Admission is free. Masks are required.

Sicangu Lakota Artist Steve Tamayo will be here to discuss the games of the Plains Indians. These games incorporate creation stories, language, virtue and values, specific roles and responsibilities of the people.

Stick games, Hand games, Moccasin Games, Plum Pit, Tasiha Unpi deer bone game, Spinny Top, and Buffalo Rib Bone sliders!

Steve Tamayo is a traditional Sicangu Lakota Artist whose family is originally from Milk’s Camp community on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs in 1984, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he was part of the 101st Airborne Division, stationed out of Ft. Campbell in Kentucky. Upon returning to the metro area in 1987 Tamayo learned the traditional arts of the Umonhon people under the instruction of Howard Wolf. This relationship instilled in Tamayo a deep appreciation and knowledge of Umonhon language, culture, and history. Tamayo learned from Wolf the importance of traditional materials, construction, and the history surrounding Native artifacts and Powwow regalia. In 2000, Tamayo moved his family to the Rosebud Reservation where he further developed his understanding of Northern Plains Indian Art. As he earned his BFA in Fine Arts from Sinté Gleska University, he also developed and taught a curriculum of Traditional Arts for their Lakota Studies Department. Currently, he leads study and service groups on the Reservation and travels to museums and colleges throughout the country, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) where he has worked closely with the collections management and conservation teams helping to identify historic methods of artifact construction and how best to preserve the material culture of the Indian People. His most recent work with the NMAI is the current exhibition entitled “As We Grow,” centered on traditional Native games and toys. He is currently an artist-in-residence and cultural consultant at Omaha Public Schools