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Indigenous nations around the world have been celebrating the solstice since time immemorial – we at NONAM celebrate Indigenous nations around the world at Midsummer. This year's Indigenous Peoples Day brings guests from Norway and the Yukon to NONAM. We are looking forward to welcoming the incomparable Ingor Antte Ailu Gaup alias Ailloš, who embodies the soul of the Sámi with his joik, as well as Shania Hogan and Robin Smarch from the Teslin Tlingit First Nation. Look forward to a day of fantastic music, inspiring guided tours, great conversations and more.

PROGRAM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 22 JUNE 2025

10.00 a.m.
Doors

10.30–11.00 Museum courtyard
Opening and welcome
Markus Roost, Deputy Museum Director, Florian Gredig, Curator NONAM and Indigenous Guests

11.00–11.45 a.m. Special exhibition 1st floor
Short guided tour and conversation in the exhibition "Honouring Our Future"
Shania Hogan and Robin Smarch (Teslin Tlingit First Nations, Yukon) and Florian Gredig, curator NONAM

12.00–12.30 p.m. Pavilion 2nd floor / in good weather in the museum courtyard
Joik, the yodel of the north?
Joik concert with Ingor Antte Ailu Gaup alias Ailloš (Sámi)

13.00–13.45 hrs Special exhibition 1st floor
Short guided tour and conversation in the exhibition "Honouring Our Future"
Shania Hogan and Robin Smarch (Teslin Tlingit First Nations, Yukon) and Florian Gredig, curator NONAM

2.00–2.30 p.m. Special exhibition 1st floor
Short guided tour in the exhibition "Move. Indigenous Nations in Motion»
Elvira Hufschmid, cultural mediator NONAM

15.00–15.30 hrs Pavilion 2nd floor / in good weather in the museum courtyard
Joik, the yodel of the north?
Joik concert with Ingor Antte Ailu Gaup alias Ailloš (Sámi)

3.30–4.30 p.m. Pavilion, 2nd floor
Panel discussion with Indigenous guests
Current topics ans issues for Indigenous peoples in North America and Europe
Shania Hogan and Robin Smarch (Teslin Tlingit First Nations), Ailloš (Sámi), Mary Brandt (President of Pacific Sámi Searvi in Seattle, Cultural Association of Northern Sámi)
Moderation: NONAM, talk in English, simultaneous translation into German: Helena Nyberg

5.00 p.m.
Museum closure

Continuous offers 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Pompom tufting workshop
Fancy colorful pompoms? Design your own pompom in the museum courtyard.

Quiz Special exhibition 1st floor
Museum rally through the exhibition, for families 

The artists behind the artworks Film and media room 2nd Floor
Video portraits by multimedia artist Dylan McLaughlin (Diné / Navajo)

Culinary delights in the museum courtyard
Whether hearty focaccia from the food truck, creamy cappuccino, fine cakes, lemonade or ice cream - the museum courtyard is a wonderful place to linger.