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Indian Renaissance Festival Showcases Native Arts in Chicago
The Field Museum hosts a three week Indian Festival highlighting 16 000 Chicago area natives from 99 tribes with live demonstrations dancing and singing A canoe race powwow totem pole carving and headdress making showcase cultural resilience funded by Illinois Arts Council Ernest G Skinner Foundation and the Wieboldt Foundation The piece argues for cultural preservation and renewal amid modern changes.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Illinois Arts Council
Ernest G. Skinner Foundation
Wieboldt Foundation