group there until we were getting ready to leave then another small group came. The one staff member we met was friendly, attentive, and attempted to answer our questions about the site. They have picnic/pavilion areas outside the front entrance. Good place for school/scout field trips.
Danielle LeschDanielle Lesch
50
I think this destination is most valuable if you do a little advance reading on Native American history in North America. I'd been doing just that when I visited, so I really enjoyed the site itself much more than the interpretive material, which seemed a little superficial. The movie tells about the archeological discovery of the site and shows photos from the dig, which makes for interesting local history. It's worth visiting to get a sense of pre European American history and culture in the region.
J.E. JordanJ.E. Jordan
30
A historical society lived there in the 1800 . In Ohio, Dayton. They lived out their primitive lifestyle As well as could be expected. On the land that they only had. Their remains were found during the 60's and then were preserved with proven existence before the State of Ohio was To use the areas for the water treatment plant that was To be made UP on that portion of the Earth yet, it was reconsidered to be restored to the museum As it stands today, in remembrance of the Sun watchers tribe.
George E. ReidGeorge E. Reid
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