The Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, in partnership with OU Native American Studies, will host an intertribal hymn singing event via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. April 13.Â
The event is a part of the Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair, which has been held annually at the Sam Noble Museum since 2003, involving 40 tribes in its proceedings.
Raina Heaton, assistant professor of Native American Studies, said the intertribal hymn singing event has been a part of the fair since 2019 and was initially a way to get more interaction from the adults attending the fair.
âWe decided to add something to help bring together the community a little bit â something also a little bit more for the adults, although kids are absolutely welcome, and something that we could also involve some of our college students in as well from language classes at OU,â Heaton said.Â