2025 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
12 (Sun.) UNACC Winter Gathering and Potluck, 29 Antietam St., Devens, MA 1PM 978-772-1306
21 (Tues.) MCNAA Virtual Book Discussion “Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge.” 4PM Registration Link (Closed)
February
1 (Sat.) AIS Winter Social, 295 School St (Rt-12), Winchendon, MA
9 (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
9 (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
12 (Sat.) Brown University Annual Spring Thaw Pow-wow, Brown University, Pizzitola Sports Center, Providence, RI E-mail: isabelle_meza@brown.edu or jezlyn_abramowski@brown.edu
12 (Sat.) Sugar Run Pow-wow, Winnisquam High School, 433 West Main Street, Tilton, NH E-mail: infolihaofnh@gmail.com or Website: lihaofnh.net
13 (Sun.) Quinnipiac University Pow-wow, Mount Carmel Campus, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., Hamden, CT E-mail: Aiyana.Baker@Quinnipiac.edu; or MKTantaquidqeon@gmail.com
22 (Tues.) MCNAA Virtual Book Discussion “We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth.” 4PM Registration Link
27 (Sun.) UConn Spring Pow-wow, Ratcliffe Hicks Arena, Storrs, CT For more details, click HERE.
May
4 (Sun.) U Mass-Boston Pow-wow, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 10AM E-mail: Jamie.Morrison@umb.edu
10 (Sat.) Dartmouth College Pow-wow, Dartmouth Green, 1E Wheelock St (Rain location: Leede Arena), Hanover, NH E-mail: Powwow@dartmouth.edu or 603-646-2110. More Info: CLICK HERE
17-18 UNACC’s Annual Pow-wow, 29 Antietam St, Devens, MA 978-772-1306 E-mail: unacc29@gmail.com
24-25 Odenong Pow-wow, Amherst-Pelham Regional High School, 21 Mattoon St, Amherst, MA E-mail: OdenongPowwow@gmail.com More info: CLICK HERE
24-25 Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Heritage Celebration, Swanton Recreation, Lower Level, 16 Jewett St, Swanton, VT E-mail: missisquoi.abenaki.event@gmail.com
31-June 1 Koasek Abenaki Pow-Wow, Millot Green, 15 Mechanic St, Alstead, NH E-mail: Bunnellloyalist@aol.com or 978-337-9085
31 -June 1 Worcester Intertribal Indian Council Pow-wow, 394 Pleasant Dale Rd, Rutland, MA 10AM Website: Wiiccenter.org
June
7 (Sat.) Tomaquag Museum Strawberry Thanksgiving, Ninigret Park, 5 Park Ln, Charlestown, RI 12PM-4PM Phone: 401-491-9063
14 (Sat.) Mashantucket Pequot Museum’s Strawberry Moon Living Exhibition “An Indigenous Song & Dance Market”, Mashantucket Pequot Museum, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT 1-800-411-9671 10AM-4PM More info: CLICK HERE
14-15 Wollomonuppoag Indian Council Annual Pow-wow and Craft Fair, LaSalette Shrine Fairgrounds, 947 Park St, Attleboro, MA 508-838-4478 or 508-680-6419 10AM
19 (Thurs.) An evening with Wampanoag Musicians in solidarity with Juneteenth. Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA 7PM 508-428-0669 More info & tickets: CLICK HERE (The event will feature EJ Mills Brennan, Kitty Hendricks-Miller, Zyg 808 and Asa Peters along with some surprise guests!)
20-22 (Fri-Sun) A Piece of Silver: Wampanoag Performance, Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA Various times. 508-428-0669 More info & tickets: CLICK HERE (Written and performed by Siobhan Brown (Mashpee Wampanoag). Based on recorded conversations with her grandmothers – two powerful, hard working women with something important to say – this show serves as a powerful connection across generations, weaving cultural identities. This one-act-play uplifts stories of generational healing, renewal and liberation, and is surely one not to miss.)
21-22 Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s Raritan Native American Heritage Celebration & Pow Wow, Middlesex County Fair Grounds, 655 Cranbury Rd, E. Brunswick, NJ E-mail: native@redhawkcouncil.org Phone: 718-686-9297 Website: www.redhawkcouncil.org/events or Raritanpw2025.Eventbrite.com
27-29 LIHA Good Time PW 117 Osgood Road, Sanbornton, NH Website: www.lihaofnh.net
July
4-6 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Pow-wow, Pow-wow Grounds, 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, MA 508-477-0208 x 112 More info: CLICK HERE
12-13 Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Pow-wow, 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner, NH E-mail: info@indianmuseum.org More Info: CLICK HERE
12-13 Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s Bear Mountain Native American Celebration, Anthony Wayne Recreation Area, Palisades Interstate Pkwy, Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain, NY E-mail: native@redhawkcouncil.org Phone: 718-686-9297 Website: www.redhawkcouncil.org/events or Bearmtpw25.Eventbrite.com
19 (Sat.) Aquinnah Cultural Center’s Annual Native Artisan Market and Festival, Aquinnah Cultural Center, Aquinnah Circle, Aquinnah, MA 508-645-7900 11:00 AM 4:00 PM (Rain date, Sun, July 20th)
19-20 NH Intertribal Council’s Wells Beach Pow-wow, Wells Harbor Park, 331 Harbor Rd, Wells, ME 603-723-4982 or 603-370-7352
August
2-3 Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, Unity Park Waterfront, 1st Street, Turners Falls, MA E-mail: nolumbekaproject@gmail.com More info: CLICK HERE
16-17 Mohegan Tribe Wigwam Pow-wow, Fort Shantok, 103 Fort Shantok Rd, Uncasville, CT E-mail: cprograms@moheganmail.com More info: CLICK HERE
22-24 Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Green Corn Festival, Mashantucket Reservation, 2 Matt's Path, Mashantucket, CT E-mail: schemitzuncontact@mptn-nsn.gov More info: CLICK HERE
31-Sept 1 LIHA Labor Day Pow-wow 117 Osgood Road, Sanbornton, NH Website: www.lihaofnh.net
September
6-7 Annual Nipmuck Pow-wow, Lake Siog Recreational Park, Dug Hill Rd, Holland, MA 11AM Call: Ken White (508) 347-7829
20 (Sat.) Harvard University Native American Program Annual Pow-wow. E-mail: hunap@harvard.edu More details to come.
October
11 (Sat.) Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Observance, Newburyport Waterfront Park (behind the Firehouse Center for the Arts), Newburyport, MA 10AM - 4PM. kristine@imaginestudios.org
12 (Sun.) Hassanamisco Indian Fair, 7 Jumbo's Path, North Grafton, MA 10AM E-mail: crwritings@aol.com More Info: CLICK HERE
12-13 (Sun.-Mon.) Indigenous Peoples Day-NYC, Randalls Island State Park, New York City. 10AM. E-mail: native@redhawkcouncil.org Phone: 718-686-9297 More inf: CLICK HERE