Helen Gover joined KGNU’s Keith Colligan to share details about the third annual All My Relations Celebration, which took place on Friday at Levitt Pavilion. The free, all-ages event featured a diverse lineup of Native and Indigenous performers, including Denver-based Cherokee Social and DJ NAASHA, First Nations artist Natasha Fisher from Canada, and Hawaiian-based Samoan headliner FIA. The festival also included traditional Native American and Hawaiian dance performances, a vendor village, local Native organization resource booths, and food trucks such as Marie Yellow Hawk’s Native tacos. Proceeds benefit Rock the Rez, a South Dakota nonprofit providing music camps for Native youth. (Interview: 8/7/25)
Helen Gover: Thanks for having me.
Keith Colligan: Oh, great to have you on. So, you’ve got an event happening at the Pavilion—next Thursday? Or is it tomorrow?
Helen Gover: Tomorrow will be the third annual On My Relations Celebration. We’re super excited to have a lineup featuring Native and broader Indigenous acts.
Keith Colligan: Sounds really good. Are these Denver- and Colorado-connected bands, or are they from across the Americas?
Helen Gover: We’ve got both. Opening up the show is Cherokee Social, based in Denver. We also have a local DJ named DJ Naisha, also from Denver. The second act is Natasha Fisher—she’s First Nations from Canada and is coming down for the show. Same with the headliner, FIA, who are from Hawaii and of Samoan descent. So we’ve got a big mix of musicians and genres as well.
Keith Colligan: All right. And I see there’s a little bit of art involved, too—more of a festival going on besides just the music.
Helen Gover: Yeah. The broader part of the festival includes a vendor village and resource tables from local Native organizations. We’re going to have some food trucks as well, including Marie Yellow Hawk’s Native tacos, and another truck, Cavage, that serves burgers and more. We’ll also have two dance groups—Indigenous 5280 Corp., who perform traditional Native American dances, and Kalama Dancers, who highlight traditional Hawaiian dances.
Keith Colligan: Oh, wow—quite a variety of things for different tastes, and different music styles too.
Helen Gover: For sure.
Keith Colligan: And it’s an event for the whole family, as a lot of those Levitt Pavilion events are.
Helen Gover: Yeah, definitely. Bring the whole family—it’s all ages. And the biggest key: it’s a free show, so you don’t have to pay anything to get into the venue.
Keith Colligan: Excellent, excellent.
Helen Gover: One last thing to add—the show is a fundraiser for Rock Res, a nonprofit organization based in South Dakota. They promote five-day music camps for Native youth in South Dakota and Minnesota, and on reservations.
Keith Colligan: Oh, excellent—so all kinds of potential there. Well, I guess I’m going to play a little bit of that music, and we’ll give away some tickets. Good luck with your event.
Helen Gover: Sounds good.
Keith Colligan: You have a good day. Thank you, Helen.
Helen Gover: Thanks, you as well.
Keith Colligan: All right—bye.
