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Grand Teton National Park hosts annual American Indian guest artist program at Colter Bay Visitor Center, 2022

Guest artist demonstrates work at Colter Bay Visitor Center

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News Release Date: May 18, 2022

Contact: C.J. Adams, 307-739-3431

MOOSE, WY— Grand Teton National Park will host American Indian artists at the Colter Bay Visitor Center this summer to share their traditional and contemporary art with park visitors. This annual summer program, which has been in existence since the mid-1970s, is scheduled through October 3.

Participating artists will demonstrate and share the cultural traditions of their tribes through art forms such as painting, weaving, pottery, beadwork, musical instruments, and more. Artists also offer their finished items for purchase.

Visitors are invited to learn about American Indian cultures and view demonstrations. The program is available during open hours of the Colter Bay Visitor Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Beginning June 8, hours of operation will extend 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Visit Grand Teton’s American Indian Guest Artist Program webpage for the 2022 summer schedule and to learn more about the program.

There are 574 federally recognized Indian Nations, with 6.7 million Native Americans living in the United States today throughout the country. Grand Teton National Park is the ancestral lands of 24 affiliated tribes, determined through treaties, and include the following tribes:  
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma   
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana   
Blackfeet Tribe of Montana   
Burns Paiute   
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma   
Coeur D’Alene Tribe   
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma   
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation   
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation   
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation   
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation   
Crow Tribe of Montana   
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming   
Gros Ventre & Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana   
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma   
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho   
Nez Perce Tribe   
Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming   
Northern Cheyenne Tribe   
Oglala Sioux Tribe   
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota   
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation   
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota   
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

 



Last updated: May 18, 2022

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