Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is a space where Indigenous artists, scholars, and presenters from the 27 associated Tribes connected to Yellowstone 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.
In 2025 alone, over 320,000 park visitors connected with 33 presenters from 19 Tribes, who brought their voices and traditions to life. 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 9am-5pm, May 25 to October 3 during the 2026 summer season.
Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center operates each year through the generosity of corporate partners, grants, and individuals. Thank you!
2026 Presenters
5/25-5/30 | Carrie Moran McCleary | Little Shell Chippewa | Fierce One Doll construction and the cultural history of dolls with an explanation of the meaning of the Fierce One Doll Collection, a statement of our Survival.
6/1-6/6 | Jack Gladstone | Blackfeet | Interweaving of singing, storytelling and lecture about the Blackfeet and other regional Tribes
6/8-6/13 | Travis Ridesatthedoor | Blackfeet, Northern Arapaho, Jemez Pueblo | Arapaho Wolf Dance Songs and the Art of Contemporary Drumstick Making
6/15-6/20 | River Webb | Nez Perce, Meskwaki | Beadwork, Sewing, Basketry, Natural Plant Uses, Stories tied to the land
6/15-6/20 | Red Miskozi Mair | Little Shell Chippewa | Beadwork, Sewing, Basketry, Natural Plant Uses, Stories tied to the land
6/22-6/27 | Julie Edwards | Colville Reservation | Columbia Plateau Basketry
6/29-7/4 | Joseph Pichardo | Blackfeet, Chippewa & Cree | Traditional Indigenous Games, Storytelling
6/29-7/4 | Rachel TwoTeeth Pichardo | Little Shell Chippewa | Ledger Art, Beadwork showcase, Dancing, Native American Flute
7/6-7/11 | Loren Henderson | Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, Chippewa Cree | Wood burning paintings
7/13-7/18 | Tim Ryan | Salish and Kootenai College | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation | Cultural art and history
7/20-7/25 | Jeff Reddoor | Assiniboine and Sioux | Indigenous music (flute, drums, guitar), various artforms (woodwork, beading, sandstone) and storytelling
7/27-8/1 | Kelly Lookinghorse | Oglala Lakota | Hand drums, moccasins, dream catchers
8/3-8/8 | Jeremy Red Eagle | Sisseton Wahpeton | Metal work: cuffs, bracelets, earrings and rings from silver, brass, copper and traditional design elements
8/3-8/8 | LaVerne Whitebear | Assiniboine Sioux | Moccasin making, using quillwork and beads
8/10-8/15 | Mason Runs Through & Joseph Runs Through | Assiniboine and Sioux | Storytelling, drumming, singing, contemporary art, photography, poetry, beadwork
8/17-8/22 | Tawny Cale, Tashal Axtman, Tarah Trottier | Spirit Lake, Standing Rock Sioux, Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa | Contemporary fashion beadwork, history and supplies for beadwork, limited regalia making/creation
8/24-8/29 | Evans Flammond Sr | Oglala Sioux, Rosebud Sioux | Ledger art history/symbolism and hide painting
8/31-9/5 | Della Big Hair-Stump | Crow | Bridge across traditional attire to contemporary fashion
9/7-9/12 | Gwen Carter & Deanna Teasley | Nez Perce | Cultural lifeways: traditional foods and preparation
9/14-9/19 | Rose Abrahamson | Shoshone Bannock | Indigenous history of Yellowstone and the Tribes who called it homeland, traditional artforms
9/14-9/19 | Lacey Bacon | Coeur d’Alene, Colville Reservation, Shoshone Bannock, Spokane | Indigenous history of Yellowstone and the Tribes who called it homeland, traditional artforms
9/21-9/26 | Chris LaTray | Little Shell Chippewa | Storytelling, Education, Language revitalization
9/28-10/3 | Ryan Littleeagle | Cheyenne River Sioux, Taino | Storytelling, Dancing, Cultural Display, & Flute Playing