You’re invited to a day of conservation and family fun at the Chickasaw Cultural Center on Saturday, Sept. 14! Learn how you can help ensure the survival of the monarch butterfly for generations to come. 

Event Agenda:

Location: Bus Pavilion

• Monarch Journey Scavenger Hunt
  • Sign up at the Bus Pavilion. 12 activity stations are spread across campus, each focusing on a different part of the monarch's life cycle or migration.
• Gift Bag Giveaways
• Sidewalk Chalk Creativity Activity

Location: Welcome Center

• Pipe Cleaner Butterfly Rings
• Monarch items for sale in the gift shop

Location: Holisso Porch

• Butterfly stained glass activity

Location: Exhibit Hall Plaza

• Buttons, coloring sheets and park information - presented by National Park Service (Chickasaw National Recreation Area)
• Monarch trivia and butterfly leaf craft - presented by Master Gardeners Association
• Butterfly life cycle activity and pollinator stickers - presented by USFWS Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge

Location: Exhibit Hall Front Porch

• Milkweed matching game and book giveaway
• Snacks and program information - presented by Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services

Location: Exhibit Hall Lobby

• Monarch photo op booth
• Butterfly tattoos
• Visitor services butterfly craft

Location: Aaittafama' Lobby

• Face Painting - 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: Anoli' Theater

• 10:30 a.m.   Behind the Scenes (film)
• 11:30 a.m.   First Encounter (film)
• Noon            Flight of the Butterflies (film)
• 1 p.m.          First Encounter (film)
• 3 p.m.          The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (film)
• 6:30 p.m.     Devotion (film)

Location: Butterfly Garden

• Photo props, wildflower seeds and planting guides - presented by Okies for Monarchs

Location: Traditional Village

• 11 a.m.       Stomp dance demonstration
• 2 p.m.         Stomp dance demonstration
• 3 p.m.         Social stickball game    

  Northwest arbors (all day)

• Cultural demonstrations
• Stickball information table
• Tissue paper butterflies

  Summer homes (all day)

• Cultural demonstrations

  Southeast arbors (all day)

• Pollinator races
• Paw Paws, pollinators and native bees - presented by East Central University Biology Department
• Coloring books, bookmarks, comic books and brochures - presented by Xerces Society/NRCS
• Programmatic info - presented by OCC - Yard by Yard/Blue Thumb
• Landowner best management practices for pollinators - presented by Chickasaw Nation Office of Natural Resources