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Indigenous Peoples Celebration

October 11, 2025 - October 13, 2025
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Missouri Botanical Garden
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Join us to recognize and celebrate Native American knowledge and culture featuring award winning artisans, storytellers and presentations. 

Saturday, October 11
9 a.m.–5 p.m. | Vendors | William T. Kemper Lobby

Sunday, October 12–Monday, October 13
Times Pending | Presentations | Lelia J. and David N. Farr Auditorium
9 a.m.–5 p.m. | Vendors | Kemper Lobby and Farr Auditorium

All activities included with Garden admission

Speakers:
Jamie Zane Smith
Wyandot Potter: Ceramic Art and Wyandot Culture and Community
Sunday, October 12 | 11 a.m.

Colleen Rabbit Smith
Our Green Nation: Connecting Community thru the Times
Sunday, October 12 | 1 p.m.
Steeleville Trail of Tears Remembrance Committee, honoring in the present moment. Growing a garden of hope.

Galen Gritts
Missouri, Native Land: Tales from the Other Side
Monday, October 13 | 10:30 a.m.
It's the story of this land from a contemporary Native American perspective covering history, the environment, culture and crawfish.

Dr. Tiffany West 
Seeds of Resilience: What Herbs Teach Us About Adaptation and Growth
Monday, October 13 | 1:30 p.m.
From lavender thriving in dry soil to mint spreading with unstoppable vitality, herbs demonstrate remarkable resilience in the face of challenges. They are more than plants—they are living teachers, carrying stories of renewal, endurance, and connection across generations. In this keynote, audiences will discover how the lessons of herbs mirror our own human journey: the ability to adapt, to find strength in community, and to flourish even in difficult circumstances. By looking to the wisdom of the natural world, we uncover timeless guidance for cultivating resilience in our daily lives.

Cooking Demonstration with Saudra L. McClain-Kloeckener
Monday, October 13 | 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening Classroom

 
Vendors:
Tiffany West- Herbal Pheonix STL
October 12–13
Smudging items, teas, skin and hair product, crystals, jewelry

Keith & Sharon Yazzie Jay - Navajo, UT
October 11–13
Intricately etched wildlife contemporary pottery

Priscilla Nieto & Harvey Abeyta - Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM 
October 11–13
Hand-cut stone and shell jewelry

Colleen Rabbit and Jamie Zane Smith- Turtle Earth Healing Arts
October 12–13 
Wyandotte pottery, local herbal products and teas

The Missouri Botanical Garden is situated on ancestral and traditional land of the Chickasaw Nation, Illini Tribe, Ioway Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, and the Quapaw Nation.

We acknowledge the ongoing relationships these Nations have with this land and urge non-Native people to educate themselves about this history and about the contemporary work of tribal sovereignty within these Nations.

Through this acknowledgement, we honor the Elders and their descendants of these Indigenous Nations in order to bring visibility to these long-silenced histories while working toward a more just and equitable future.