Celebrate Native American culture at Indigenous People Festival, and more fun around Seattle

Celebrate Native American culture through art, song, dance, performances, food and more at Indigenous People Festival, presented in partnership by Seattle Center Festál and the Seattle Indian Health Board.

The festival is designed to provide visibility for Native groups in Seattle, as well as ensure that Native communities stay in the present, said Esther Lucero, president and CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board.

“Oftentimes — and I think the festival reflected this in the past — we were more grounded in the past, almost like we weren’t existing. I think it is important to share our traditional and cultural ways of being and knowing, but also recognize that we are current and present and relevant in today,” Lucero said, adding that this year’s festival will “make sure that visibility is clear that we’re modern, contemporary and thriving.”

By Vonnai Phair

Tlingit dancers perform an exit song as they leave the Seattle Center Armory stage during the Indigenous People Festival at Seattle Center in June 2019. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)