The sixth annual Native American Spring Gathering is scheduled for Saturday March 18 at Dickson Mounds Museum.

“Celebrate, honor and remember the gifts of our ancestors,” is the purpose of activities throughout the day.

Activities start at 11 a.m. and include a heritage program at 2 p.m., a pipe ceremony at 3:15 p.m. and a drum and dance ceremony at 3:45 p.m. Vendors will be set up from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Dickson Mounds Museum, 10956 N. Dickson Mounds Road is located between Lewistown and Havana. It is across from Emiquon Nature Preserve. The museum is part of the Illinois State Museum system. For more information call 547-3721.