Scenes from the 5th annual Iinni Days from June 4-6, 2025 in Browning. The outdoor event is a celebration of Blackfeet culture. Activities on the first day included a bison harvest and butchering demonstration, archery, stick games, tipi building and other traditional knowledge sharing. This year's Iinni Days also played host to The Great Elephant Migration, a traveling art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon
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Brandon Fish provides archery instruction at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
An arrow planted in the ground near an archery target at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Troy Newbreast practices his archery at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Jordan Gobert takes aim with a bow and arrow at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Iinnii Days in Browning hosted a exhibition of the Great Elephant Migration, an international traveling public art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge from around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren explore the sculptures of the Great Elephant Migration, an international traveling public art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge from around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife, on display at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Birds alight on the sculptures of the Great Elephant Migration, an international traveling public art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge from around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife, on display at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren explore the sculptures of the Great Elephant Migration, an international traveling public art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge from around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife, on display at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The eye of a elephant sculpture from the Great Elephant Migration, an international traveling public art installation designed to highlight Indigenous knowledge from around the world, and inspire coexistence between people and wildlife, on display at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet schoolchildren gather at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Chazz Racine of the Blackfeet Bison Program speaks at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Tribal members play traditional Stick Games at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A child hides a pair of bone pieces behind her back as part of traditional Stick Games at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren run and scream for a cardiovascular exercise at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The Bullshoe family builds a tipi at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Azreal Bullshoe wraps a tipi at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Keadis Bullshoe places fasteners over the door of a tipi at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Shawntyana Bullshoe hammers tipi stakes into the ground at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Alonzo Skunkcap, hat and rifle in hand, awaits a blessing from the elders ahead of harvesting a bison during Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A freshly harvested bison rests in the grass at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren react to the initial sight of a freshly harvested bison at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Amanda Weaselfat removes the tongue of a bison at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Tribal members process a freshly harvested bison at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A bison is skinned at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo, holding a bison heart, leads a lesson in bison butchering at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Camee Rides At The Door and Taylee Rides At The Door skin a bison at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren examine the grassy contents from a freshly harvested bison’s stomach on Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo shows the inner honeycomb-like texture of one of a bison’s stomachs, during a bison harvest demonstration at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Schoolchildren help clean out the intestines of a bison harvested at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A skinned bison leg protrudes from a cooler at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rib cage and spine of a harvested bison at Iinnii Days in Browning on June 4, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
