Hardy, VA – On Saturday, November 17th at 2:00 p.m., Booker T. Washington National Monument will offer a program that examines Booker T. Washington’s involvement with the "Indian Experiment" that began at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia in 1877. Visitors are invited to the park visitor center to attend the ranger talk and also experience the Monument’s 1850’s plantation landscape and see the 15-minute "Longing to Learn" video to learn more about Booker T. Washington’s life and achievements.

November is American Indian Heritage Month. Four hundred years ago, Native Americans, Europeans and Africans would come together to create a unique cultural experience that would result in the formation of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. In 1877, Americans of European and African descent, and Native Americans from predominantly Western tribes would meet at the newly created Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, not far from the original 1607 settlement site, in the interest of education for Indians. Booker T. Washington became involved in 1878 as a teacher and house advisor. The "Indian Experiment" would last until 1923 and become an interesting stitch in the fabric of American history.

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