Thank you for volunteering for the 2023 Moundville Native American Festival! To help make it easier for our volunteers, we have put together all the information that you will need about our Liability Release Form, what volunteer roles are available, and where to park inside the festival. Watch our orientation video to learn about what to do upon arrival, the various volunteer positions, and things you need to remember!
Volunteer Sign-Up
If you would like to sign up to be a volunteer at the Moundville Native American Festival, fill out our online form.
Liability Release Form
Volunteers need to fill out the 2023 MNAF Liability Release Form (Volunteers). If you are unable to download, print, and fill it out through the online link, you will be able to do it when you arrive at Volunteer Headquarters at Moundville Archaeological Park.
What To Know
Upon Arrival
- Check-in at Headquarters at least, fifteen minutes before your shift
- You will get your station assignment and t-shirt
- Park by the shop at the back of the park
- Volunteers will be working in four-hour shifts from either eight am until noon or noon until the close of festival
Things To Remember
- Make sure to sign-in and sign-out daily
- Please make sure you have turned in all the appropriate paperwork Along with your application
- you should have included a copy of your Driver’s License, ACT Card, or other Government-issued ID
Parking Directions
Volunteers will need to park where the Maintenance Shop is located inside Moundville Archaeological Park.
From Tuscaloosa:
- Take 69S toward Moundville. Moundville Archaeological Park will be on your right in about 13 miles.
- Do not turn into the park at the main park entrance (on your right).
- Drive straight on 69S and take a right onto Market Street (the first stoplight you reach after driving past Hal County High School on your left).
- Drive into downtown Moundville and stay right at the three way stop sign.
- You will pass Big Mike’s Stakehouse on your right. Continue over the railroad tracks and past Moundville Elementary School on your right.
- Continue on for approximately one mile and veer right onto Prince Street.
- Head down Prince Street for approximately one mile.
- You will pass a lake and see a road to the left name Tooson Lake Road, go past this.
- Prince Street will turn into Simpson Swamp Road.
- Continue on it and start to look for signs that say “Volunteer Entrance” on your right.
- You will be turning on a dirt road on your right approximately half a mile after Tooson Lake Road.
- This road leads to the park’s maintenance shop.
- The gate behind the shop is open.
- Turn right into the gate and keep to the right.
- As you pull up, you will see where volunteer parking is located in the grassy area to the right.
- Check in at headquarters located in the shed next to the caretaker’s house.
- If you get to the boat ramp, you have drive too far. Turn around and take your first left into the gate behind the park.
- At the end of your shift, you must leave the way you came in.
From Greensboro:
- Take 69N toward Moundville. Moundville Archaeological Park will be on your left in about 22 miles.
- Do not turn into the park at the main park entrance (on your left).
- Before you reach the park, take a left onto Market Street (the first stoplight after Ace Hardware on your left).
- Drive into downtown Moundville and stay right at the three way stop sign.
- You will pass Big Mike’s Stakehouse on your right.
- Continue over the railroad tracks and past Moundville Elementary School on your right.
- Continue on for approximately one mile and veer right onto Prince Street.
- Head down Prince Street for approximately one mile.
- You will pass a lake and see a road to the left named Tooson Lake Road, go past this.
- Prince Street will turn into Simpson Swamp Road. Continue on it and start to look for signs that say “Volunteer Entrance” on your right.
- You will be turning on a dirt road on your right, approximately half a mile after Tooson Lake Road.
- This road leads to the park’s maintenance shop.
- The gate behind the shop is open.
- Turn right into the gate and keep to the right. As you pull up, you will see where volunteer parking is located in the grassy area to the right.
- Check in at headquarters, located in the shed next to the caretaker’s house.
- If you get to the boat ramp, you have driven too far. Turn around and take your first left into the gate behind the park.
- At the end of your shift, you must leave the way you came in.
Volunteer Positions
Children’s Area Assistants
- Will show children how to play different Native American-related games
- Help them create some take home craft (information sheet will be provided)
Demonstrator and Presenter Aides
- Interact with demonstrators
- Assist them with their crafts
- Supply them with water
- Sit at their booth while they perform
- Provide restroom and food breaks
Native American Stage
- Get presenters water and snacks
- Help with the flow of the performances
Museum Monitors
- Guide visitors through the museum
- Provide basic information on the exhibits
- Monitor visitors interactions with exhibits
- Assist with end of day museum clean-up
Museum Gallery
Things To Know:
- You will be helping to facilitate the museum experience
- Traffic flows clockwise
- There is only one way in and out
- Food and drinks are not allowed in the Gallery
Gift Shop Assistants
- Monitor visitors in the gift shop as they look around
- Assist with end of day museum clean-up
Gift Shop and Coffee Shop
Things You Will Be Doing:
- Restocking and making drinks
- Helping with traffic flow, Quality Control Management, and Customer Service
Parking
- We will have folks assigned to handicap parking and regular parking to help with traffic control
Hospitality
- Those in hospitality will help prepare and/or deliver snacks and meals
Nature Trail Interpreters
- Will find a spot along the trail where you can discuss different plant life and wildlife and how Native Americans used them