Grand Teton Association Blog

Indigenous Artist Spotlight: HarmonyStar Straub – Work on Display June 16-22 at Colter Bay

June 16, 2026

Join us June 16–22 at the Colter Bay Visitor Center for the Indigenous Arts & Cultural Demonstration Program featuring HarmonyStar Straub, an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne artist who enrolled in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and currently resides in western Nebraska.

Indigenous Artist Spotlight: Carolyn New Holy – Work on display June 9-15 at Colter Bay Visitor Center

June 4, 2026

Carolyn New Holy is the featured Indigenous Artist of the month! Her work will be on display at the Colter Bay Visitor Center from June 9 - 15. Holy is a cultural artist and educator from the Oglala Lakota Tribe on The Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. She teaches in the Lakota Studies Department at the Oglala Lakota College Eagle Nest Center in Wanblee, South Dakota. Her traditional craftsmanship includes beadwork, ribbon skirts and star quilts.

Discover the History of Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park

June 2, 2026

Have you visited Mormon Row? In 1997, Mormon Row Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Packed with rich history of Mormon homesteaders and offering sweeping panoramic views of the Tetons, it’s an inspiring site that offers the opportunity to learn more about turn-of-the-century settlers who first arrived in the 1890s from Idaho, and eventually established a community named Grovont, otherwise known as “Mormon Row.”