Native American Heritage Days
Heritage Days provide visitors the opportunity to experience and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau and the Grand Canyon region.
- August 1–3, 2025
Daily
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Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim
Native American Heritage Days are returning to the North Rim August 1-3. The weekend will kick off with a dance performance by the Dine’Tah Navajo Cultural Program. Tribal members will offer programs on a variety of subjects throughout the weekend, ranging from San Juan Souther Paiute basketry to Native American music and dance. Activities and cultural demonstrations will take place in and around the North Rim’s Grand Canyon Lodge, giving visitors the opportunity to engage with Indigenous artists through weaving, ceramics, silversmithing, and more.
Event Schedule
Thursday, July 31, 2025
6:00 pm – Dine’Tah Navajo Cultural Program
Experience traditional Diné dances and songs
Friday, August 1, 2025
10:00 am – Dine’Tah Navajo Cultural Program
Experience traditional Diné dances and songs
12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm – “We are Grand Canyon” Film Screening (25 min)
Screening of a collaborative film between Grand Canyon National Park and the 11 Associated Tribes that have called it home since time immemorial
7:30 pm – Gerald Dawavendewa
Hear from Hopi artist and author, Gerald Dawavendewa. Learn about the Hopi people’s connection to Grand Canyon through religious and ceremonial practice, and ancestral villages.
Saturday, August 2, 2025
10:00 am – Richard Graymountain
Learn about San Juan Southern Paiute basketry from Richard Graymountain
12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm – “We are Grand Canyon” Film Screening (25 min)
Screening of collaborative film between Grand Canyon National Park and the 11 Associated Tribes that have called it home since time immemorial
7:30 pm – Ramson Lomatewama
Learn about the integration of Hopi art and culture from glassblower, Ramson Lomatewama
Sunday, August 3, 2025
10:00 am – Shanandoah Anderson
Shanandoah Anderson, of the Shivwits Band of Southern Paiute, was raised traditionally and taught by elders in survival skills, native foods, crafts, and cultural knowledge. She has taught K–12 cultural classes at various reservation schools and is an editor and illustrator for her father LaVan Martineau’s book The Southern Paiute: Legends, Lore, Language, and Lineage.
12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm – “We are Grand Canyon” Film Screening (25 min)
Screening of collaborative film between Grand Canyon National Park and the 11 Associated Tribes that have called it home since time immemorial
Cultural Demonstrations - Outdoors
10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Friday, Saturday and Sunday — August 1, 2, 3, 2025.
Meet Indigenous artists. Chat, watch and learn about their arts and culture —outdoors, on the lawn adjoining the lodge. Demonstrations include beading, weaving, ceramics. and silversmithing.
- Eileen and Nilford Yatsattie (Zuni) Pottery Making
- Jimmy Yawakia (Zuni) fetish carving
- Henry and Ian Nez (Diné - Navajo) silversmith/silver jewelry
- Shawn Price (Diné - Navajo) Dineh'tah Navajo dancers
- Ramson Lomatewama (Hopi) glass blowing, Katsina carving
- Jessica Lomatewama (Hopi) basket weaving
- Justin Lomatewama (Hopi) Katsina carving
- Duane Tawahongva (Hopi) silver overlay jewelry
- Richard Graymountain (San Juan Southern Paiute) traditional basket weaving
- LeAnn and Tavavee Shearer ("Kaivavich" Kaibab Paiute Tribe) traditional clothing, basketry, cradleboards
- Park Rangers from Pipe Springs NM - cultural significance of Indigenous crops and foodways on the Arizona Strip
