On Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th, people gathered at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to enjoy a cultural festival. The festival included food, basketry and cultural traditions of Native people from the Americas.
The program included cooking demonstrations and tastings by Native chefs from across the US including Lois Ellen Frank, a James Beard Award winner. People learned Hopi Piki making and Yurok Alder roasted salmon making. People also learned about basking weaving with top weavers from across the US and Mexico including acclaimed weaver Terrol Dew Johnson.
Partners of the program included: American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), Native American Culinary Association (NACA), Tohono O’odham Cultural Center & Museum and the Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA).
Learn more about the festival and get the entire schedule here.