Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian
At the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, Indigenous artists and makers, professional chefs and home cooks, musicians, dancers, athletes, and storytellers will demonstrate the depth of multigenerational traditions as well as new, innovative approaches to cultural expression.
Join a circle of celebration with stories, songs, and dance. Experience ancestral foods like the Three Sisters (beans, corn, and squash) and inventive, sustainable cuisine. Learn stories that underlie Indigenous sports and games. Hear how Indigenous youth are reclaiming their languages through spoken-word and hip-hop. Explore traditional arts that flourish in their connections to place and environmental knowledge.
Schedule of Events
11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Cherokee Storytelling with Robert Lewis - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Lacrosse with Haudenosaunee Athletes - Games - Workshop 11 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. - Presentation of Colors with Native American Women Warriors - Museum: National Native American Veterans Memorial - Ceremony 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demo: Barriletes (Kites) from Guatemala - Barriletes - Kites - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demo: Skateboard Art - Skating and Skate Arts - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demo: Tsimshian Woodcarving - Basketry - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Adornment and Body Art from Indigenous Brazil - Pataxó and Amondawa Arts - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Anishinaabe Canoe Building and Traditional Arts - Canoe Building and Anishinaabe Arts - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Basket Weaving - Basketry - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Ceramic Traditions - Ceramics Tents - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Mural Painting - Family Activities - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Plaster Arts and Featherwork - Plaster Art and Featherwork - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Artist Demos: Textile Weaving Traditions - Weaving Tents - Demonstration 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Kitchen Garden Display - Kitchen Garden - Demonstration 12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Arctic Games with Pamyua and Friends - Games - Workshop 12 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Sacred Spaces and Industrial Development - Narrative Stage - Narrative Session 12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Three Sisters Soup with Chef Elena Terry - Foodways - Foodways 12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Tlingit Storytelling with Gene Tagaban/Guuy Yaau - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Chickasaw Storytelling with Amy Bluemel - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Corn Fritters with Chef Bradley Dry - Foodways - Foodways 1 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Language Revitalization - Narrative Stage - Narrative Session 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Songs with Kontiwennenha:wi from Akwesasne - Museum: Rasmuson Theater - Performance 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Pepián de Gallina with Musician Sara Curruchich - Foodways - Foodways 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Cherokee Storytelling with Robert Lewis - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - Citizenship of the Manitoba Métis Federation - Narrative Stage - Narrative Session 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Lacrosse with Haudenosaunee Athletes - Games - Workshop 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Amondawa Archery - Games - Demonstration 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. - Body Art and Adornment as Cultural Resurgence - Narrative Stage - Narrative Session 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Pan-Seared Salmon with with Chef Rob Kinneen - Foodways - Foodways 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Tlingit Storytelling with Gene Tagaban/Guuy Yaau - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Song and Drum with Sons of Membertou - Museum: Rasmuson Theater - Performance 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Grape Dumplings with Chef Nico Albert Williams - Foodways - Foodways 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Haudenosaunee Storytelling with Perry Ground: Talking Turtle Stories - Museum: Amphitheater - Performance 4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Honor Songs for Native American Veterans - Our Voices Stage - Narrative Session 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Indigenous Art Revitalization - Narrative Stage - Narrative Session 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Featured Concert: Hālau o Kekuhi - Museum: Potomac Atrium - Performance 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Happy Half Hour - Foodways - Foodways