Turtle Mountain Tribal Arts Association

We want to create an exciting learning atmosphere through a controlled training, workshop and hands on experience with mentorship at a live art market. We want to utilize our master artists with pairing them with emerging youth and adult artists, while increasing their knowledge in professional development.

The project purpose is to create a new awareness for preserving the Native American dance styles of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, which will enrich each participant’s knowledge in preserving the rich heritage and culture of the tribe. Through the project, the youth will receive important tribal history through oral traditional stories shared by established dancers as well as experience making regalia and learning traditional dance forms. The youth will utilize their new knowledge to maintain and teach fellow youth joining the dance troupe. Through the dance troupe, the community will witness the increase in positive traditional art for the salvation of the youth. The dance troupe will leverage their new artistic and cultural knowledge to raise the community’s awareness about Turtle Mountain’s culture and traditional art forms.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to create and increase new levels of understanding in the rich traditional arts of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The artistic renewal and preservation of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa art will be utilized as a new format to teach the youth and community members the utmost importance in retaining their heritage and culture of their tribe through art. Educational materials pertaining to the project will be available to the community, as a way to keep everyone informed and involved with the mission of Turtle Mountain Tribal Arts Association.