During the 1996-1997 academic year, Butler University participated in Calderfest by focusing on the First Nations Peoples of Indiana (also known as the Woodland Indians of Indiana). Events were co-sponsored by the Butler University Department of History, the Museum of Prophetstown, Inc and Prophetstown Great Lakes Council for Native American Studies. The events at Butler, co-chaired by Dr. Michelle Mannering, of the Butler Department of History, and Gwen Yeaman, an Indigenous cultural resources expert, fell under the banner of “Indiana: A Shared Place; Many Peoples, Many Arts”. It included a First Nations Speaker Series and multiple exhibits. The collection includes flyers, exhibit photographs and interpretation, a newspaper article about Gwen Yeaman and the events, a t-shirt, and small bags of seed pods and tobacco.