New England Powwows & NA Events
Through August, 1997
by Pond Lily
NOTE: I have moved, and am no longer in New England. I will not be able to keep up this page.
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STATE BY STATE LISTINGS
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maine
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Other Information and Links
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
- May 10-11 - Dartmouth 25th Annual Powwow. The BEMA.
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Call: 603/646-2110
- May 24-25 - New Hampshire Intertribal Spring Powwow. Tamworth Campgrounds.
Tamworth, NH
Call: 603/539-5015
- June 21-22 - Monadnock Valley Association: 3d Annual Monadnock Valley Indian Festival
and Powwow.
Cheshire County Fairgrounds, Swanzey (Keene), NH
Call: 603/647-5374
- June 22 - Strawberry Moon Festival. Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum.
Warner, NH
Call: 603/456-3244
- July 12-13 - Town of Littelton: 5th Annual NA Cultural Weekend.
Littelton, NH
Call: 603/444-2329
- July 12-13 - Proud American Powwow; Educational Weekend
Ossippee, NH
Call: 603/539-4386
- July 19 - NENAI: Bus trip to Kearsarge Museum.
Warner, NH
Call: 508/791-5007
- July 19-20 - LIHA: 3d Annual Educational Activity Festival Weekend.
Sanbornton, NH
Call: 603/783-9922
- August 30-31 - LIHA: 27th Annual Labor Day Powwow.
Sanbornton, NH
Call: 603/783-9922
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VERMONT:
- July 26-27 - Abenaki of Mazipskwik & Related Bands. Powwow and Craft Fair.
Essex Junction, VT
Call: 802/868-5180
- August 16-17 - Dawnland Center Powwow.
Montpelier, VT
Call: 802/229-0601
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MASSACHUSETTS:
- May ??? - MA Center for NA Awareness. Annual Sigonomeg Powwow.
Middleboro, MA
Call: 617/884-4227
- May 3-4 - 3d Annual Honor Mother Earth Powwow. Intertribal Council; of Tolba Menahan.
Somerville, MA
Call: 617/391-0497
- May 10 - Planting Moon Observance. Chaubunagungamaug Council, Nipmuck Reservation.
Webster, MA
Call: 413/436-5596
- May 10-11 - 4th Annual Powwow, Stoneham High School.
Stoneham, MA
Call: 603/878-1368
- May 17-18 - GLICA: Spring Planting Festival. Tyngsboro/Dracut State Forest.
Tyngsboro, MA
Call: 603/878-1368
- May 24-25 - American Indianist Society (AIS) 29th Anniversary May Dance.
Spencer, MA
Call: 508/222-9157
- May 24-26 - Indian Plaza Powwow. Mohawk Trail
Charlemont, MA
Call: 413/339-4096
- May 24-26 - MA Center for NA Awareness. Annual Spring Planting Moon Powwow.
Topsfield, MA
Call: 617/884-4227
- May 31-June 1 - Worcester Intertribal Indian Center. WIIC Powwow.
Rutland, MA
Call: 508-754-4994
- June ??? - Cowasuck Band. Pennacook/Abenaki Spring Gathering.
Bellingham, MA
Call: 508/528-7629
- June 7-8 - Spirit of the Wolf Powwow. Saima Park.
Fitchburg, MA
Call: 508/345-9944
- June 7-8 - Wollomonuppoag Indian Council 23rd Annual Powwow. LaSalette Shrine Fairgrounds.
Attleboro, MA
Call: 508/822-5492
- June 14-15 - Worcester Indian Cultural Art Lodge Powwow.
Sterling, MA
Call: 508/754-3300
- June 20-22 - NENAI: Summer Solstice Spiritual Gathering. Sterling Springs Campground.
Sterling, MA
Call: 508/791-5007
- June 21-22 - MA Center for NA Awareness Annual Powwow. 4-H Campgrounds.
Westford, MA
Call: 617/884-4227
- June 21-22 - Two Sisters Powwow. Lowell Catholic High School Athletic Field.
