Free Family Day: Indigenous Voices
About this Event
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with an afternoon of artmaking and interactive experiences presented in partnership with Indigenous community organizations. Discover the rich history, cultures, and artistic traditions of Indigenous communities in Northeast Ohio. Registration requested. FREE.
The event will feature:
- Interactive Beadwork Table where participants and walk away with a little bit of beading
- Drumming and Dance performance
- Regalia on display
The event will feature New York International Children's Film Festival's "Native Stories," shorts for ages 9+ that that blend the past, present, and future to take a look at the varied lives of young Native and Indigenous people as they live them today.
Here's the full line-up of short films which will be featured:
Freddy
Canada
Animation, Brad Mestenapéo (Innu); 2023, 3 min
no dialogue
Freddy’s exciting adventure of magic and friendship.
Pow!
United States
Animation, Joey Clift (Cowlitz); 2025, 8 min
In English
A Native American kid scrambles to charge his dying video game console at a bustling intertribal powwow.
Tentsítewahkwe (We Pick It Up Again)
United States
Documentary, Live Action, Katsitsionni Fox (Akwesasne); 2024, 17 min
in Kanienkéha (Mohawk); with English subtitles
Embodying the Mohawk value of Tentsítewahkwe, Jessica Shenandoah goes on a knowledge-gathering journey across all four seasons to reinvigorate the healing, land-based practices of her ancestral grandmothers.
Tule
United States
Animation, Jocelyn Garcia (Pomo, Mexican American); 2024, 4 min
In English
A modern Pomo girl reflects on the culturally vital, but now suffering tule plant at Clear Lake in Northern California.
Ni Wapiten
Canada
Documentary, Live Action, Noémie Echaquan & Julie Ottawa (Atikamekw); 2023, 3 min
in Atikamekw; with English subtitles
There’s more nature than you’d think at the community garbage dump.
Evening Escapades
Canada
Animation, Darcy Tara McDiarmid & Chantal Rousseau (Hän, Northern Tutchone); 2024, 4 min
In English
An adventurous rabbit encounters mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden.
Cleaning’s a Cakewalk
United States
Live Action, Ryan Begay (Diné); 2024, 20 min
in Navajo; with English subtitles
Independent and imaginative Albert learns the value of hard work when he has to clean the Chapter House.
Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough
United States
Live Action, Sabrina Saleha (Navajo, Bengali); 2025, 9 min
in English; in Navajo; with English subtitles
A niece must find harmony when her aunties burst into an epic showdown: frybread vs. roti.
Fritz Scholder. New Mexico #42. 84 x 66 in.1966. Acrylic on canvas. On loan from Art Bridges.
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