5:30pm - Native American Heritage Month Dinner (sale period expired)
Enjoy the delicious Indigenous cuisine of Ketapanen Kitchen, Chicago's first Native American pop-up kitchen and catering company. Executive chef Jessica Walks First (Pamonicutt) of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin recently appeared on Bravo’s Milwaukee-based season of Top Chef as a guest judge for the “Indigenous Foods” episode. The dinner will include remarks from Chef Walks First as well as MPM’s Manager of Tribal Relations, James Flores of the Oneida Nation, plus an opening song and prayer by Ho-Chunk drum group Little Priest. Following the dinner, Germantown artist Mark Fischer of the Oneida Nation will give a special presentation about his Indigenous art installation, The Gathering Place, that he’s creating for the Museum’s future home.