Cultural Tourism Conference

Join Native American tourism leaders from around the country to share and learn about the rich history and culture of various tribes. Strengthen partnerships and collaborations to build and sustain tribal tourism. This year’s conference will be held at the beautiful Moenkopi Legacy Inn & Suites located in the Upper Village of Moenkopi, Western Gateway to Hopi.

All attendees are invited to tour the Tribal lands of Arizona to experience the beauty, culture and hospitality of this spectacular region of Native America.

Program Topics

Building Tourism with Existing Assets ● Capacity Building to Strengthen Tribal  State and Federal tourism Relationships ● Building Partnership to Strengthen and Sustain Tourism ● Building Successful Media Strategies to Sustain Cultural Tourism ● The Do’s and Don’ts to Effective Business & Marketing Plan ● Community Development: Business from a Community Perspective ● Hospitality and Customer Services from a Cultural Perspective ● Fundamentals of Securing Grant Funding

WES STUDI: KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The Upper Village of Moenkopi is proud to announce that Wesley Studi, famous Cherokee actor and director, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference. Studi has appeared in well-received academy award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann’s, The Last of the Mohicans (1992), the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He most recently portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron’s box office blockbuster, Avatar. Wes Studi will present a screening of his landmark film The Only Good Indian followed by his personal reflections on the Indian School experience and a question and answer exchange with the audience.  The screening is open to the public – information is available at www.ExperienceHopi.com

Blue Canyon – Hopi Cultural Site

PAINT WITH THE MASTERS

Everyone attending the conference will have the opportunity to take brush in hand and join master artists in a collaborative painting that will be auctioned to benefit Art of the People.  Irving Toddy, Johnson Yazzie, and Baje Whitethorne, Sr. are shown here with one of their public art masterpieces – they will be joined by other Navajo & Hopi artists for this very special occasion.