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Photos from the 2024 Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration held September 14-15 at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. Photos by Jessica Gratigny.
Mystic Wind Chahta Social Dancers perform at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
The 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Lisa Frady, representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, ties string around a stick and arrow, at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Mystic Wind Chahta Social Dancers perform at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Nelson Harjo, one of only two flute makers left in the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, performs at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Mystic Wind Chahta Social Dancers perform at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Jewelry by Wilma Tiger, representing the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, displays at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Muskogee (Creek) Nation Stomp Dancers perform at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Mystic Wind Chahta Social Dancers perform at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Dan Beaver of Redhand Designs, representing the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, shares his work with a visitor at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
Sonny Ledford, a NV-NV-HI Warrior representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, talks to visitors at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
A pit firing demonstration by Marty Haythorn of Ancient Hands from Thomasville, Georgia, at the 32nd annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia. The two-day event celebrating Native American heritage featured performances, cultural demonstrations and vendors. (Jessica Gratigny / For The Melody)
The Georgia General Assembly meets this week to consider redrawing district lines and Bibb County’s delegation is concerned changes will disenfranchise Black voters.
