The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians hosts the annual Singing the Birds: Bird Song and Dance Festival from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Palm Springs High School, where bird singers and dancers from tribes across Southern California and the Southwest gather to celebrate and share with the public the region’s abundant Native American heritage.
Admission is free for all ages. Bird singing and dancing is scheduled throughout the day along with a Native American Market and a variety of food vendors. Reserve your free ticket today at aguacaliente.org/singingthebirds.
“It is our generation’s responsibility to pass down the traditions to the next generation to keep the culture living,” Tribal Chairman Reid D. Milanovich said. “This festival provides an opportunity for us to share our culture and history with neighbors and surrounding communities.”
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is interwoven in the community with its reservation spanning in a checkerboard fashion the cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City, and Rancho Mirage and areas of unincorporated Riverside County.
About the Tribe: The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is an historic Palm Springs based federally recognized Native American Tribe with more than 500 members. The Tribe is steward to more than 34,032 acres of ancestral land. The cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City, and Rancho Mirage as well as portions of unincorporated Riverside County span across the boundaries of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. For more information about the Tribe, visit www.aguacaliente-nsn.gov.
