An all Indigenous Led Artists Collective based in Boulder, Colorado

  • Major institutions can find ways to institute #Landback initiatives in tangible ways to support Native communities. Creative Nations was born out of that idea and we will demand that level of commitment from allies.

  • Native stories need to be told and they must come from the mouths of those who lived them

  • We can create a better future for Native artists, young and old. That is a responsibility that drives everything we do

EVENTS
Native Youth Arts Education
Sep 1
Native Youth Arts Education

Launching this fall, free classes for Native youth in Boulder Valley across traditional Native arts. More information on timing, programming and how to sign up coming soon!

Homelands: Reconnection
Sep 13
Homelands: Reconnection

The "Homelands" art show is a profound tribute to the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute tribes, honoring their connection to their ancestral lands that now make up Boulder, Colorado. Launched in 2021 at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the show brings a long-overdue recognition and celebration of the Indigenous peoples whose presence shaped this region long before its current identity.

The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun
Oct 1
The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun

The Counting of the Heads is an Osage romance. Will and Annie love one another, but is that enough to keep an Osage man and a white woman together in Oklahoma in 1906?

“Come on, just one dance!” 16-year old Taiel just needs one successful Purun dance in order to fulfill his duty of becoming a Mapuche tribe healer... and finally get the homophobic bullies at school off his back.

Savage
Oct 2
Savage

Savage is a musical drama based on the life of Chickasaw sharpshooter and silent film actress, the unconquerable Wanda Savage.

Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights
Oct 3
Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights

Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts will be performed live by Indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Co-presented with the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.

Embers Borne West
Oct 5
Embers Borne West

Embers Borne West is a time-shifting tale about intergenerational resilience and identity, as two very different generations of a Cherokee family move to Los Angeles, in 1927 and in the present day.

NEWS
Announcing selected writers and tickets on sale for First Storyteller’s Festival 2024
Announcing selected writers and tickets on sale for First Storyteller’s Festival 2024

We are really excited to unveil the list of storyteller’s whose works have been selected to be developed during this year’s festival and open ticket sales for their shows!

Homelands 2024 Now Accepting Submissions
Homelands 2024 Now Accepting Submissions

Homelands, our annual Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho art show, is now looking for artists to showcase during the event this fall.

First Full Time Staff Position Established
First Full Time Staff Position Established

We’d like to announce that Marty Strenczewilk (Ojibwe) has stepped into the now full time role of Managing Director. Marty joined Creative Nations in 2020, first as a member, then as it’s first part time Managing Director, and for the last two years as a member of the Leadership Council that oversees the organization.