From left: Austen "Feared Bear" Herron, Jack "Big Foot" Burrell, Misha "River Trout" Groman and Christian "Red Hawk" Groman.

For the past eight months, the Bluffton Boy Scouts have been actively preparing for the Sesquicentennial Indian Village and Trading Post at the Buckeye.

Under the direction of Assistant Scoutmaster and American Indian historian Gary "Book Reader" Wetherill, 20 scouts have been making authentic costumes, typical of the Indian tribes of this area of the late 1700's to early / mid-1800s.

Locally, the Eastern Woodlands Indians were the Ottawa, Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware and Miami tribes.

The Indian Village and Trading Post is open to the public as a Sesquicentennial event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26 and Friday and Saturday, July 1 and 2.

The Scouts will be telling visitors Indian stories, demonstrating Indian games and skills, such as throwing tomahawks and archery, showing a typical long house and answering questions about the Indian culture. The authentic Trading Post will display typical furs and pelts.

The highlight of the Indian Village will be the Pow-Wow at 8 p.m., Saturday July 2. The public is invited and encouraged to bring their lawn chairs for the final event of Bluffton's Sesquicentennial Celebration.