We Are Sacred: An Indigenous Peoples Celebration

We Are Sacred: An Indigenous Peoples Celebration is noon to 10 p.m. Oct. 12 at Portland State University’s Native American Student and Community Center, 710 S.W. Jackson St., Portland. The daylong event features Indigenous vendors and live music by BlueFlamez, a current Fields Fellow with Oregon Community Foundation, and winner of Best Music Video from the Tokyo Film Festival (2023) and recipient of a Native American Music Award for Best Music Video (2016). The day culminates with a performance of a new play by Blossom Johnson, “Diné Nishłį (i am a sacred being) Or, A Boarding School Play.” Vendors include Many Stages LLC,  a Black Seminole and Ojibwe owned business that crafts handmade beaded jewelry;  RRB Native Jewelry, a business run by Diné and Hopi artists that specializes in southwest style jewelry and silver work; Wasco Fisheries, a Warm Springs entrepreneur that offers smoked salmon; Love Adorned by Lori Tazbah, a Diné business selling Indigenized antiques and original jewelry designs; Red Road, a business run by several generations of Lakota/Welsh/First Nations women which specializes in traditional leather art. The event is free, with tickets for the evening performance available at www.bagnbaggage.org or from the Bag&Baggage box office directly at boxoffice@bagnbaggage.org. Tickets are $5 for students and $25 for everyone else, with free tickets for Native people with the code Skoden.