Return of the Thunderbirds honors Indigenous traditional spring celebrations thanking the Thunderbeings for providing rebirth with rain and thunder, as well as the migrating birds as the symbolic heralding of spring. The festival was hosted by Lincoln’s Indian Center Inc., on April 1. Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center joined the festival with our partners: Lincoln’s Indian Center Inc., Many Moccasins Dance Troupe,  and the Raptor Conservation Alliance. Funding for the event was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. 

(Above) Marysa Dominguez performed ceremonial dances with the Many Moccasins Dance Troupe. Photos: Brady Karg/Audubon.

Oscar Rios Pohirieth played the pipes and drum.	Gentry St. Cyr played the flute, and Lewis “Bleu” St. Cyr (right) spoke at the event with Many Moccasins Dance Troupe.	Doug Finch of Raptor Conservation Alliance with Shasta, a Peregrine Falcon.

Photos: Brady Karg/Audubon.