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Oklahoma City, OK - Red Earth, Inc., founder of America’s largest Native American Festival, and the Red Earth Museum invite the public to travel in the footsteps of the American Indian. The exibit began running in September and will run through January 10, 2001 in the Red Earth Museum located in the Omniplex, 2100 N.E. 52nd Street.

The long journey begins in Alaska and the Northwest Coast region of British Columbia and extends to the Andes Mountains of Peru, South America. Presented through ancient and modern art and artifacts, informational text and photographs trace the cultural/artistic diversity and similarities of Indian tribes encountered along the way.

Highlights include 115 year old totem poles from British Columbia; beadwork and baskets from the mountain states; displays of Kiowa and Comanche cradleboards; beadwork and paintings from the southern plains; southwest Pueblo pottery, cradleboards and kachinas; contemporary wooden masks from Guatemala & Honduras; and carved stone effigies and pottery from South America.

The exhibit can be viewed during regular museum hours: 9-5 Monday through Friday: 9-5 Saturday and 11-5 p.m. Sunday. One admission is required in the 10-acre museum complex providing access to the Red Earth Museum and all other attractions located inside.

The Inuit Ivory and Inca Gold: The Road to South America Exhibit is brought to you by the Oklahoma Art Council and Red Earth, Inc. an organization dedicated to the preservation of Native American Indian cultures. The Red Earth Museum is also home to The Deupree Cradleboard Exhibit, the southwest’s largest collection of Native American cradleboards. If you would like additional information please call John Elder, phone 405-427-5228.