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Ontario is more than the name of a lake and province. Rooted in the Indigenous languages of the Great Lakes, it was recorded by Europeans as early as 1641 and has endured despite centuries of colonial renaming.

Often called a Navajo wedding basket, a Diné ts’aa’ carries teachings that extend far beyond one ceremony. Explore its center, pathway, colors, and finished rim.

Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate brings orchestra, language, dance and storytelling together in Lowak Shoppala’, a major work centered on Chickasaw history and living culture.

Taté Walker is a Two Spirit Mniconjou Lakota writer whose poetry confronts colonial expectations while exploring identity, kinship and responsibility. Their collection The Trickster Riots was featured in the Museum of Indigenous People’s 2023 Native Voice exhibition.

In 1785, Toypurina helped bring Native communities together in a planned uprising against Mission San Gabriel. Her story reveals a larger history of Indigenous resistance to Spanish control over land, ceremony, and community life in California.

Hopi artist Kurt Ovah returns to the Museum of Indigenous People. Meet the artist, explore his detailed kachina dolls, and purchase work directly from him.

Some of the largest works inside the Museum of Indigenous People are easy to miss unless visitors look up. Diné Storm Pattern weavings hang above the exhibits, bringing generations of artistry and cultural knowledge into the museum’s historic stone galleries.

Museum of Indigenous People Executive Director Manuel Lucero, Cherokee, was invited to provide a blessing ceremony at Prescott’s World’s Oldest Rodeo®. The moment honored Indigenous heritage, the history of the land, and the community connections that continue to shape Prescott today.

Montana’s Indian Education for All is the only constitutional promise requiring Native American history, culture, and contributions in schools

Diné speaker Sarah Hendricks visited the Museum of Indigenous People to share the tradition of Navajo sheep raising and its place in Diné culture and family life. Part of the museum’s Education Series, her presentation showed how sheep raising connects generations through land, knowledge, and tradition. With family members there to support her, the event honored living Indigenous knowledge and the strength of Navajo women, families, and cultural continuity today for museum vi