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Native America Calling: A unique festival celebrates Indigenous literature and arts
Friday, July 25, 2025
A unique festival celebrates Indigenous literature and arts
Missoula, Montana, is the setting for the inaugural festival of literature, music, and other arts known as Indigipalooza: Indigenous Arts & Storytelling Festival.
Musician and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) headlines the list of talent offering their perspectives on the state of Indigenous storytelling. The event takes place August 1-2.
Also, hear from filmmaker Adam Piron about his curated selection of films screened in New York. The screening highlighted Native American urban relocation.
And tune in to get context for President Donald Trump’s demand that sports teams return to their offensive names and mascots.
Guests on Native America Calling
James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), author and speaker, presenter at Indigipalooza In Montana
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz (Lumbee Tribe), assistant professor at the University of Iowa and director of the Native Policy Lab
Chris La Tray (citizen of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a descendent of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians), author, Poet Laureate of Montana, and a coordinator for Indigipalooza In Montana
Adam Piron (Kiowa and Mohawk), filmmaker and film curator of “City NDN’s: Urban Native America in 1960s—70s Film” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York
Larry Wright Jr. (Ponca), executive director of the National Congress of American Indians
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