Malki Museum
Cahuilla
About
Malki Museum is a Native-founded museum on the Morongo Reservation preserving and sharing Cahuilla history, collections, and cultural knowledge.
Upcoming events
Apr 18, 2026 FreeFood SovereigntyAgave Roast: Native Food Tasting Event at Malki Museum
Malki Museum, Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA
Hello Malki Museum Supporters,We are excited to bring a bountiful and educational Agave Roast for the year of 2026! PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE HAVING THE VOLUNTEER HARVESTING DAY FOR THE YEAR OF 2026. We wanted to share an informative presentation which gives facts about the desert agave and also the Cahuilla’s use of this helpful plant. We encourage everyone who is interested in learning about the desert Agave and the Malki Museum Agave and Roast history to take a look. We are thankful to have such great resources available at the museum to help create this presentation so please review the "Resources" portion at the end of the presentation to find out what resources were used. The Agave Harvest and Tasting is an annual event sponsored by the Malki Museum. It is held on two consecutive Saturdays in mid- to late-April, when the Agave plants were traditionally gathered. The agave or amul was a basic food staple for the Cahuilla and Kumeyaay Indians of Southern California. The harvested agave is brought back to the Malki Museum for the Agave Roast, held the following Saturday. The agave hearts are cooked in a traditional roasting pit and served with other customary Native foods. There are also community organization's presenting on Native plants and animals.
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May 24, 2026 CelebrationKewet
Malki Museum, Banning, CA
The Annual Fiesta includes honoring Native American veterans, arts and crafts, fry bread, bird songs, and dances. The Malki Museum sponsors three main events each year which are designed to be traditional and educational. Malki’s annual Fiesta is a time of gathering together to share culture and traditions. It is also the major fundraising event for the Museum. Each year hundreds of both natives and non-natives come to participate in this unique event which has been an annual celebration since 1966, when the Kewét (the Cahuilla word for fiesta) tradition was revived after 20 years. The Indian dancers and singers represent several tribes from southern California, and many of the vendors in the Ramada booths are Native Americans from all over the Southwestern States. The Fiesta is held each year on the Sunday of Memorial weekend in May.
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