The Montana Folklife Area celebrates the rich, living heritage of Montana. In the first year, the theme of the Montana Folklife Area is Masters and their apprentices carrying on age old traditions.

Demonstrations, displays, exhibits, performances and narrative presentations by Montana masters and their apprentices will explore subjects ranging from saddle making to Salish basket making, from Metis fiddling to parfleche and hide preparation, from Ukranian pysanky to Star quilting, from traditional doll making and regalia to cowboy poetry and more. Check back for more details about the talented and cherished participants in the Montana Folklife Area at the 70th National Folk Festival.

	BILL AND BRENDA AlLiSON Western saddlemaking and leatherwork Roundup, MT BIO
	danna runs above Assiniboine jingle dress making Fort Peck, MT
	al chandler goodstrike, master, and son Sean Chandler Ah ah ni nin parfleche making and painting traditions Hays, MT
	JIm morrison, master and john pierson, apprentice Highland pipes Billings, MT
	mike williams, master and apprentice sons, kyle and aaron williams Old-time fiddle music Helena, MT
	ANnette linder, master and daughter apprentice netta Assiniboine-Sioux Star quilting Wolf Point, MT BIO
	paul zarzyski Cowboy poet Great Falls, MT
	eva boyd, master and apprentices crystal cousins and buck morigeau Salish basket weaving Ronan, MT
	JAckie bread and daughter Jade Blackfeet beadwork and regalia Browning, MT
	birdie real bird, master, with learner-assistant Diana Wilson Crow women's regalia and doll making Hardin, MT BIO
	Jackie Parsons, Master Blackfeet artistic traditions and regalia Browning, MT BIO
	Nancy hons,master and apprentice gayle christianson Ukranian Pysanky (egg painting) Scobey, MT
	oshanee kenmile(national heritage fellow), arleen adams,mary jane charlo Salish hide tanning and  regalia Pablo, MT
	Wally macrae (national heritage fellow) Cowboy poetry Forsyth, MT
	jay dale old mouse, master and son trevor Cheyenne flute making and music  Lame Deer, MT
	vince and jim fox Metis style fiddling Harlem, MT