Museum Programs at the National Museum of the American Indian and member of the Executive Committee of the Smithsonian’s Living in the Anthropocene Initiative, will moderate the program.
Live webcast at
http://nmai.si.edu/multimedia/ webcasts
LIVING EARTH FESTIVAL Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Museum-wide This festival, now in its sixth year, continues to inform visitors about issues of environ- mental concern and focuses on traditional agricultural practices, renewable energy, green technology, living healthy, active lifestyles, and the importance of Native foods in our diets, while also including celebration through music and dance. Featured artists include Janie Luster (Houma) who creates jewelry from alligator and garfish scales, Stephanie Madere Escude (Tunica-Biloxi), who will demonstrate how to create Native- inspired pieces out of everyday recycled items, father and daughter Juan and Marta Chiac (Mayan Belize) who will demonstrate the versatility of items made from their native henequen (hammocks, ropes, grocery bags). Guests can try some of Belize’s native Mayan dishes such as escabeche or chilmole or enjoy a traditional Mayan cacao drink made by Julio and Heliadora Saqui. Dance and music will be performed by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians from Dowagiac, Mich., and local drum group, Youghtanund from Richmond, Va. A youth-led Navajo Community Heath Outreach group’s effort is to improve health education and access to healthy foods on the Navajo Nation. The students will present their narratives and shared experiences in a program on Sunday afternoon. The much-anticipated annual Native Chef competition will feature a secret Native food ingredient and the culinary talents of Chef Lois Ellen Frank (Kiowa) and Walter Whitewater (Dine).
The youth-led Navajo Community Health Outreach.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF NAVAJO COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH
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