2026 POW-WOWS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVENTS & OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS
This is a brief list of upcoming pow-wows and special events. Please check our website regularly as new dates are added throughout the year. If you’re interested in attending any of the events listed, be sure to contact the sponsoring group or organizer before traveling to confirm the date and location.
February
7 (Sat.) Mohegan Intertribal Social, Uncas Ballroom, Salon C&D, Uncas, CT
7 (Sat.) The Four Winds Singers Winter Pow-wow, 8 South St, Westminster, MA E-mails: gimlibrew@gmail.com or 4winds1@gmail.com
7 (Sat.) Nolumbeka Project’s Full Snow Moon Gathering & Eastern Woodlands Social Dance, Greenfield Community College, 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA 1PM-4PM E-mail: nolumbekaproject@gmail.com
March
11 (Wed.) The Unknown War: An Introduction 7PM-8:30PM EDT Online Event. Free but donations welcomed. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
24 (Tues.) The Past is Now: An Inter-Tribal Panel on King Philip’s War 6PM-7:30PM EDT In person at the Cambridge Public Library and live-streamed. Panel: Hartman Deetz, Brad Lopes, Brittney Walley and Elizabeth Solomon. Free but donations welcomed. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
April
4 (Sat.) UConn Spring Pow-wow, Ratcliffe Hicks Arena, Storrs Campus, Storrs, CT E-mail: Christopher.newell@uconn.edu
4 (Sat.) Annual Wabanaki Spring Social, Sockalexis Arena, Penobscot Nation, 16 Wabanaki Way, Old Town, Maine 11AM-5PM E-mail: sisaac@wabnakiphw.org
8 (Wed.) Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People in King Philip's War 7PM-8:30PM EDT In person at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and live-streamed. Space limited. Free but donations welcomed. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and IN-PERSON registration only, CLICK HERE. For live stream , CLICK HERE
18 (Sat.) Book Club: Whose Story? Two Views of King Philip's War 11AM-12:30PM online. Free but donations welcomed. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
23 (Thurs) Erasure: History and Memory in the Archives 7PM-8:30PM online. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
28 (Tues.) Book Club: Whose Story? Two Views of King Philip's War 7PM-8:30PM online. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
May
2 (Sat.) NHINAC Spring Awakening Pow-wow, Winnisquam Regional High School, 435 W. Main St, Tilton, NH Phone: 603-723-4982 or 603-730-4708 E-mail: nhinac@gmail.com
6 (Wed.) What Really Happened at Turners Falls? The Story of a Massacre 7PM-8:30PM online. Panel: David Brule, David Naumec and Liz Cold Wind Santana-Kiser. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
9 (Sat.) Dartmouth College Pow-wow, Dartmouth Green, 1E Wheelock St (Rain location: Leede Arena), Hanover, NH 12PM E-mail: Powwow@dartmouth.edu or Phone: 603-646-2110. More Info CLICK HERE
23-24 Annual Odenong Pow-wow, Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Amherst, MA E-mail: OdenongPowwow@gmail.com
23-24 Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Heritage Celebration, Swanton Recreation, Lower Level, 16 Jewett St, Swanton, VT E-mail: missisquoi.abenaki.event@gmail.com
28 (Thurs.) The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance. 5:30PM-7:30PM, live at the Boston Public Library + live-streamed. Panel: Cheryll Toney Holley, Paula Peters, Mack Scott and Kimberley Toney. This event is part of Partnership of Historic Bostons new spring series: Metacom's Resistance: Re-telling King Philip's War and Its Legacy For more details and registration, CLICK HERE
30-31 Worcester Intertribal Indian Council (WIIC) Annual Pow-wow, Treasure Valley Boy Scout Reservation, 394 Pleasant Dale Rd, Rutland, MA 10AM-5PM Phone: 508-335-9139 E-mail: johngentlehawk@msn.com
June
13-14 Wollomonuppoag Indian Council Annual Pow-wow and Craft Fair, LaSalette Shrine Fairgrounds, 947 Park St, Attleboro, MA 10AM Phone: 508-838-4478 or 508-680-6419
July
11-12 Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, 25th Anniversary Pow-wow, 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner NH 10AM-5PM Phone: 603-456-2600 E-mail: info@indianmuseum.org
18-19 NHINAC Annual Pow-Wow, 331 Harbor Rd, Wells, ME 10AM-5PM E-mail: nhinac@gmail.com
August
15-16 Mohegan Tribe Wigwam Pow-wow, Fort Shantok, 103 Fort Shantok Rd, Uncasville, CT 10AM E-mail: cprograms@moheganmail.com
October
3 (Sat.) Annual Wandering Bull Open House, 312 Martin Rd, Washington, NH Phone: 603-495-2700