January

14 (Sun.) UNACC Winter Social & Potluck, 29 Antietam St. Devens, MA 1PM 978-772-1306

20 (Sat.) Veterans Winter Pow-wow, inside Bedford VA Medical Center, 200 Spring Rd, Bedford MA 10AM Gen. Info: 781-687-3672 or 781-389-7756. Vendors: 857-266-9301

February

11 (Sun.) UNACC Winter Gathering & Potluck, 29 Antietam St. Devens, MA 978-772-1306 E-mail: unacc29@gmail.com

24 (Sat.) Nolumbeka Project’s Eastern Woodlands Social, Greenfield Community College, One College Dr, Greenfield, MA 1PM Website: nolumbekaproject.org

March

10 (Sun.) UNACC Spring Bear Feast, 29 Antietam St. Devens, MA 978-772-1306 E-mail: unacc29@gmail.com

24 (Sun.)  UConn Spring Pow-wow, Student Union Ballroom, Storrs, CT  860-460-7606  E-mail: Christopher.newell@uconn.edu

April

11 (Thurs.) MCNAA in collaboration with Brandeis University, Native Dance Event & Conversation “Niiksokowaiks My Relatives”, Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 6PM E-mail: mcnaa@aol.com

27 (Sat.) Brown University Annual Spring Thaw Pow-wow, Brown University, 235 Hope St, Providence, RI

May

4 (Sat.) U Mass-Boston Pow-wow, Campus Center Lawn, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA  10AM  E-mail: Jamie.Morrison@umb.edu

4 (Sat.) Spring Awakening Pow-wow, NH Intertribal Native American Council, Winnisquam Regional High School, 435 W. Main St, Tilton, NH 603-370-7352 or 603-723-4982

5 (Sun.) NAICOB Veterans Pow-wow, Prowse Farm, 5 Blue Hill River Rd, Canton, MA

11 (Sat.) Dartmouth College Annual Pow-wow, The Dartmouth Green, 1E Wheelock St, Hanover, NH (Rain location: Leede Arena) E-mail: powwow@dartmouth.edu

18 (Sat.) Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe Planting Moon Social, Mashapaug Village, 373 Reservoir Ave, Providence, RI 12 PM-6PM E-mail: Contact@mashapaugnahaganset.com

18-19 UNACC’s Annual Pow-wow, 29 Antietam St, Devens, MA 978-772-1306 E-mail: unacc29@gmail.com

25-26 Odenong Pow-wow, Amherst-Pelham Regional High School, Amherst, MA E-mail: OdenongPowwow@gmail.com

June

1-2 Koasek Abenaki Pow-Wow, Millot Green, 15 Mechanic St, Alstead, NH E-mail: Bunnellloyalist@aol.com

6-8 (Thurs.-Sat.) Indigenous Peoples Day Newton exhibit “Powwow and the People Who Bring It to Life”, New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA. Reception Sat., June 8 from 11AM-2PM.

8 (Sat.) Mohegan Tribe Strawberry Thanksgiving at Tantaquidgeon Museum Parking at 1 Church Ln, Uncasville, CT 10AM-3PM. For more details: 860-862-0874 or E-mail: jlavigne@moheganmail.com

8 (Sat.) Tomaquag Museum Strawberry Thanksgiving, Ninigret Park, Park Ln, Charlestown, RI 12PM-4PM. 401-491-9063

8 (Sat.) Book Signing and Meet & Greet with Larry Spotted Crow Mann, Springfield Central Library, 220 State St., Springfield, MA 2PM 413-263-6828

8-9 Wollomonuppoag Indian Council Annual Pow-wow and Craft Fair, LaSalette Fairgrounds, Park St, Attleboro, MA 508-680-6419, or 508-680-6354, E-mail: wollomonuppoag.council@yahoo.com

15-16 Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s Raritan Native American Heritage Celebration & Pow Wow, Middlesex County Fair Grounds, 655 Cranbury Rd, E. Brunswick, NJ   718-686-9297    E-mail:  native@redhawkcouncil.org

25 (Thurs.) MCNAA Wild Edibles Walk, Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation, 82 Eastern Ave (Rte 133), Essex, MA 11AM E-mail: mcnaa@aol.com

29-30 Abenaki Heritage Weekend, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT  Website: www.abenakiart.org

30 (Sun.) Big Drum Pow-wow-Niswasocket, River Island Pk, Woonsocket, RI E-mail:pocasset.tc@hotmail.com

July

5-7 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Pow-wow, Pow-wow Grounds, 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, MA 508-477-0208 x 134

12-14 (Fri.-Sun.) Abbe Museum’s Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas, College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME 207-288-3519 E-mail: dawn@abbemuseum.org Website: dawnlandfestival.org

13 (Sat.) Pequot Education Pow-wow, Pequot Museum, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT 12PM Website: pequotmuseum.org

13-14 MT. Kearsarge Indian Museum Annual Pow-wow, 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner NH 603-456-2600 Website: IndianMuseum.org

13-14 Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s Bear Mountain Native American Celebration, Anthony Wayne Recreation Area, Palisades Interstate Pkwy, Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain, NY  718-686-9297    E-mail:  native@redhawkcouncil.org 

20 (Sat.)  Aquinnah Cultural Center Annual Native Artisans Market & Festival, Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, MA (11 AM)  508-645.7900  E-mail: aquinnahcc@gmail.com

20-21 Wells Beach Pow-wow, Wells Harbor Community Park, 331 Harbor Rd, Wells, ME 603-370-7352 or 603-723-4982  E-mail: silverbear699@aol.com

August

3-4 Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, Unity Park, Turners Falls, MA E-mail: nolumbekaproject@gmail.com

10-11 Narragansett Tribe Annual Pow-wow, Indian Church Rd, (off Rte2) Charlestown, RI 401-364-1100

17-18 Mohegan Wigwam Pow-wow, Fort Shantock, 340 Massapiag side Rd, Uncasville, CT E-mail: Wigwam@moheganmail.com

17-18 Metis of Maine Gathering & Powwow, 105 Gould Rd, Dayton, ME  207-838-1956

24-25 Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Green Corn Festival, Mashantucket Reservation, 2 Matt's Path, Mashantucket, CT  E-mail: schemitzuncontact@mptn-nsn.gov Website: schemitzun.com

Aug. 30-Sept. 2 Shinnecock Nation Pow-wow, Shinnecock Reservation, 1 West Church St., Southampton, NY 631-283-6143 Website: www.shinnecock-nsn.gov

September

7-8 Nipmuck Indian Council Annual Pow-wow, Dug Hill Rd, Holland, MA 508-347-7829 Website: Nipmuck.org

28 (Sat.) Annual Harvard Pow-wow, Harvard University McCurdy Outdoor Track, 145 N. Harvard St., Allston, MA E-mail: hunap@harvard.edu

October

This year, Indigenous Peoples Day events are scheduled throughout the first several weeks in October.  The reason is so that sponsoring organizations can accommodate the schedules of Native presenters who will be busy appearing at other area events during the weekend of Indigenous Peoples Day. Stayed tuned for a list.

In the meantime, here are a few confirmed events for October.

13-14 (Sun.-Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-NYC, Randalls Island State Park, New York City.  10AM. E-mail: native@redhawkcouncil.org  Website: ipdnyc.squarespace.com/

13 (Sun.) Hassanamisco Indian Fair, Hassanamesit Reservation 80 Brigham Hill Rd, Grafton, MA 10AM  E-mail: crwritings@aol.com

14 (Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-Newton, Albemarle Field, Newton, MA 11AM - 5PM. E-mail: indigenouspeoplesdaynewton@gmail.com