PHOTOS: Supaman, Acosia Red Elk headline World Beat Festival

Two star Indigenous performers took the stage at the Riverfront Park Amphitheater on Saturday, June 28, to close out the first day of Salem’s World Beat Festival.

Acosia Red Elk, a world champion jingle dress dancer from the Umatilla Tribe, and Supaman, an Apsáalooke rapper and fancy dancer, brought a high-energy performance.

The festival’s 2025 theme is “Turtle Island: People of the Land” in honor of Warner Austin, an Eastern Cherokee leader who founded the…

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