Billings Symphony celebrates Northern Cheyenne culture in ‘The Long Walk Home’ [Video]

BILLINGS — On Saturday, the Billings Symphony Orchestra will present, “A Long Walk Home,” a performance that blends classical orchestral music with traditional Native American song and dance to celebrate Native American culture and share the powerful story of the Northern Cheyenne people.

According to the symphony’s music director Anne Harrigan, the performance offers something unlike anything the orchestra has ever presented for audiences.

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Billings Symphony celebrates Northern Cheyenne culture in “The Long Walk Home”

“It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime event,” said Harrigan. “You’re going to see the orchestra, the dancers, the projections, the Northern Cheyenne language, intermingled with each other into something that just doesn’t stop.”

The multi-media performance tells the story of how the Northern Cheyenne tribe came to be, including the long and dangerous journey from Oklahoma to Nebraska, and eventually to the current reservation in Montana. The path claimed the lives of all but 150 survivors. The …