American Indian Celebration
Event Details:
11:00am - 4:00pm |
October
16,
2022
@
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park - 15701 E Ave M, Lancaster, CA 93535
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The annual American Indian Celebration has returned in full to the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, October 15th and 16th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.! The Celebration features Native music, dancing, storytelling, and food.
The celebration kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday, with a blessing by Chumash/Tataviam elders Ted and Dennis Garcia. The dance arena will feature Buffalo Creek drum, a Northern Style drum group from the Los Angeles and Temecula area led by Brendon Youngbear Urdanivia (Navajo/Tewa).
Throughout the day, the dance area activities will rotate between native dancers with music by Buffalo Creek, Aztec culture and dancing with Danza Azteca Xochipilli, hoop dancer Sage Romero (Piute/Taos Pueblo), and Yaqui deer dancers.
Native artists will sell jewelry, beadwork, gourd art, paintings, and crafts at the event. Ted and Dennis Garcia (Chumash/Tataviam) will share traditional Chumash stories in the native plant garden outside Joshua Cottage. Families will enjoy making a clay bowl and trying their hand at pounding acorns and pine nuts at the touch table in Joshua Cottage.
Try your luck in the fundraising raffle to support the non-profit Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, and explore the museum staffed with knowledgeable docents.
The celebration kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday, with a blessing by Chumash/Tataviam elders Ted and Dennis Garcia. The dance arena will feature Buffalo Creek drum, a Northern Style drum group from the Los Angeles and Temecula area led by Brendon Youngbear Urdanivia (Navajo/Tewa).
Throughout the day, the dance area activities will rotate between native dancers with music by Buffalo Creek, Aztec culture and dancing with Danza Azteca Xochipilli, hoop dancer Sage Romero (Piute/Taos Pueblo), and Yaqui deer dancers.
Native artists will sell jewelry, beadwork, gourd art, paintings, and crafts at the event. Ted and Dennis Garcia (Chumash/Tataviam) will share traditional Chumash stories in the native plant garden outside Joshua Cottage. Families will enjoy making a clay bowl and trying their hand at pounding acorns and pine nuts at the touch table in Joshua Cottage.
Try your luck in the fundraising raffle to support the non-profit Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum, and explore the museum staffed with knowledgeable docents.
