Spotlighting BHS students and difference makers Aiyahna Green, Kalani Sun-Rhodes, and Sophia Geurrero-Gobert for developing an app designed to provide mental health resources, raise awareness, and create a supportive space for users.

Significance, Symbolism, and History:
with Steven Davis

Restoration, Responsibility, and Renewal: with Ervin Carlson, Chazz Racine, and The Blackfeet Buffalo Program Crew. Moderated by Nicholas Rink

Shaping a secure and healthy future for the Blackfeet Nation by responsibly exercising sovereignty, investing in Piikuni people, and preserving and revitalizing Blackfeet culture and traditional ways of life.

w/ THPO Director John Murray and Gheri Hall

with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain & Evan Thompson)

Leadership and Creative Authority in Heavy Music:
with Kelly Schilling, Shannon Void, & Madeline Johnston
Moderated by Dylan Running Crane

with Larry Groundand Lee LittleMustache

Support, Remembrance, and Honoring Survivors of Suicide loss:
with Andrew Heavy Runner (LCPC of Firekeeper Alliance), Odell Davis, and Santos Montano

Workshop and Demo
with Jacqui Powell, Mike Paparo, Dylan Walker, Brenden Radagan
Moderated by Charlie Speicher

Leveraging Heavy Music and Cultural Strengths to Protect Blackfeet Nation Adolescents from Suicide
The Fire Keeper Alliance TeamWith Robert moderating

with Dylan DesRosier, Brad Hall, and Termaine Edmo

This workshop will feature an insightful discussion on how animism and Indigenous thought might guide us toward living in ethical, harmonious relations with the “more than” human world.
Moderated by Steve Von Till w/ Mathias Nordvig, Haley Running Crane, and Robert Hall

with Shane McCarthy, Mirai Kawashima,Joey Running Crane, and Oystein G. Brun

Ledger Art, Tattooing, and Physical Media as Survival and Self-Expression
with Adam Gersh, Thomas Hooper, Meghan Berthelson, Valentina LaPier, & John Baizley)
Nicholas Rink as moderator

Rematriation and Cultural Healing
with Haley Omeasoo & Rhonda Grant

Healing Movement on Two Medicine Lake
Ashley Sherburne

Coping, Connection, and Catharsis
Dylan Running Crane, Amigo The Devil, Mike Schiedt, Aaron Turner, & Rebecca Vernon
Moderated by Charlie Speicher

Moderated by Jill Ironshirt
In partnership withPiikani Child and Family Services.

Mental Health and Guitar, with demo!
Gina Gleason, Joey from Wayfarer, Mike Scheidt from YOB
Moderated by Robert Hall

Piikuni Ethnobotanyand Food Sovereignty
FAST Blackfeet

Crafting Heavy Records
with Arthur Rizk and Iver Sandøy

Creative Spaces Behind the Music - Featuring Industry Pros from Bandcamp, Vesperian, Profound Lore, & Aisa Music:
This presentation will explore the creative ecosystems that support heavy music, discussing how artists, labels, and platforms work together to bring meaningful art and authentic voices into the world
Moderated by Decibel Magazine's Tim Mudd

A safe space for metalheads and punks in the Browning Public School system
Paul Medicine Horse, Aurelia Kennedy, Alexis Marso & /2 Teachers

Pathways through grief and healing
with Rick Stern and Tamarack Grief Resource Center

Indigenous Voices in Heavy Metal
with Carlin Black Rabbit, Raven Chacon, & Rene Gomez
Moderated by Jake ArrowTop

Community Grief Support in the Blackfeet Nation
with Sienna Speicher; LCPC of Firekeeper Alliance

Punk Rock, Rebellion, and the Piikuni Worldview
A conversation that explores the shared spirit of resistance that runs through hardcore punk music and Piikuni cultural traditions
with Dave Bland, Joey Running Crane, Nate Newton, & Curtis Running Rabbit

Moderated by Steve Von Till

Shared Ground, Shared Music
with Ivar Bjornson and Kevin Kicking Woman, moderated by Nicholas Rink

Join Browning Public Schools students and their partners to learn all about the creative process and intent behind the first edition of our very own Heavy Music 'ZINE - Expendable Youth. Featuring Michelle Dillon, Chris Lewis, & Heavy Music Symposium Students.
Moderated by Jake ArrowTop