Montana Folklife Area

The Montana Folklife Area celebrates the rich, living heritage of Montana and the West.

In 2011, folklife demonstrations, displays, exhibits, performances and narrative presentations explored the theme for the first Montana Folk Festival -- Lure of the Land -- Connecting To Montana's Outdoor Heritage.

Demonstrators interpreted the importance of skills and tools for hunting, fishing and camping and other outdoor activities from the earliest days when acquiring such skills could be a matter of survival for Montana's earliest inhabitants up to today when our outdoor heritage is cherished, appreciated and enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.

Check back to see who will be featured in the Montana Folklife Area on July 14 and 15 at the 2012 Montana Folk Festival.

Meanwhile get a sense of what you can expect by looking over who attendees encountered in the 2011 Montana Folklife Area.

	raptors of the rockies Live Montana raptors Florence, MT
	chris lunn, trapline lodges Tipi making, hide tanning Waterloo, MT
	Scott's boat works Canoe Making Great Falls, MT
	vince yannone Montana Birds and Fish Clancy, MT
	chad okrusch River music Butte, MT
	paul zarzyski Rodeo Poetry Great Falls, MT
	Outstanding in The Water and in Their Fields: Women who Hunt and Fish Butte, Victor, and Bozeman, MT
	cole boehler Motorcycle Touring in Montana Butte, MT
	montana fish, Wildlife & Parks How to safely and successfully connect woth Montana's outdoor heritage Helena, MT
	montana state parks Montana's statewide park system for the enjoyment of all Helena, MT
	linwood tall bull Cheyenne Ethnobotany Busby, MT
	benedicta little wolf & Lavina old bull Foodways: Indian tacos and frybread demonstration Hardin, MT
	jay d. old mouse Cheyenne flute making and playing Lame Deer, MT
	wallace macrae Cowboy Poetry
	the hunting horns Hunting horn ensemble Bozeman & Butte, MT
	Anthony lafromboise Traps. snares, baskets, flintknapping Bismarck, ND
	CHEyENNE TRAILRIDERS Cheyenne Trailriders backcountry adventures Ashland, MT
	stone fly fly shop Trout Fly tying Butte, MT
	sweetgrass rods handmade bamboo fly rod making Twin Bridges, MT
	wind river bear institute Karelian Bear Dogs Florence, MT
	ellen baumler Ghost stories around the campfire Helena, MT

Montana Folklife Area

The Montana Folklife Area celebrates the rich, living heritage of Montana and the West.

Live Montana raptors

Florence, MT

chris lunn, trapline lodges

Tipi making, hide tanning

Waterloo, MT

Canoe Making

Great Falls, MT

vince yannone

Montana Birds and Fish

Clancy, MT

River music

Butte, MT

Rodeo Poetry

Great Falls, MT

Outstanding in The Water and in Their Fields: Women who Hunt and Fish

Butte, Victor, and Bozeman, MT

Motorcycle Touring in Montana

Butte, MT

How to safely and successfully connect woth Montana's outdoor heritage

Helena, MT

Montana's statewide park system for the enjoyment of all

Helena, MT

linwood tall bull

Cheyenne Ethnobotany

Busby, MT

benedicta little wolf & Lavina old bull

Foodways: Indian tacos and frybread demonstration

Hardin, MT

jay d. old mouse

Cheyenne flute making and playing

Lame Deer, MT

wallace macrae

Cowboy Poetry

the hunting horns

Hunting horn ensemble

Bozeman & Butte, MT

Anthony lafromboise

Traps. snares, baskets, flintknapping

Bismarck, ND

Cheyenne Trailriders backcountry adventures

Ashland, MT

Trout Fly tying

Butte, MT

handmade bamboo fly rod making

Twin Bridges, MT

Karelian Bear Dogs

Florence, MT

ellen baumler

Ghost stories around the campfire

Helena, MT

For more details about the Montana Folklife Area, or about any aspect of the Montana Folk Festival, please contact us.