BRUNSWICK — The Wabanaki Arts Festival, which brings Native American artists and musicians from Maine and across New England to the Bowdoin College campus, will be held Saturday, April 14.

The festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Morrell Lounge, David Saul Smith Union, is free and open to the public.

This is the fifth year Bowdoin will host the event, part of an initiative to build a strong relationship between the college and Maine’s four tribes: the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot.

Two drum groups, the Alamoosic Lake Singers from Maine and the Lakota group Black Thunder, will perform, as will Hawk Henries, an internationally known flute performer and crafter.

Hand-drum and traditional singing and Wabanaki storytelling will also be part of the festival.

The arts festival brings together Wabanaki artisans and crafters to show and sell original pieces, including sweetgrass baskets, brown ash baskets, birch bark art and containers, jewelry and musical instruments.

Many of these artisans have a national following, including Molly Parker, who is well known for her intricate fancy baskets, Barry Dana for his birch bark pieces and Hawk Henries for his handmade flutes.

All of the performers and artisans welcome questions.

The Native American Students Association at Bowdoin will have ongoing craft projects for the younger set and visitors who are crafters at heart.