Native Talk Arizona - airdate: 09/30/2026

Like, what a great day.

Yes, definitely.

All right, so we're going to talk back.

I'm going to step back for a second and talk about the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center, the open house, and the art show.

So for people that have never attended that or been there, what is that?

It's interesting because sometimes I meet people who've lived in Phoenix their whole life and they've never actually knew about the Phoenix Indian School boarding school that was there over on Indian School and Central.

It's at the Steele Indian School Park and a little history.

The boarding school itself for Phoenix has been there from 1891 until 1990.

1990 is recent when you really think about it.

And there's a whole history in that 100 years.

And it's also a difficult history because I've met a lot of people too who went to the Phoenix Indian High School during the 90s and the 80s, and they had a really great experience, you know? But it has that history, that really difficult and traumatic history.

And so as they started making the park, Steele Indian School Park, they left three buildings alone that are from the original boarding school era.

And one of those buildings, the center one, is the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center.

And Native American Connections and a few other people partnered together to create that into a community space for our indigenous people here in Phoenix.

The art show itself is our highlight, of course, for the parade day.

But they also have a museum inside too to take a look at that history.

I think it's a beautiful building simply because what I do know is that originally the kids themselves built that building.

It is a very heart-wrenching thing to feel when you get to that area.

But at the same time, there's a lot of complex feelings too for more recent people who actually went to school there.

You know, like I said, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, right? So I think having it as a space, a community space, where we actually can take that history and with our resilience of who we are as Indigenous people, create it into something that is full of power, that's full of hope, that's full of strength, and full of what tomorrow could be more beautiful and happy.

Something that we take ownership of again.

So I think that's the significance of that particular building.

And to have the art show there, that's going to be very powerful.

I

certainly hope everybody turns out that day on Saturday, October 10th for the parade and Native House open house, the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center open house, the art show, and then the powwow.

Like, what a great day.

Yes, definitely.

All right, so we're going to talk back.

I'm going to step back for a second and talk about the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center, the open house, and the art show.

So for people that have never attended that or been there, what is that?

It's interesting because sometimes I meet people who've lived in Phoenix their whole life and they've never actually knew about the Phoenix Indian School boarding school that was there over on Indian School and Central.

It's at the Steele Indian School Park and a little history.

The boarding school itself for Phoenix has been there from 1891 until 1990.

1990 is recent when you really think about it.

And there's a whole history in that 100 years.

And it's also a difficult history because I've met a lot of people too who went to the Phoenix Indian High School during the 90s and the 80s, and they had a really great experience, you know? But it has that history, that really difficult and traumatic history.

And so as they started making the park, Steele Indian School Park, they left three buildings alone that are from the original boarding school era.

And one of those buildings, the center one, is the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center.

And Native American Connections and a few other people partnered together to create that into a community space for our indigenous people here in Phoenix.

The art show itself is our highlight, of course, for the parade day.

But they also have a museum inside too to take a look at that history.

I think it's a beautiful building simply because what I do know is that originally the kids themselves built that building.

It is a very heart-wrenching thing to feel when you get to that area.

But at the same time, there's a lot of complex feelings too for more recent people who actually went to school there.

You know, like I said, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, right? So I think having it as a space, a community space, where we actually can take that history and with our resilience of who we are as Indigenous people, create it into something that is full of power, that's full of hope, that's full of strength, and full of what tomorrow could be more beautiful and happy.

Something that we take ownership of again.

So I think that's the significance of that particular building.

And to have the art show there, that's going to be very powerful.

I

certainly hope everybody turns out that day on Saturday, October 10th for the parade and Native House open house, the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center open house, the art show, and then the powwow.