Native American Events Calendar

Please see website as further details become available.

2 day contesting powwow held in conjunction with the Pueblo Chili Festival and the El Pueblo History Museum Mercado. Gourd Dancing 10- 12. Grand entry 1 p.m. Both days.

Drumming, Dancing, Singing, Storytelling and more. Primitive camping as well as RV, electric with a min. fee.

Traditional Pow Wow- Inter Tribal

MC:LeRoy Malaterre
Host Drum:Blue Heron
HV:George Martin
AD:Dave Shananaquet
HM/HL: Rob & Pam Campbell

Inter-tribal
All drums and dancers welcome.

All vendors are welcome to come with no monetary fee. All we ask for is a donation of two items from your booth for a raffle and auction we will be having. Please contact us for more information and our location.

Second annual Pow Wow stressing education. School kids and Boy Scouts will have the opportunity to learn lots of information all week end. We have legend keepers, flint knappers, pipe carvers, gourd carvers, and lots of other things going on all day. The Pow Wow will be at the swimming area in the park, the Tee Pees will be in the volley ball area and the educational part will be at The Forest Edge Amphitheater. The dance honors the Veterans, so bring your favorite one. Our craft vendors have good hand made crafts and our food vendor has Buffalo burgers, Indian Tacos, and Fry Bread, so come hungry and try something new. Luck of the draw dance money for registered dancers. Camp feed Thurs. Fri. and Sat. night for dancers and vendors. Camping for dancers.

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian promises “a stampede of family fun” at its annual Buffalo Roast and Fall Festival.

The Buffalo Roast consists of a buffet of sliced, freshly roasted buffalo meat; fry bread; wild rice salad; wojapi, a Plains Indian dish made of thickened berries; and assorted beverages. Meal tickets, which include museum admission, are $25 per person for adults ($20 for Mitchell Museum members) and $10 for children ages 12 and under.

Visitors not wishing to dine can participate in festival events and view the museum’s exhibits for the regular cost of admission. Suggested entry donations are $5 for adults; $2.50 for seniors, students, and children. Maximum suggested admission per family is $10.

The museum will unveil its Teaching Lodge, a newly renovated space on the second floor that will house its popular Native birch-bark hunting lodge, a replica of a tepee-like dwelling of the type used by hunters in the upper Great Lakes. Adults and children alike can crawl into the cozy, conical structure and sit around a simulated camp fire. Native implements and accessories line the walls of the new space, which sports a mural depicting woodlands and prairies, painted and donated by art student Ilana Ostraar of Northern Illinois University.

Mike Pamonicutt, of the Menominee Indian tribe, will demonstrate and teach powwow dance steps. And veteran professional storyteller Judy Staunton will relate traditional Native tales for all ages.