Native American Traditional Arts

Nokomis Learning Center (Okemos, Michigan)

The Nokomis Learning Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the culture and tradition of the People of the Three Fires (Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwa). The Nokomis Learning Center offers a wide variety of exhibitions, educational programs, special events, and publications. Recent activities have included, in partnership with the Michigan State University Museum, exhibitions and publications on Great Lakes Indian women artists, dance regalia makers, basket makers, and quill-box makers. The Nokomis Learning Center gift shop specializes in selling crafts made by Native artists from the Great Lakes region.