The festival, which takes place in the Regents' Great Hall on the UAF main campus from 6 p.m. to midnight, gives Natives of different cultural backgrounds a better understanding of each other, and provides a forum for contemporary Native artisans. More than 300 performers and artists from Anaktuvuk Pass, Galena, Arctic Village, Barrow, Juneau, Haines, Minto, Savoonga and other areas of the state are scheduled to participate, representing Athabascan, Tlingit, Aleut and Eskimo people of the Circumpolar North. Also scheduled are performers from Yakutsk, Russia and the Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota. Each group will share Native dancing, singing, storytelling and traditional arts and crafts. Performances will be held throughout the three evenings of the festival in the Great Hall as well as in Wood Center on Thursday.
All events are free and open to the public.
Native arts and crafts will be for sale.