By The People: Traditions in Dialogue— Indigenous Pacific Northwest Weaving

Sunday, July 26 at 2:00 PM

Free with preregistration

Weaving is a foundational artform throughout Indigenous Pacific Northwest tribes. It both connects and distinguishes tribes through its commonalities and particulars. This moderated program brings together six Native PNW weavers from different tribes to discuss weaving and its meanings.

The weavers are all former participants in the Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Master Artists and their Apprentices spent a full year working together to transmit their particular style. In dialogue, these weavers will discuss particulars of cedar bark and Raven’s Tail wool weaving, but also how the family of weavers is a large and inclusive one.

Join us in demonstration and discussion about an artform deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. 

This program is held in partnership with Humanities Washington.

Humanities Washington opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. Founded in 1973, Humanities Washington is our state’s flagship nonprofit for public humanities programming and the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at humanities.org.

By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils across the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia in collaboration with local partners. Together, these programs explore 250 years of the nation's cultural life and imagine its shared future. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as a complement to the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.