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Festival - Celebration | South Rim Desert View Watchtower: 11th Anniversary of Cultural Demonstration Program
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 36.044100, -111.826161
Starting from the main Desert View parking area, a short .25 mile (.4 km) walk takes you past restrooms, the general store/market and the trading post. From there, take the paved footpath that will bring you to the base of the Watchtower.
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Grand Canyon National Park and Grand Canyon Conservancy would like to invite you to celebrate the 11th Anniversary of the Cultural Demonstration Program.
Event Schedule - Sunday May 25, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm - Location: Desert View Watchtower
Cultural Demonstrations with 12 amazing Indigenous artists (listed below)
9:30 am - Location: Plaza outside Desert View Watchtower
Morning Prayer with Daryl Shack (Zuni)
Morning Welcome from ALCC Intern: Lakin Epaloose (Zuni)
3:00 pm - Location: Plaza outside Desert View Watchtower
Ending Prayer with Maya Edaakie (Zuni)
Ending Remarks ALCC Intern: Meranden Numkena (Hopi)
6:45-7:45 pm - Location: Desert View Amphitheater
Grand Canyon Speaks Sunset Talk - and interview with Dan Pawlak, manager of Grand Canyon National Park's Cultural Demonstration program.
Cultural Demonstrators
- Donald Decker (Yavapai-Apache multimedia artist)
- Daryl Shack (Zuni stone fetish carver)
- Benina Kallestewa (Zuni stone fetish carver and jeweler)
- Leann Lee (Zuni mixed-media artist, paintings and graphics)
- Keith Edaakie (Zuni mixed-media artist, paintings and graphics)
- Darance Chimerica (Hopi Katsina carver)
- Davis Maho (Hopi textile weaver)
- Karen Abeita (Hopi potter)
- Damon Tso (Diné potter)
- Jerrel Singer (Diné landscape painter)
- Stephanie Dann (Diné photographer)
- Ann Marie Salt (Diné traditional hair design)
In 2014 with only four demonstrators, the Cultural Demonstration Program began at Grand Canyon National Park. Now, a decade later, the program has over 200 Tribal members from the 11 Tribes traditionally associated with Grand Canyon and has worked with multiple Tribal organizations.
The purpose of the program is to elevate the voices of members from the traditionally associated Tribes. Demonstrations provide visitors to Grand Canyon National Park the opportunity to meet Indigenous artists while they practice traditional and modern crafts.
“Grand Canyon has been a home and sacred space to 11 different Tribal groups within the Southwest. Native peoples and their ancestors have lived in this area since time immemorial. Grand Canyon is not just a national park, it is a sacred place and home to many. The Cultural Demonstration program has transformed Desert View into a place to celebrate, share, and learn about inter-tribal cultural heritage." —Ed Keable, Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent.
All programs are free of charge.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult to this event.
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