Stories from the Wigwam

  The Institute for American Indian Studies was awarded a grant from CT Humanities for participating in Connecticut Summer at the Museum 202...

Purple Trillium is a perennial native wildflower that gives off a foul order resembling rotting meat, perhaps it's a way of fending off ...

Heartleaf Foamflowers are delightful plants with flowers composed of scores of short, straight off-white spikes tinged with pink that gives ...

Two Leaf Miterwort is also known as Bishop's Cap because its seeds resemble the hats (known as miters) worn by Bishops of the Roman Cath...

Traditionally, Native American communities tracked time by observing the change of seasons and following the lunar full moon cycle. Native A...

Cardamine concatenata or Cutleaf Toothwort is a lovely spring perennial that has charming clusters of small, four-petaled, white flowers. It...

Indian Cucumber Root, Medeola virginiana is a native wildflower that has been used for food by many Native American communities. As the name...