Name: Storytelling, and the Art of Traditional Blue Corn Tamale Making
Start: 2026-07-14T10:00:00-0600
End: 2026-07-14T15:30:00-0600

Storytelling, and the Art of Traditional Blue Corn Tamale Making

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Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:00am - 3:30pm MDT

TBA

Limited Capacity full

This immersive workshop invites participants to explore the cultural significance, ancestral knowledge, and living traditions behind traditional blue corn tamale making through an Indigenous lens. Rooted in Pueblo and Indigenous foodways, participants will learn how blue corn is more than nourishment—it is medicine, identity, history, relationship, and a connection to land, community, and generations of knowledge sharers.

Through storytelling, hands-on preparation, and cultural teachings, the workshop will explore the origins and history of blue corn, the process of nixtamalization, and the Indigenous science that transforms corn through traditional methods of preparation. Participants will gain an understanding of how Indigenous communities used observation, experimentation, sustainability, and relational knowledge to develop sophisticated food systems long before modern science gave them names.

Together, participants will prepare traditional blue corn tamales while learning about the values of reciprocity, respect, resilience, and community embedded within Indigenous cooking practices. This workshop creates space for cultural preservation, creative expression, intergenerational learning, and the continuation of Indigenous knowledge through food, story, and shared experience.

What to Bring:

Wear casual, comfortable clothing
Water bottle
Small bag for personal items, and a notebook/phone for notes

Wheelchair Accessible

Speakers

Michael Garcia

Michael “Yaschay” Garcia (Pueblo of Tamaya / Santa Ana Pueblo) is a Keres language teacher, storyteller, and cultural keeper who brings language to life through song and story. His teaching center’s identity, spirituality, and the deep connections between his people, land, language... Read More →

Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:00am - 3:30pm MDT
TBA

Land Based Healing and Learning Experiences, Difficulty: Low

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