Regalia on Display During American Indian Heritage Week

Regalia on Display During American Indian Heritage Week

As a part of the University of Montana's American Indian Heritage week, a regalia exhibit is on display at the Payne Native American Center.

Academic Advisor Michelle Guzman spoke with KPAX.COM about the exhibit.

“The little outfits will get passed to another sibling or to their own kids. I have my bead work that my grandmother made when I was a child,” Guzman said. “All my sisters have worn it, my cousins have worn it and my daughter wore it. It came back to me after everybody because bead work takes a long time.”

Traditional Native American regalia on display at UM

The regalia exhibit is open to the public and will be on display until the end of this week at the Payne Family Native American Center in Missoula, Montana. The Native American Center is located on the southwest corner of the Oval, in between the Grizzly statue and the Math building.

About Toyacoyah Brown

Toyacoyah Brown is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation, currently living in Chicago. She received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. When she's not scouring the Internet for fun things to share with PowWows.com readers you can find her digging for vinyl in her local record store or curling up with a good book.


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