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The following vendors have registered to participate in the
2024 Native Rhythms Festival. Watch this page as
new vendors come on board to join this year's list of outstanding artists and craftspeople. Join our Native Rhythms Festival
Facebook group to receive notification when new vendors are added to this list:
www.facebook.com/Native.Rhythms.Festival/
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We can only imagine that we're wandering through our Vendor Village under the pines in Wickham Park, just to the east of the amphitheater,
with the breeze carrying the music from the stage out among the tents. Keep that image in mind while you wander down among our
2024 vendors listed below. You can quickly pass (scroll) by and get a quick idea of what's available from the descriptions
included with each entry. But, a number of our vendors are inviting you in for a video tour of their offerings. We have
invited our vendors to provide a video tour of their booth to view their goods.
We encourage you to visit our vendors' websites often.
Here are some shortcuts to the individual neighborhoods in our
village:
[Click on the little square "corners" at the bottom right of the playing
video to expand it to full screen.]
NOTICE TO VENDORS
Please read the 2024 Vendor Rules carefully. As at our recent festivals, we continue to be sensitive to
vendor compliance with the 2010 amendment to the Indian Arts and Crafts
Act (IACA) of 1990 and to the City of Melbourne's strict enforcement of the city's fire codes. Please
read the Vendor Rules carefully and note that all vendors must be completely set up and ready for
inspection by 9AM on Friday.
There are several key rules we'd like to call to our prospective vendors' attention. Please read all rules carefully.
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We will continue to monitor vendor tents with awnings used to increase their booth size without
including the increased booth area in their registration fee. Vendors must include the space under awnings used for merchandise sales when declaring
their booth size and paying their fee.
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Our "vendor area" camping is available only for tents and self-contained trailers
and RVs. In recent years we had campers plugging into our vendor power grid and overloading the circuits. Campers,
please do not plug into the vendor power. It causes disruption to other vendors' tents and is discourteous
to their business. Camping north of the "creek" includes some areas near electrical outlets. If you must plug your camper
into power, please find a spot over there.
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Please note the time at which vehicles are allowed in the vendor area on Sunday afternoon is 5:30. There
are still guests wandering around before this time, so ignoring this rule creates a potentially dangerous situation. |
The text of the rules appear below, and may be downloaded through the links at the bottom
of this page. |
Flute Makers
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Vendor |
Website |
Offering |
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Turtle Mound Flutes
John & Claire Ellis
www.turtlemoundflutes.com |
Native American style flutes, Knock-About
(PVC) Flutes, fleece flute bags, books, Johnny Kee CDs. |
Arts & Crafts |
Vendor |
Website |
Offering |
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Sunka Beads
Graciano Viruet
sunkabeads.com
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Designer beadwork, handmade leather goods,
beaded fans, beaded rattles, beaded dance sticks, beaded
walking sticks, gourd art - rattles, lamps, masks.
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Performers |
Vendor |
Website |
Offering |
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American Indian Creation
Billy Whitefox
billywhitefox.com
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Handmade
flutes, jewelry, bags, dolls, CDs, handmade art, home
decor, and much more. |
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CreeAtive Native Native Dance
and Education, Inc.
Otter Oliver
facebook.com/
otter.oliverstandingready
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Green
Leppard Sales
Dock Green Silverhawk & Cindy
www.silverhawkflutegathering.com
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CDs, Painted Ponies, jewelry, blankets, etc. |
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Horizons Flute Store
Jonny Lipford
www.jonnylipford.com |
Contemporary music of the
Native American-style flute and world flutes performed
by Jonny Lipford. Also featuring contemporary
(Free Spirit) and rhythmic (Tribal Rhythms) backing
tracks that are designed with the Native American-style
flute in mind! Private lessons are also available. |
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Lowery Begay
NationOfChange@hotmail.com
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Drums, dream catchers,
necklaces, CDs. |
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Painted Raven
Annette Abbondanza and
Holly Harris
www.painted-raven.com
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Painted Raven CDs and merchandise, including backing
tracks, T-shirts, mugs, stickers, guitar picks,
instructional booklets for flute and guitar.
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Randy Granger Music
randygranger.net
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Flutes, CDs, T-Shirts,
Rattles, Smudge. |
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Shelley Morningsong Music
Shelley Morningsong &
Fabian Fontenelle
shelleymorningsong.com
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Music CDs beaded buckskin pouches, beaded earrings, my
signature flutes, photo prints, posters.
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Other Vendors |
Vendor |
Website |
Offering |
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Food Vendors |
Vendor |
Website |
Offering |
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Exhibitors |
Exhibitor |
Website |
Offering |
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2023 Vendor Village Map
This is the 2023 Vendor Village layout, provided to illustrate the basic
village layout. The 2024 vendor area map will be posted with space assignments after vendor registrations closes shortly before the
festival. Space numbering illustrates the actual booths that registered last year. This year's map will reflect the numbers
and sizes of vendors who register this year, so space numbering will change. Do not rely on the space numbers on this 2023 map.
2024 Rules for Vendors
Open registration for all vendors begins on April 15, 2024. |
1.
Any vendors representing themselves as Native
American must provide proof of tribal enrollment documentation
to the NRF committee.
Anyone who cannot show proof that they are an enrolled member
of either a federally or state recognized tribe, must have on
display in their booth a sign that says, "Not Native
Made". The festival will provide these signs as part of
the vendor packet, or the vendors may use their own.
2.
Any vendors who resell items made by others who
claim to be Native American must also have proof of the
artist/maker’s tribal enrollment. If enrollment confirmation
cannot be provided to the NRF committee,
you must have on display in your booth a sign that says
"Not Native Made" near
their goods. The festival will provide these signs in
the vendor packet. Additional signs will be available on
request.
3.
Each vendor will be required to confirm their
understanding of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 by
reading and signing the section of the vendor agreement
referring to this Act. This is a personal commitment that each
vendor must make that he/she understands the requirements of
the Act and will abide by them.
THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH APPLICATION
Indian
Arts and Crafts Act of 1990
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