2024 POW-WOWS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVENTS & OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS
Here is a short list of Pow-wows as well as other special events we know about that are being planned this year. Please contact the sponsoring group or person, before heading out, to confirm the date & location of the event you are interested in attending. When we learn about additional events, we will add them to this list.
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
26 (Sun.) Nipmuc Cultural Celebration, Petersham Common St., Petersham, MA 11AM-2PM Phone: 978-248-2043 Website: mountgrace.org/events
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 (Tues.) 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
CANCELED-Weather 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., B ar 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
14 (Sun.) R.I. Mayor’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Affairs Intertribal Pow-wow, Pierce Field, E. Providence, RI 401-241-1628 E-mail: gentlerain52@gmail.com; or 401-935-1393 E-mail: brownca07@yahoo.com
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
26-28 Annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Pow-wow, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY Email: hello@queensfarm.org
August
3 (Sat.) Big Drum Pow-wow-Niswasocket, River Island Pk, Woonsocket, RI E-mail:pocasset.tc@hotmail.com
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
7-8 Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah Pow-wow, Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, MA 508) 645-9265
15 (Sun.) Pokanoket Heritage Day, Burr's Hill Park, 540 Water St., Warren, RI 1PM-5PM Click HERE for more details.
28 (Sat.) Annual Harvard Pow-wow, Harvard University McCurdy Outdoor Track, 145 N. Harvard St., Allston, MA 617-495-4923 E-mail: hunap@harvard.edu
29 (Sun.) Harvest Moon Festival, MT. Kearsarge Indian Museum, 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner, NH 10AM-4PM For more details: 603-456-2600 Website: indianmuseum.org
October
During the first couple of weeks in October, there are many opportunities to celebrate and honor Indigenous Peoples Day! For a comprehensive list of Massachusetts events, please click HERE
5 (Sat.) Round the Bend Farm “Wampanoag Experience Pow-wow”, 92 Allens Neck Rd, S. Dartmouth, MA 10AM E-mail: annawonw@gmail.com; info@roundthebendfarm.org
5 (Sat.) Cranberry Thanksgiving, Tomaquag Museum, 2079 Matunuck School House Rd, Charlestown, RI 12PM - 4PM Website: tomaquahmuseum.org
13 (Sun.) Hassanamisco Indian Fair, Phelps Athletic Field, 7 Jumbo’s Path, North Grafton, MA 10AM E-mail: crwritings@aol.com
13 (Sun.) Indigenous Peoples Day-Watertown, Hosmer Elementary School, 1 Concord St., Watertown, MA 12 PM-4 PM E-mail: jenwolfrum@yahoo.com Website: https://watertowncitizens.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day/
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/
14 (Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-Newton, Albemarle Field, Newton, MA 11AM-5PM E-mail: indigenouspeoplesdaynewton@gmail.com Website: https://www.ipdnewton.org/celebration
14 (Mon.) Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Event, Newburyport Waterfront Park, Newburyport, MA 10AM For more details: 978-834-0367 E-mail: kristine@imaginestudios.org Website: https://imaginestudios.org/ (The Mass. Center for Native American Awareness is a community partner organization for this event.)
14 (Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-Cambridge, University Park, 65 Sydney St, Cambridge, MA 11AM-6PM E-mail: chaliinaru@gmail.com
14 (Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-Lexington, 13 Depot Sq, Lexington, MA 12PM-4PM Email: nativeamericansinlexington@gmail.com
14 (Mon) Indigenous Peoples Day-Framingham, Farm Pond Park, Framingham, MA 12PM-3PM. For more details, click HERE.
November
9 (Sat.) Honoring The Veterans Pow-wow, Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT. 10AM. Website: pequotmuseum.org
14 (Thurs.) MCNAA Student Book Discussion in partnership with Brandeis University, in-person at Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 5:30PM Click HERE for more details.