BEMIDJI — In the words of Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince, Friday was a phenomenal, beautiful day to host the first-ever Anishinaabe Art Festival at the Sanford Center. With anticipation of the Indigenous art, traditional food tastings, demonstrations and entertainment that would proliferate throughout the day and Saturday, hundreds of attendees filed into the cultural oasis that the Sanford Center had been transformed into. An opening ceremony kicked off Friday’s activities, which began with an invocation and welcome by emcee Rob Fairbanks. “I just want to say thank you to all of our organizers, our sponsors for making this possible,” Fairbanks said while addressing the crowd. “Thank you to all of…