Native American culture

Kearney Family Fun Fest 2025 (Read More)

This family entertainment event features live performances and interactive activities for all ages: music, art, theatre, dance, bounce houses, face painting, fire trucks, Disney princesses, and so much more. One of the featured performing groups is Garan Coons and his family. Garan is a professional Native American dancer, singer, flute player, and storyteller. Each of his performances will include traditional Native American dancing, narration, and storytelling, as he explains the meaning behind each dance, costume, and movement. Coons’ dances offer an educational experience featuring the art of Fancy Feather dancing and Traditional Prairie Chicken dancing, allowing him to bring history to life.

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Native American culture panel discussion (Read More)

Omaha artist and activist Steve Tamayo will moderate a panel discussion with Duane Hollow Horn Bear and Mike and Denise One Star that offers cultural insight to and deeper understanding of artworks in Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence. Registration for this event is requested. Registration may be completed via a link in the event's calendar listing. Click here to see the Sheldon's event calendar.

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Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe (Read More)

A new exhibit on the history of the Big Blue Reservation in southern Gage County will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. The exhibit will include information about the Otoe/Missouria language and Otoe-Missouria culture including arts and lifestyles as well as traditional beliefs and rituals. Exhibit panels will feature letters, oral history and photographs. A summer speaker series at the Beatrice Public Library will complement the exhibit. All programs are at 6:00 p.m. July 11 Nancy Gillis “Voices of Native Women” August 15 Nancy Gillis “The Homestead Act and the Plains Tribes” August 29 Margaret Jacobs–Center for Great Plains Studies, Christina Goodsen- Otoe/Missouria Tribe, and Cory DeRoin- Otoe/Missouria Tribe "Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska" September 19 Kennetha Greenwood - Nyi Komi "Floral designs of Otoe-Missouria culture" (Zoom program)

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