Native American Heritage Month Celebration

Program Type:

Art, Movies & Music, Community Events, History & Genealogy, Race, Equity & Inclusion

Age Group:

Teens, Adults, Everyone
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Event Details

The Native American Heritage Month Celebration is free, and all are welcome!

***UPDATED Event Location Address (6100 Merriweather Drive, Columbia, MD 21044***

Bring family and friends to Color Burst Park in Columbia to celebrate Native American culture and resilience!  

Includes performances, arts and crafts, food vendors (including Navajo tacos), an author talk and more. 

Performances include:

  • Comedian/MC Jamar Hall
  • Carly Harvey (Tsalagi and Tuscarora Descendant) - Blues singer
  • Brett Walking Eagle (Dakota Sioux) - flute player and singer
  • Angela Miracle Gladue (Frog Lake Nation) -hoop dancer
  • Shawn Ironmaker (Fort Belknap) - singer and dancer
  • Lance Fisher (Northern Cheyenne) - singer
  • Chris Eagle Hawk (Taos Pueblo & Oglala Lakota - traditional dancer
  • Mitchell Family - (Saint Regis Mohawk) - Iroquois smoke dancers
  • Misty & Nathan Solorio (Cree)  & Jennifer Night Bird Miller (Red River Métis / Michif) - jingle and woodland dancers
  • Rose Powhatan (Pamunkey) - storyteller
  • Kids of Howard County, with Naat'aani & Ashkii Auld

Featured Author: Steven Paul Judd

Steven Paul Judd is Kiowa and Choctaw from Oklahoma. He is a filmmaker, director, screenwriter, writer of fiction and visualist. Judd's filmography is large in scope and provides a unique perspective on and from within Native American culture today. His innovative approach provides a glimpse into a world that is familiar to the underrepresented first peoples of this nation and simultaneously brings about a fresh perspective and understanding among the non-Indian community through humor.

He is the author of The Rez Detectives series.  He will be on site signing books and selling his unique wares.

Registration is optional and appreciated. Register with an email address to receive an event confirmation and reminder, parking information, updates if the weather is inclement, and an event program to help you plan your day. 

Plan to park in the Symphony Woods Parking Garage (6275 Mango Tree Road, Columbia, MD 21044). 

In partnership with Howard Hughes Corporation, Columbia Association, Downtown Columbia Partnership, and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, and Nava Be Diné. Thank you! 

This is part of HCLS' Native American Heritage Month series. Click here for the full schedule of classes and events for all ages.