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.






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Event Map
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
- Oklahoma Forestry Services
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation Aviary
- Corn Husk Doll Activity Station with Una Brown (Muscogee/Seminole)
- First Americans Museum
- Science Museum Oklahoma
- Boeing Employees Indigenous Network
- Oklahoma County Master Gardeners
- Chickasaw Nation Environmental Department
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- Artist Chase Earles (Caddo): Caddo pottery pit firing
- Wyandotte Nation: Chemistry of Hominy
- Courtyard: OU Health Sciences Center
- Native Farming Solutions
- FAM activity stations
- Artist Warren Realrider (Pawnee)
- National Park Service
- 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
