Rain or shine!
Events can be moved indoors as necessary
Events can be moved indoors as necessary
Saturday, October 9 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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Join us for this free event honoring the culture, history, contributions, and accomplishments of Native Americans.
All activities will take place, rain or shine!
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Craft vendors interested in a booth at Indigenous Peoples' Day may fill out an application:
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
WIND RIVER DANCERS
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With a theme of “A Cultural Heritage Shared Through Dance and Songs,” the Wind River Dancers perform a variety of American Indian dance styles, which includes men’s traditional, grass and fancy feather and women’s fancy shawl, jingle dress and traditional. Included with the dances are drummers and singers. The songs and dance styles are described and explained to the audience in order to share Native American culture and heritage.
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WILLIE LECLAIR
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Willie LeClair offers Wyoming residents a better understanding of Native American peoples’ traditions, history and lifestyle. He conducts short courses in storytelling and performance in conversational Native American Sign Language, traditional songs, hand drums, descriptions and demonstrations of powwow dancing, and background of Indian activities. Helping communities teach and preserve Native American culture by sharing experiences of living on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Willie lectures on the history of Wyoming Indian groups, pre-reservation lifestyles, and Indian government systems.
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CARLOTTA CARDANA AND DANIELLE SEEWALKER
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Carlotta Cardana is co-curator of the Red Road Project. She was born and raised in Northern Italy and has worked as an editorial and commercial photographer. Her work experience gave her the opportunity to examine, through photographs, topics spanning economic upheaval and oppression, Indigenous spirituality, and the self-expression of minorities and subcultures. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Parliamentary Art Collection.
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Danielle SeeWalker is co-curator of the Red Road Project. She is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and is a Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota artist. Danielle’s childhood experiences of shame and hopelessness drove her to redirect, through her artwork, writing, and lectures, the narrative around Native American youth, peers, and future generations. She aims to inspire insightful representations of contemporary Native America.
TALISSA ABEYTA
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Talissa Abeyta is a Native American contemporary artist. “I am a descendant of the Eastern Shoshone/ Northern Arapaho/ Paiute tribes. I was raised on the Wind River Indian Reservation located in Wyoming. My native heritage is the inspiration for my work. My artwork combines Native American patterns, designs and traditions with contemporary design and approaches. I feel blessed to have this present day experience of being a Native American woman. My art allows me to have a voice and freedom to express my thoughts and emotions without restraint. The way I feel I can best represent the love I have for my heritage and people is by creating art that depicts Native Americans in beauty, grace, resilience, and strength. Of course all the while paying my respects to their individual expression between and within Native American communities. There is so much diversity in culture between tribes and I find their individual uniqueness beautiful. It is my hope to make it obvious both our humanity and divinity. I aspire to reconcile, heal and enlighten through my artwork.”
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CHRISTIAN WALLOWING BULL
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Christian Wallowing Bull was born and raised on the Crow Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana. He is a Crow and Northern Arapaho acoustic musician and songwriter who most recently won first place in the 2021 Wyoming Singer-Songwriter Competition in Ten Sleep.
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SOPHIE BARKSDALE
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Sophie Barksdale is a Producer for Caldera Productions. Her career in arts administration has made project management her forte but her passions for storying telling through film and for travel have resulted in an international career in the film industry. In the past 12 years, she has worked for Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board and on film festivals in Australia, Ireland and the US, as well as for one of Australia’s premier cultural institutions. She has worked in production, promotion, human resources, venue, and event management. She is a producer on the documentary “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle.”
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JORDAN DRESSER
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Jordan is a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe located on the Wind River Indian Reservation. He has a BA in journalism from the University of Wyoming and has worked as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star, the Salt Lake Tribune, the Forum and the Denver Post. In 2009, he became the Public Relations Officer for the Wind River Hotel and Casino in Riverton, WY. During this time, Jordan also worked with Wyoming PBS and Alpheus Media on a project called, “Wind River Virtual Museum” which produced a documentary film, “Lived History: the Story of the Wind River Virtual Museum,” on Wyoming PBS. In 2016 he Co-Produced the documentary film “What Was Ours,” (Alpheus Media/ITVS). Jordan describes himself as a storyteller who uses words, images and objects to paint an accurate picture of tribal nations. He is a producer on the documentary “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle.”
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