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
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
