• Jasper Forest is magical in twilight, particularly the logs on stone pedestals

    Petrified Forest

    National Park Arizona

Cultural Demonstrations

several pots are manipulated by tongs in a firepit

Firing pottery at Painted Desert Inn.

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The Cultural Demonstrator Program at Petrified Forest National Park provides the opportunity for regional people to share their history and traditional crafts in the dynamic setting of Petrified Forest National Park.

The park is pleased to promote awareness and appreciation for the diverse history and cultures of the region on Saturdays in March, from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, and November. Through cultural demonstrators, we can recognize the ancient peoples, intertribal relationships, European-descent cultures and even Route 66 history.

 
Justin Morris, Navajo Silversmith, Cultural Demonstrator

Justin Morris, Navajo Silversmith, Cultural Demonstrator

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May 11-12, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm Justin Morris will demonstrate his tradition of Navajo silversmithing at the Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark.
 
Jonathan Mike, Diné silversmith

Jonathan Mike, Diné silversmith, Cultural Demonstrator

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May 18-19, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm Jonathan & Harriett Mike will demonstrate Diné silversmithing at the Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark.
 
Angeline, Navajo Weaver, Cultural Demonstrator

Angeline, Navajo Weaver, Cultural Demonstrator

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May 25-26, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm Alice Hawthorne and Angeline Murphy will demonstrate Navajo weaving, beading, jewelry making at the Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark.
 
Cultural Art Market 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 8am to 3pm: Cultural Art Market, featuring many different cultural demonstrators will take place at the Painted Desert Visitor Center Plaza.

Did You Know?

Agate House pueblo made with petrified wood chunks

Petrified wood was so abundant when the ancestral Puebloan people were living in the area that they used it not only for stone tools but also as building material, such as the "brick" used in Agate House at Petrified Forest National Park.