Thursday, January 30, 2025

National Museum of the American Indian's online Animation Celebration!

Animation Celebration!

February 1–28, 2025

All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

Animation Celebration! features a collection of Indigenous short animated films that highlight colorful stories of magical tales, humorous encounters, and hidden histories as part of the museum's Art of Storytelling program.

Animation Celebration!

All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

Two figures crawl through a tunnel of snow.

Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice

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A person stands at the center of a circle of groomed grass, with five hoops ringing their neck, shoulders, arms and hands.

Dancers of the Grass

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Two people stand face-to-face; behind them three boats sail in the sea. Each both has a white flag with a red cross on its mast.

First Contact

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In warm, glowing colors of red, orange, and yellow, four figures circle and raise their arms toward four large boulders.

Kapaemahu

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In an apartment, a person grimaces while stretching to reach a phone on a table.

Late

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On a deep blue, green and teal background, a brown mink with dark round eyes faces the viewer.

Məca

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A crawfish grasps the nose of an angry-looking racoon with its claw.

Raccoon and Crawfish

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With sunlight streaming through a window, a man looks toward a small figure wearing a cone-shaped hat, who stands next to a teacup.

The Mountain of SGaana

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This program is funded in part by The Walt Disney Company.

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