By Panhandle Post
HARRISON, NE - Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is planning to host artist Jeremy Red Eagle, August 5-6, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the monument visitor center, located at 301 River Road, Harrison Nebraska, 69346.
Jeremy Red Eagle is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. He lives in the Enemy Swim District of the Lake Traverse Reservation. He also descends from the Nakoda (Assiniboine) people of Ft Belknap MT. His work for the past fifteen plus years has been working to learn and pass on the Dakota language and culture.
Jeremy has been working with Native American youth for the past 13 years encouraging language vitalization, traditional bow making and games, stories and traditional art. He believes in a wholistic approach to working with our youth. “Although we are faced with many social ailments in Indian country,” Jeremy chooses to focus on the solutions instead of the problems. He believes the solutions are based on the Dakota way of life.
His primary focus today is revitalizing plains style bow and arrows accompanied with horseback archery. During his time at the park, Red Eagle will be researching the park museum collection and presenting techniques on crafting bows, arrows, and games used by Dakota, Lakota and other indigenous peoples across the Great Plains.
This cultural demonstrator program is supported with funding from Black Hills Parks and Forests Association, the official non-profit partner of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
Further information about Agate Fossil Beds National Monument programs and schedules is available at the visitor center, by calling 308-436-9760 or by visiting our website at http://www.nps.gov/agfo/index.htm .
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is located 34 miles north of Mitchell, Nebraska, or 22 miles south of Harrison, Nebraska on Highway 29 and 3 miles east on River Road. The Visitor Center summer hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and the trails are open from dawn until dusk. Visit us at www.nps.gov/agfo. More information on events and activities can be found on the park’s website at https://www.nps.gov/agfo/planyourvisit/calendar.htm and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/agatefossilbeds