News From The Manor

The private foundation that owns the historic Indian Hill Manor and Farm is conducting a survey of historic barns and other farm buildings in the rural area around the old village of Kishwaukee. The area covered by the survey includes parts of southwest Rockford...

George Stevens, Rockford, former member of the Rockford School Board (1987-1992), retired speech pathologist, and past Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Department of Public Health, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Smeja Homestead Foundation,...

Northwest Quarterly Summer-Fall 2017 by Janine Pumilia, Manager Editor Used with permission of Northwest Quarterly Magazine For thousands of years, native people enjoyed the scenic juncture where the Rock and Kishwaukee rivers meet. Step inside the stately manor atop...

The private foundation that owns the historic Indian Hill Manor and Farm on Kishwaukee Road, southwest of Rockford, is conducting a survey of historic barns and other farm buildings in the rural area around the old village of Kishwaukee. The area covered by the survey...

This 3-day instructional Workshop will teach you about the history of the Native American courting flute, then guide you on how to make, and play your very own flute. You’ll leave with a beautiful Ho-Chunk style courting flute and will have the skills to play the...