Breakfast on the Marsh and The Bones of Kekionga

Breakfast on the Marsh is a monthly speakers forum sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. The presentations are usually held at Indiana Wesleyan University Fort Wayne beside Eagle Marsh.  
 
The speaker was Jim Picket, an author, retired educator, and local history buff. He spoke on the content of his trilogy: The Bones of the Kekionga, The March to Kekionga, and The Siege of Kekionga. The author captured the perspectives of the Myaami (Miami) and the settlers. His presentation was an integration of story-telling and historical research. He made the history of the land and the voices of past inhabitants come alive. 
 
For the Indiana Master Naturalists in the audience this was a wonderful example of historical interpretation. He used history, culture, maps, artifacts, to tell a compelling story. Much of his story took place near where the audience sat. The presentation ended with a recalling of artifacts from the historical time and events covered being discovered in a nearby farm. It is difficult to travel throughout Northeast Indiana and not hear the voices of the past. That is in part due to the masterful story telling of Jim Picket. 
 

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