Lake Cumberland State Resort Park will host a special weekend event intended to keep alive Native American traditions through lectures and demonstrations.

The event scheduled for Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2009 will feature presentations by experts in Native American culture along with two nights of lodging at the park, two breakfasts and a special buffalo buffet dinner on Saturday evening. The complete package costs $250 per couple.

The program includes the following presentations:

Friday evening Jan. 30

Lowery Begay – “Heartbeat of Mother Earth” & “The Circle of Life”

Saturday Jan. 31

Sherry Finchum & Mark Finchum – “East vs. West”

Dr. Michael Logan – “American Indians, American Flags”

Kentucky Humanities Council Presents Robert Rambo – “Atta Kul Kulla – Cherokee Peace Chief”

Mark Barfoot – Flute Music & Drum

The Cherokee Travelers – Native American Dance and Drum

For reservations and information call 1-800-325-1709 or email RobertA.Myers@ky.gov.

Lake Cumberland State Resort Park is located at 5465 State Park Road

In Jamestown, Ky. The park is 45 miles west of Somerset, Ky. Take the Cumberland Parkway to US 127 and travel south to Jamestown.

The park features a lodge, restaurant, cottages and campground. Activities include hiking, boating, fishing and disc golf. The park’s hiking trails provide many scenic vistas of Lake Cumberland amid beech, oak and hickory forests. Lake Cumberland is one of the top recreational lakes in the southeastern U.S. Despite Lake Cumberland’s lower water level due to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ongoing repairs to Wolf Creek Dam, the lake still is the third largest in Kentucky with more than 37,000 acres of water.

The Kentucky State Park System is composed of 52 state parks plus an interstate park shared with Virginia. The Department of Parks, an agency of the Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet, operates 17 resort parks with lodges — more than any other state. Each year, Kentucky parks draw 7 million visitors and contribute $317 million to the economy. For more information on Kentucky parks, visit our Web site at http://www.parks.ky.gov.