Bluebird Cultural Initiative

04/28/2026

Some more great pictures from our Honoring the graduates. Feel free to share and tag Bluebird Cultural Initiative in your photos from Sunday's event. Congratulations again to all our young community relatives for finishing your school years out as best as you can, we see you trying, we see you succeeding! We look forward to being here to asist however we are able to.

04/28/2026

We had our end of school year and end of school calendar programming youth and family night. We were able to have a special ceremony for a couple young relatives, share a community pot luck meal and some healthy competition with traditional games with adults and youth. As always we at Bluebird are thankful for all of the community's support, love, and time spent allowing us to be a part of your journeys.

We look forward to a great summer full of culture, community and shared space and time. Follow us on Facebook for summer programming, events, workshops and scheduled open regalia making and traditional arts days!

04/27/2026

04/27/2026

We had an amazing time hosting the 2026 Metro Area Native Graduation Honoring yesterday. Please welcome us in congratulating our young community relatives in acknowledgement of all they have done to get to their High School graduation.

We were blessed to spend time and space with them and their families for a feathering ceremony, a blessing for all the graduates, certificates given and a meal shared. It was beautiful to see.everyone to come together and continue to encourage them on their journeys after high school.

04/27/2026

We had an amazing time hosting the 2026 Metro Area Native Graduation Honoring yesterday. This year we got to include some of our little relatives from our Bluebird youth programming in a Pre-K ceremony.

04/24/2026

04/21/2026

This Sunday is the Metro Area Native Graduation Ceremony 12pm at Yates. If you know a senior native graduate get them signed up by this Thursday!

This is for 2026 graduating High School Seniors in the Omaha Metro area. We would like to extend an invite to our Native students to participate in a culturally focused graduation ceremony to acknowledge their academic accomplishments. If the family has a feather, or blanket that they would like to....

04/21/2026

Last couple days to get your tickets bought, winner will be a live drawing on Friday April 24th at 2pm.

All funds will be distributed to our youth, in Oklahoma City for the 2026 Unity Conference!!!!!
The Wichapi Sina Star Quilt was handcrafted by our own staff member aka Starr Knudsen a proud member of the Kickapoo and Sac & Fox of Oklahoma! DO NOT need to be present to win.

Cash payments accepted taken onsite
Paypal preferred but can cashapp as well:

Paypal: https://paypal.me/bluebirdculture
Cashapp: $NicoleBenegas

(put your phone number and "starquilt" in the note section with # of entries.)

04/16/2026

We had the privilege to share time and space with approx. 300 of our young relatives and Community educators, partners and support people at the Nebraska Native Yotuh Gathering in West Point, NE today. Our amazing Peer Leader Kylesse Walker assisted Nicole Benegas with speaking on "The Modern Resilient Native: Culture, Career, and Community". We are always gratefull for the opportunity to share encouraging words and reconnect to our young community relatives from across the state at this conference. Our present is bright and our future is just getting brighter! A room full of young Leaders, Warriors, Protectors. Change Makers and Knowledge Keepers.