A Look at Artifacts & History March 28, 7 pm 

INDIANS OF ARKANSAS

A history of the Arkansas Indians and a look at some of their artifacts is scheduled for the next meeting of the White County Historical Society, Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m.  Dr. Kent Westbrook of Little Rock will present a program on his study of the "Pre-History of Arkansas" and the "Collection of Artifacts." Westbrook is a Distinguished Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He has studied the Arkansas Indians and collected their artifacts for nearly 50 years.   The first portion of his program will be devoted to a survey of the Indians that lived in Arkansas and their general culture.  Particular attention will be paid to pottery that they made and that has been found where they lived over the last 200 years.  The Mississippian, Caddo and Quapaw cultures will be discussed.  Two of the best pottery artifacts from the southeastern United States were found in White County.  These will be presented and discussed in detail.  Arrow points from Calf Creek Cave in Searcy County will be shown.  Examples of the "Searcy" point, named for Searcy County, will also be shown.  "The program will demonstrate that the Pre-History of Arkansas is fairly complex," Westbrook says, "but it is reasonably well understood.  Additionally, it will show that the Indians of Arkansas created very sophisticated art works in pottery."  The meeting at Harding Place in Searcy is open to the public.