- July 26, 2024
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Jenny Buitron at the Native American Festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Kieth Sharphead points to the crowd to encourage more people to join in the dancing. Photo by Sierra Williams
Harry Little Bird dancing at the Native American Festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Elizabeth Rasch, Farrix Myers and Levi Strickland dance together at the festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Participants in the Native American festival's pow wow. Photo by Sierra Williams
Participants in the Native American festival's pow wow. Photo by Sierra Williams
Medicine Tail Singers performed many of the dances at the Native American Festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Brothers Blake and Mason Johnson dance along at the festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Terrell Anquoe in the dances in a men's traditional dance. Photo by Sierra Williams
Alex Alvarez dancing in the men's traditional competition dance. Photo by Sierra Williams
Wren Gotts, 10, of the Ojibwe-Sokoason Chippewa tribe, dances at the festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
The Native American Festival had several educational and historical displays about indigenous history. Photo by Sierra Williams
The Flagler County 4H Archery Club showed attendees how to shoot a bow and arrows. Photo by Sierra Williams
Ravyn Trimble shoots a bow and arrow at a Native American Festival demonstration. Photo by Sierra Williams
Ravyn Trimble attempts to shoot a bow and arrow under the guidance of a 4 Archery Club member. Photo by Sierra Williams
The festival had several competitive dances, including the a women's traditional dance. Photo by Sierra Williams
The festival had several competitive dances, including the a women's traditional dance. Photo by Sierra Williams
Thomas Mcrae was one of several people at the festival demonstrating traditional skills. Photo by Sierra Williams
The Native American Festival had several educational and historical displays about indigenous history. Photo by Sierra Williams
Wren Gotts, 10, and Denni Oliver, 6, dance at the festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Participants in the Native American festival's pow wow. Photo by Sierra Williams
Participants in the Native American festival's pow wow. Photo by Sierra Williams
Rose Jepulueda Salinas and her husband Luis Salinas are descendants of the Aztec people in Mexico. Photo by Sierra Williams
Yvonne Moore, from the Ottawa tribe, sews red ribbons in remembrance of the numerous missing indigenous women and girls. Photo by Sierra Williams
Randy Endicott, of the Canadian Ojibway tribe, is an award-winning Native American artist. Photo by Sierra Williams
A booth at the festival hung a red dress to represent the numerous indigenous women and girls who go missing every year. Photo by Sierra Williams
Kim Cunnginham from the Mohawk Lakota Nation and Marie Everson from the Oglala Lakota Nation. Photo by Sierra Williams
Lauren Nunez holds a juvenile alligator. Photo by Sierra Williams
Safari Todd from Safari Todd's Treasures with his juvenile alligator at the Native American Festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Flagler County's Native American Festival returned for its ninth annual celebration at Princess Place Preserve.
The festival took place on Feb. 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and featured a multitude of craft booths, wildlife exhibits, historical and educational displays and traditional Native dancing. Most of the Native music performed at the festival was played by Medicine Tail Singers, a Native American performance and drum group.
Booths featured Native art and craftmanship spanning from the Canadian Ojibway tribe to Mexican Aztecs. Local historical groups demonstrated skills used to survive by indigenous across North America. The festival has been hosted at Princess Place Preserve in Flagler County since 2015.