Indigenous Peoples Weekend

A Celebration of Native American Cultures

Monday, October 13, 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

At the Yale Peabody Museum we celebrate Columbus Day with a closer look at the lifestyles and traditions of native peoples.

Join us for crafts, games, storytelling and a midday performance as we focus this year on Native American cultures, with specific concentration on the Inuit peoples from northern North America.


Friday, October 10 • 5:00 pm
Songs in Stone:
An Arctic Journey Home
With Canadian filmmaker John Houston
Reception to follow.

Saturday, October 11 • 1:00 to 6:00 pm
Inuit Film Day
At the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven
Nanook of the North and Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner). FREE.

Check back for a schedule of weekend activities, including crafts, games and a midday performance.

Above: An Eskimo mask from Nunivak Island, Alaska, in the Yale Peabody Museum collections (YPM catalog no. ANT.015918).

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The entire Yale Peabody Museum is wheelchair accessible.

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