Lowell, MA
Call: 508/459-7214
- June 28-29 - The Order for the Preservation of Indian Culture (TOPIC) 21st Annual Powwow.
Canton, MA
Call: 617/337-4308
- July 4-6 - Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council; Mashpee Powwow.
Frederick, MA
Call: 508/477-0208
- July 5 - Chaubunagungamaug Council: Strawberry Moon Festival & Potluck.
Webster, MA
Call: 413/436-5596
- July 5 - North Middlesex Indian Cultural Assoc.: Mini-Powwow.
Pepperell, MA
Call: 508/433-9733
- July 19-20 - Dighton Intertribal Council Powwow.
Somerset, MA
Call: 508/880-6887
- July 26-27 - Indian Plaza Powwow.
Charlemont, MA
Call: 413/339-4096
- July 27 - Hassanamesit Res: 44th Annual Native American Fair and Powwow.
Grafton, MA
Call: 508/393-2080
- August 2-3 - GLICA: Women's Gathering
Tyngsboro, MA
Call: 603/878-1368
- August 16-17 - Indian Plaza Powwow
Charlemont, MA
Call: 413/339-4096
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MAINE:
- May 24-25 - Light of the Morning Star Intertribal Powwow.
Brunswick, ME
Call: 207/443-1345
- July 4-6 - North Country Intertribal Powwow and Tipi Gathering.
Clinton, ME
Call: 207/938-4382
- July 5-6 - Eastern Woodland Intertribal Powwow.
Lebanon, ME
Call: 207/468-3525
- July 19-20 - Sheani Trading Post: 4th Annual Intertribal Sheani Powwow.
Limerick, ME
Call: 207/793-4801
- August 9-10 - The Little Bull 8th Annual Powwow.
York Beach, ME
Call: 207/363-7108
- August 9-10 - Pleasant Point Res.: 32nd Annual Indian Day Celebration.
Perry, ME
Call: 207/853-4641
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RHODE ISLAND:
- May 3 - NENAI. Bus Trip to Haffenraffer Museum.
Bristol, RI
Call: 508/791-5007
- June 8 - Strawberry Thanksgiving. Tomaquag Museum, Arcadia Village.
Exeter, RI
Call: 401/539-7795
- July 12-13 - Narragansett Nation: 6th Annual Narragansett Indian Powwow & Health Fair.
Westerly, RI
Call: 401/364-1100
- July 27 - Tomaquag Museum: Greenbean Thanksgiving
Exeter, RI
Call: 401/539-7795
- August 2-3 - American Indian Federation: 65th Annual Powwow.
Greenwich, RI
Call:401/231-9280
- August 9-10 - Narragansett Nation: 322nd Annual August Meeting/Green Corn Thanksgiving.
Charlestown, RI
Call: 401/364-1100
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CONNECTICUT:
- July
- August 15-17 - Mohegan Wigwam: Mohegan Powwow.
Uncasville, CT
Call: 203/848-5600
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OTHER INFORMATION AND LINKS:
IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY EVENTS THAT I HAVE MISSED PLEASE LET ME KNOW at: tsalagi@cyberportal.net
Thanks are given to Princess Winona and June Little Winona, Eastern Indian
Events Coordinators for preparing this schedule, and to
The Wandering Bull in Attleboro, Massachusetts for supplying the printed text.
Wandering Bull, Inc., is an American Indian Crafts & Supply Shop and also
provides mail order services. You can contact them at wandering_bull@prodigy.com
For Powwows outside the New England area, there is additional information
accessible through North American Powwows
Here is a link to Pond Lily's short story, The Gift of Silence.
Pond Lily is a traditional dancer, and the only Cherokee in the W'abenaki Dance Troupe in Vermont.
You have a special invitation from Sequoyah Guess to visit the website of the Tsalagi Cultural Center, Tahlequah, OK
For those of you who may be wondering, the powwow photo is from Grand Entry at the 1996
Gathering of Nations, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The photograph was taken by Jules Straight Eagle,
Pond Lily's husband - Pond Lily is on the floor dancing with a few thousand other dancers.
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