PAST: May, June, August 2023

INDIGENOUS WAYS FESTIVAL 2023

Thank you to our 2023 sponsors and partners!

IndigenousWays is incredibly thankful to all our sponsors -  their financial generosity allows us to bring this festival free to our community. We are equally grateful to all our partner organizations, who have helped put the IndigenousWays Festival on the map and provide us with wisdom. And a special shout-out to the scores of volunteers who lend their time and energy, month after month to the festival.

To become a sponsor or a partner, contact us.

Our summer series, the IndigenousWays Festival is back! We’re hosting three unique events showcasing leading Indigenous musicians, artisans, drummers, along with wisdom keepers, weavers and other performers.  Skoden!

Santa Fe Railyard Park Performance Green By Site Santa Fe

740 Cerritos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505

 

2023
Artists

Each month, the festival will feature one or more extraordinary main-stage performer. Some big names to look forward to include: Joy Harjo, internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, three-time US Poet Laureate, Robert Mirabal (Taos Pueblo) Grammy award winning musician;; Larry Mitchell (Blackfeet Nation & Black) - Grammy award winning producer and musician; Dr. Lyla June (Diné & Cheyenne Nations) - Musician, scholar, and community organizer; and Alex Rose Holiday (Diné) traditional singer.

Note: ASL interpreters on site.

2023 SCHEDULE

Leading up to the mainstage event, festival attendees can participate in Indigenous informed workshops led by elders, wisdom keepers, artisans, and craftspeople. Each month features different activities from weaving to drumming to chanting - all designed to share Indigenous ways. 

The IndigenousWays Festival is an outdoor music and arts events in Santa Fe during the summer months. We bring together Indigenous musicians, wisdom keepers, artisans, drummers, weavers and a host of other performers to continue our goal of educating our community around the beauty of Indigenous Ways.

Thank you for your support!

Thank You

Ahéhee' nihíká’ anajah dóó nihil nisoozí

In Navajo: thank you for your support and for standing together with us.

IndigenousWays is incredibly thankful to all our sponsors -  their financial generosity allows us to bring this festival free to our community. We are equally grateful to all our partner organizations, who have helped put the IndigenousWays Festival on the map and provide us with wisdom. And a special shout-out to the scores of volunteers who lend their time and energy, month after month to the festival.