Mark Saturday, Sept. 13 on your calendars for our annual Monarch Butterfly Day! This event is a family-friendly day of fun and opportunities to learn more about a vulnerable and important species, the monarch butterfly. 

Event Agenda:

Campus Wide

- Scavenger Hunt – 12 stamp stations across campus

Location: Anoli' Theater

10:30 a.m. – Behind the Scenes
11 a.m. – Stomp Dance Demonstration
11:30 a.m. – First Encounter
1 p.m. – Flight of the Butterflies
2 p.m. – Stomp Dance Demonstration
3:30 p.m. – Disneynature: Wings of Life
6 p.m. – A Knight’ Tale

Bus Pavilion

- Sidewalk Chalk
- Butterfly bag giveaway

Welcome Center

- Butterfly tattoos
- DIY butterfly bracelets
- Monarch butterfly day t-shirts and other items for sale

Holisso

- Photo booth
- Caffa & language bingo
- Scratch art butterfly medallions

Plaza

- Lucile’s Pollinator Project
- National Park Service
- Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge
- Master Gardeners

Chikasha Poya Exhibit Hall Porch

- Oklahoma Native Plant Society
- Trinity Forks Chapter – Native Plant Society of Texas
- Educational Booth
- Kid’s Zone activities

Chikasha Poya Exhibit Hall Lobby

- Visitor’s Services
- Chickasaw Nation Language Department
- Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services
- Colin County Chapter – Native Plant Society of Texas

Anoli' Theater Lobby

- Tribal Alliance for Pollinators
- Euchee Butterfly Farm butterfly tent
- Pollinator Habitat Board

Amphitheater

- Musical performance by Tone Gyah Dae – Noon-1 p.m.

Butterfly Garden

- Okie’s for Monarchs – photo props, wildflower seeds, planting guides

Traditional Village

- Cultural games
- Chickasaw Nation Office of Natural Resources
- The Nature conservancy Oklahoma
- South Central Climate Science Adaptation Center
- Blue Thumb
- Pollinator Races
- 3 p.m. social stickball game

Aaimpa' Café

- Pollinator salad
- Special Cookie