SEBRING — Third-grade students at Sebring’s B.L. Miller Elementary School recently enjoyed a special visit from the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, learning about Native American history right here in the Mahoning Valley.

Dante Bernard, museum educator with MVHS, discussed how and when the Native Americans landed in Ohio and what life was like back then without today’s amenities. He displayed photos and artifacts of where they lived, what they ate, the tools they used for hunting, gathering and farming, and modeled their handmade clothing, shoes and jewelry.

Students then had the chance to explore the artifacts up close, feeling the animal furs and sinew (animal tendons and ligaments), holding the arrows and tools and wearing the jewelry.

This presentation aligns with the third-grade unit of study on how the community has changed over time, with a special focus on the use of artifacts.