Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is a space where Indigenous artists, scholars, and presenters from the 27 associated Tribes of Yellowstone National Park directly engage with visitors through formal and informal education. The center is a partnership between the National Park Service and Yellowstone Forever, with Tribal consultation.
During the 2024 season, 27 presenters from 16 associated Tribes directly engaged with Yellowstone visitors through formal and informal education. Presentations included photography, beadwork, moccasin making, dancing, storytelling, quillwork, and more.
Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is centrally located in the Old Faithful area between the Old Faithful Lodge and the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center. The center will be open from May 26 to October 18 for the 2025 summer season.
Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center operates each year through the generosity of corporate partners, grants, and individuals. Thank you!
2025 Presenters
5/25 â 5/31 | Alicia Yellow Owl | Blackfeet | Storytelling, Blackfeet language and sign language demonstrations
6/2 â 6/7 | Jeremy Red Eagle | Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, Sisseton Wahpeton | Bow and arrow making
6/9 â 6/14 | Della Big Hair Stump | Crow | ApsĂĄalooke (Crow) regalia and original fashion couture attire/ accessories
6/16 â 6/21 | Kayla Kujaczynski | Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, Chippewa Cree | Ledger art, contemporary designs, painting
6/23 â 6/28 | Andrea Two Bulls | Assiniboine and Sioux | Wildlife and portrait paintings, dentalium and beadwork
6/30 â 7/5 | Austin Kasto | Standing Rock Sioux | Beading, quillwork, traditional foods, parfleche bag making, moccasin making
7/7 â 7/12 | Rachel Twoteeth-Pichardo | Little Shell Chippewa | Historical context, values and stories behind Ledger Art, flute music, beadwork, and regalia display
7/7 â 7/12 | Joseph Pichardo | Blackfeet | Indigenous games, sports, and storytelling
7/14 â 7/19 | Deanna Teasley | Nez Perce | Traditional foods and beadwork
7/14 â 7/19 | Gwen Carter | Nez Perce | Traditional foods and beadwork
7/21 â 7/26 | Joseph Runs Through | Assiniboine and Sioux | Beadwork, photography, traditional hand drum songs
7/21 â 7/26 | Mason Runs Through | Assiniboine and Sioux | Storytelling, traditional hand drum songs, contemporary art
7/28 â 8/2 | River Webb | Nez Perce, Meskwaki | Dress making, beadwork, ribbonwork, traditional plant knowledge
8/4 â 8/9 | Jim Trueax | Little Shell Chippewa | Watercolor painting of Native American dancers
8/11 â 8/16 | Kelly Lookinghorse | Oglala Lakota | Construction of moccasins, dream catchers, and Lakota songs with audience participation
8/18 â 8/23 | Tina Williams | Blackfeet | Ribbon skirt making and beadwork
8/25 â 8/30 | Sylvia Peasley | Colville Reservation, Nez Perce, Umatilla Reservation, San Poil, Moses Columbia | Rawhide belt/purse/knife case making/painting and Indian hemp textile processing
9/1 â 9/6 | Carrie Moran McCleary | Little Shell Chippewa | Traditional swaddling with Moss bags, and beadwork
9/8 â 9/13 | Ryan LittleEagle | Cheyenne River Sioux, Taino | Cultural artifact display, flute playing, storytelling
9/15 â 9/20 | Debbie Lamere | Shoshone- Bannock | Beadwork, storytelling, sign language, and quillwork
9/15 â 9/20 | Willy Lamere | Assiniboine and Sioux, Blackfeet, and Shoshone-Bannock | Flintknapping, storytelling, sign language
9/22 â 9/27 | Jaidah Komacheet | Comanche, Otoe | Contemporary designs, singing Comanche songs and traditional dancing
9/22 â 9/27 | Travis L. Komahcheet | Comanche | Comanche music with historical storytelling
9/29 â 10/4 | Joanne Brings Thunder | Eastern Shoshone | Beadwork and ledger art
10/6 â 10/11 | Patti Baldes | Northern Arapaho | Native games, dance and buffalo box
10/6 â 10/11 | Stormy Friday | Northern Arapaho | Native games, dance and buffalo box
10/13 â 10/18 | Red Mizkozi | Little Shell | Beadwork, traditional medicine, storytelling
10/13 â 10/18 | River Webb | Nez Perce, Meskwaki | Sewing, dress making, beadwork, ribbonwork, traditional plant knowledge