June 26, 2010 - June 27, 2010 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (All Day)
Here's how you say "hello" in several different Native languanges:
Halito (Chickasaw & Choctaw)
Aya (Miami)
Yá' át' ééh (Navajo) Niit (Tsimshian)
Come say hello to the more than 140 Native American artists and performers at this year's Indian Market & Festival.
This annual event has become one of the iconic cultural events in Indianapolis. The Eiteljorg Museum brings Native artists from across the country to Indianapolis to sell their art. The market and festival includes performances from some of today's premiere Native American performers including storytellers, dancers and singers. Try unique foods including the crowd favorite, Indian tacos. There are activities for the little ones in the Dogbane Family Activity Area.
Admission
Adult admission is only $10 and the gate, $8 for museum members and people 17 years old and younger get in free!
$8 advance adult admission tickets available at the Eiteljorg Museum, by calling 1-800-622-2024 and area Marsh and O'Mailia locations. Please note that there will not be free parking available at the museum this weekend.
Acclaimed actor, artist and activist Michael Horse (Pascua Yaqui/Zuni/Mescalero Apache), returning as emcee, believes that art is proof of the connection of cultures, Mother Earth, each other and to the soul.
Award winning Native American guitarist and flutist Aaron White, guitarist/bassist Gary Rasmussen and drummer Ed Michaels make up Blue Stone Project whose music is a blend of native rhythms mixed with rock based blues.
Richard Van Camp (Dogrib (Tlicho) Dene Nation) is an internationally renowned storyteller and award-winning author whose stories – a mix of poetry, warmth and humor – focus on family, identity and culture.
David Robert Boxley (Tsimshian) is a cultural leader who writes songs in his language and performs worldwide with his dance group, Git-hoan (The People of the Salmon). Boxley is also an award-winning traditional carver who won the Eiteljorg’s Best of Show in 2009.
Living Traditions Dance Troupe featuring Derrick Suwaima Davis,Five time world champion hoop dancer. Comprised of championship dancers who each bring their own values, ideals and expression, Living Traditions comes together to honor the First Nations way, all people, and the lives which we all carry .
Dogbane Family Activity AreaAfter cheeringfive-time world champion dancer Derrick Suwaima Davis, try your hand at hoop dancing. Hands-on activities include decorating bracelets and wristbands, creating a pottery tile, making a woven mat with microfiche. The little ones can color a Northwest Coast mask and create rock art.
2010
Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival
Entertainment
Schedule
Saturday
and Sunday in Military Park
Main
Stage
10 a.m. Welcome
and Prayer
10:30 a.m.Living Traditions Dance
Troupe featuring Derrick Suwaima Davis
11:30 a.m.Blue Stone Project, rock
and blues
12:30 p.m. Richard
Van Camp, storyteller
1:30 p.m.David Robert Boxley,
storytelling and dance
2 p.m.Blue Stone Project, rock
and blues
3 p.m.Living Traditions Dance
Troupe featuring Derrick Suwaima Davis
Indian Art Markets: Authenticity & Why Art
Costs What it Costs
Noon Dancers
from Living Traditions Dance Troupe, demonstration
1 p.m. Daniel
Bigay (Cherokee), artist demonstration, cultural items
2 p.m. Richard
Van Camp, the art of storytelling
3 p.m. Mary
Tafoya (Santa Domingo), artist demonstration, inlay jewelry
Dogbane
Family Activity Area
After
cheering five-time world champion dancer
Derrick Suwaima Davis, try your hand at hoop dancing. Hands-on activities
include decorating bracelets and wristbands, creating a pottery tile, making a
woven mat with microfiche. The little ones can color a Northwest Coast mask and
create rock art.
2010 Artist List
Karen L. Abeita Tewa/Isleta Pottery
Lester Abeyta Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry
Richard Abeyta Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry
Sharon Abeyta Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry
Cheryl Ann Arviso Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Lita Atencio Santo Domingo Jewelry
Maanii Baldon Little Traverse Bay Bands/Odawa stained glass
Bobby Bales Taos Pueblo Cultural Items
Victor P. Beck Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Abraham Begay Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Eddie Begay Navajo Jewelry
Erick Begay Navajo Jewelry
Joseph Begay Navajo Sculpture, stone carving-table top fetish
Harrison Begay Jr Dine Navajo Pottery
Ernest Benally Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Fernando Benally Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Veronica Benally Navajo Jewelry
Daniel Bigay Cherokee Cultural Items, gourds, carved shells Copperwork
Gene Billie Navajo (Dine) Sculpture
Jolene Bird Santo Domingo Pueblo Jewelry
Randall Blaze Oglala Lakota Sculpture
Peter Boome Upper Skagit Paintings, drawing, photography & prints
Paula Boyd Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Ernest Boyes Ojibwe Beadwork
Shirley M. Brauker Odawa Paintings, drawing, photography & prints, Pottery
Aaron Brokeshoulder Absentee Shawnee Jewelry
Jamie Brown Potawatomi Basketry
Jennie Brown Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Basketry
Susan Charlesworth Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Basketry
Evelyn & Frank Chee Navajo (Dine) Jewelry
Norris M. Chee Navajo (Dine) Paintings, drawing, photography & prints
Kelly Church Grand Traverse Band Paintings, drawing, photography & prints, Basketry, birch bark biting
Gordon M. Coons Ojibwa Paintings, drawing, photography & prints
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