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  • January 2021

  • Wed 27

    Virtual Book Reading: A Rez Tale by Ernest M Whiteman III (Northern Arapaho)

    Featured January 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CST
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

    CLICK HERE to purchase and instantly download a copy of A Rez Tale: A Novel, an Ebook by Ernest M. Whiteman III ($12.00) Author: Ernest M. Whiteman III, a former MMAI […]

  • Sun 31

    Monthly Craft: Storytelling & Craft

    Featured January 31, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm CST
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

    CLICK HERE to Download Printable coloring page We are launching an online version of our monthly craft program; each month, we will host a virtual interactive craft session.  We are […]

  • February 2021

  • Wed 24

    Virtual Book Reading: Maria DesJarlait (Arikara and Ojibwe)

    February 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CST
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

    CLICK HERE to Buy Atika's Medicine  Atíka’s Medicine is a Native American picture book. It takes place in Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota with Atíka (grandma in Arikara) and […]

  • Sat 27

    Virtual Artist Discussion: Ral Christman (Kumeyaay)- Bird Songs

    February 27, 2021 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CST
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

    Ral Takook Christman is a life-long Bird Singer, and one of few remaining in the Kumeyaay community, which puts this traditional ancestral knowledge at risk of being lost. Having the […]

  • Sun 28

    Storytelling and Crafts: February 28th @1:30 PM

    February 28, 2021 @ 1:30 pm CST
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

    CLICK HERE to Download Printable coloring page We are launching an online version of our monthly craft program; each month, we will host a virtual interactive craft session.  We are […]

  • March 2021

  • Thu 11

    Virtual Artist Discussion: Carl Little (Navajo)

    March 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CST

    Carl is from a small community in Birdsprings, AZ on the Navajo Nation. His clans are Rock Gap, Deer Springs, Towering House, and Mexican Clan. He is an artist with […]

    Free
  • Sun 28

    Monthly Storytelling & Crafts: Ledgar Art

    March 28, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

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    Donations Appreciated
  • April 2021

  • Thu 8

    Virtual Artist Discussion: Bear Fox (Kanienkehaka)

    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

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    Donations Appreciated
  • Sun 18

    The Mitchell Museum Presents Mankiller

    April 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT
    https://watch.eventive.org/collectiveeye/play/6025a790515e4b04f0186898

    Once you pre-order "Mankiller" (58 min.), the film will be available for you to view at your own leisure between April 15th at 8:00 am CST and the live panel […]

    $10
  • Wed 28

    Virtual Book Reading with Adam Kessel (Lakota)

    April 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC+0

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  • Fri 30

    2021 Annual Virtual Benefit Gala

    April 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm CDT
    Zoom (Pre-Registration Required)

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    $25
  • May 2021

  • Sat 15

    Art Talk: Johnnie L. Diacon “Trail of Tears Mural” 5/12/2021 @ 5:30 PM CST

    May 15, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm CDT
    Eventbrite Registration Required

    Artist Johnnie Diacon (Muscogee (Creek)) has been working on a three-panel mural installation for the Museum of Native American History (MONAH) that depicts the Trail of Tears. This mural will […]

    Donations Appreciated
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Tribal Citizens: FREE with ID
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FREE Memorial Day thru Labor Day

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