FAM

TEK Fest

TEK Fest

Saturday, March 4, 2023 | 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
FREE | Tickets required for entry into galleries.

Celebrate the arrival of spring at FAM! This free, family friendly event explores Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) through stories and song, hands-on activities, and more. Join FAM and our community collaborators to gain a new appreciation for Indigenous knowledge, STEM and Oklahoma’s unpredictable spring weather. TEK Fest is sponsored by Boeing.

TEK Fest | Mar. 5, 2022
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Event Map

  1. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
  2. Oklahoma Forestry Services
  3. Citizen Potawatomi Nation Aviary
  4. Corn Husk Doll Activity Station with Una Brown (Muscogee/Seminole)
  5. First Americans Museum
  6. Science Museum Oklahoma
  7. Boeing Employees Indigenous Network
  8. Oklahoma County Master Gardeners
  9. Chickasaw Nation Environmental Department
  10. American Indian Science and Engineering Society
  11. Artist Chase Earles (Caddo): Caddo pottery pit firing
  12. Wyandotte Nation: Chemistry of Hominy
  13. Courtyard: OU Health Sciences Center
  14. Native Farming Solutions
  15. FAM activity stations
  16. Artist Warren Realrider (Pawnee)
  17. National Park Service
  18. Oklahoma Mesonet

Demonstration Schedule

  • 11:30-noon Winter game (nuki loma) with Ace Greenwood (Chickasaw/Cherokee)
  • 1 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Scientific Storytime with FAM Staff
  • 2:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m. Winter game (nuki loma) with Ace Greenwood (Chickasaw/Cherokee)
  • 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wyandotte Nation: Chemistry of Hominy
  • 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Artist Chase Earles
  • 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Wyandotte Nation: Chemistry of Hominy
  • 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Artist Chase Earles

2023 Community Collaborators

Community collaborators will facilitate free activities during TEK Fest. Come prepared for hands-on fun!

  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society
  • Artists Chase Earles (Caddo) and Warren Realrider (Pawnee)
  • Chickasaw Nation Department of Horticulture
  • Citizen Potawatomi Nation Eagle Aviary
  • Boeing Employees Indigenous Network
  • National Park Service
  • Native Farming Solutions/Indian Youth Empowerment Project
  • Oklahoma County Master Gardeners
  • Oklahoma Forestry Services
  • Oklahoma Mesonet
  • OU Health Sciences Center
  • Science Museum Oklahoma
  • Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
  • Wyandotte Nation
  • More to come!

2023 Sponsors