Upcoming Events
The Bronx Native American Festival
The 11th Annual Bronx Native American Festival will feature singers, dancers, musicians, and storytellers from cultures throughout the Americas. These experienced performance artists, through dance, song, and story-telling, will celebrate the harvest, the season, and teach about the spirit and culture of Native traditions.
The Bronx Native American Festival is funded through grants and through Federal Community Development Funds (through the Pelham Bay Park Administration). If you’d like to donate to the Festival, you may do so here: https://pelhambaypark.givingfuel.com/bronx-native-american-festival
The Friends of Pelham Bay Park are the fiscal conduit for the Bronx Native American Festival.
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80th Annual Shinnecock Powwow
Come join us for the 80th Annual Shinnecock Indian Powwow this Labor Day Weekend! As a top-five powwow of the year by Powwows.com, we are proud to offer cultural and traditional experiences like no other. Native arts, crafts, and food will all be available for attendees to enjoy, and our vibrant community of dancers and drummers from across Indian Country will showcase their passion and skill. Experience the unique celebration of Native American traditions that only the Shinnecock Powwow can offer.
$20 per adult
$10 for children between the ages of 5-12, seniors over 65, and military personnel with ID
Free admission for children under the age of 5
Cash or Credit Accepted at the Gate for entry
Free Parking
Drug and Alcohol Free Event
No Pets Except Service Animals with documentation
No drones allowed
Drum & Dance Contests & Dance Specials with over $50,000 in Prize Money
Camping available for vendors, dancers, drummers, and entertainment
Open
Friday 3pm-11pm
Saturday, Sunday - 10am-11pm
Monday 10am-6pm
Sunset Fire Lighting
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Grand Entry
7pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday
12:30pm Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Host Drums
Wicozani
Youngblood Singers
Flutist/Smoke Dance Singer
Wayashti Richardson
Guest Singer
Henu Josephine Tarrant
SCHEMITZUN: FEAST OF GREEN CORN AND DANCE
The Green Corn Dance
There are a number of scattered references to the Green Corn Dance of Green Corn feast of the Indians in this area. It is possible to pick out some of the elements of this ceremony from local references, but one must look to other areas in which analogous ceremonies occurred to get an idea of what the complete ceremony was like.
The Green Corn ceremony was apparent the culmination of a series of ceremonies held to ensure a good harvest. It was often a prelude to war, for at that time the warriors had corn to carry along to supply their wants while raiding the enemy’s fields.
In 1669, after the Narragansett Sachem Ninegret gave a “Great Dance” at the time of the ripping of corn, it was rumored that the Indians were planning to rise up and attack their COLONIAL neighbors. Thomas Stanton said that the plot had been “hatched” at one of the winter ceremonies at Robin Cassacinamon’s (MASHANTUCKET) village in the town of Groton, when Indians from Mohegan, Long Island, Rhode Island, and Block Island had gathered there for the “dance”. He believed that the plot was to be “fully concluded when Ninegret great dance was to be, and their presently enacted when green Indian corn was high enough to make them breaded of”.
When Ninegret was questioned about the “great dance” for which his daughter had issued invitations and had planned to build three great wigwams, he answered, “ As to his present making a great dance, that it was known to us that it was not unusual practice, it being their manner of invocation in the time of the growing of their corn, until it be near ripe, that they might have a plentiful harvest.”
Tired of the questioning Ninegret added that there was never a mount hope indian there; but that phillip did send to cocumscusett for an old man to teach or inform his men in a certain dance, and he wonders that it is not taken for a plot.
Ninegret’s statement as well as other references all indicate that there was no fixed date for the final ceremony. The time of the ripping of the corn undoubtable determined it. Wessener said, “ They celebrate the new August moon by another festival as their harvest then approaches”. Waterman said, “they dance all night”.
Apparently even from the earliest times, Indians from other Tribes and Colonists enjoyed attending the various dances.
Spiderwoman Theater Announces 50th Anniversary Block Party Pow Wow
Spiderwoman Theater will commemorate its 50th Anniversary with Spiderwoman Theater's Block Party Pow Wow: An Indigenous Celebration August 15. The family-friendly afternoon of art, culture, heritage, and neighborhood unity will be held from 1-5 PM at the border of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, on DeGraw Street between Court and Smith Streets.
Spiderwoman Theater is the oldest continually-running Native feminist theatre company in the Americas. Its founders, the Miguel sisters, chose this location to honor the vibrant Native community that called Boerum Hill, Red Hook, and Cobble Hill home in the 1930s through the '50s, including Mohawks from Kahnewake and the Western tribes.
The block party will consist of Indigenous dancers, drummers, and singers such as the NYC drum, SilverCloud Singers, and MC Louis Morse of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers. There will also be neighborhood vendors, speakers, and screened excerpts of Spiderwoman's work, including Tipi Tales from the Stoop, a solo show by Murielle Borst-Tarrant. The event is curated by Josephine Tarrant.
In addition to celebrating the Spiderwoman's 50th anniversary, the Block Party Pow Wow will also be held in honor of Spiderwoman Theater co-founder Gloria Miguel's 100th birthday. The event is free to the public with no reservations required.
Mohegan Wigwam Festival 2026
Each year, the Mohegan Tribe celebrates its culture with Native American dancers, artisans, and families from across the country travel to participate in this family-friendly celebration of cultural traditions, heritage, and community. The two-day event features traditional Native American crafts, foods, and dance competitions, all set in a historic and welcoming outdoor setting.
The Wigwam Festival is located at Fort Shantok, rain or shine. Parking is free and located off-site. Parking is at Saint Bernard School, and shuttles will run throughout the day each day. There will also be a pick-up/drop-off location at Mohegan Sun’s hotel lobby for hotel guests. No dogs, alcohol, or drugs allowed. Not responsible for accidents, damages, or lost and stolen property.
46th Roasting Ears of Corn Festival
Experience one of the region's longest-running celebrations of Native American culture at the Roasting Ears of Corn Festival on August 15 & 16, 2026, at the Museum of Indian Culture, located at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown, PA 18103.
Gates open to the public at 10:00 a.m. each day, with the Grand Entry beginning at 12:00 noon. Emcee David White Buffalo of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (South Dakota) will welcome dancers into the arena for a day of traditional Native American drumming, singing, and dancing.
This year's featured performers include three-time Grammy Award winner Bill Miller, performing at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and Inca flutist Sicanni Purizaca, performing both days at 1:30 p.m. Featured dance performances include The Salinas Family from Mexico City and Traditional Aztec Dancers.
Visitors can also explore a vibrant marketplace featuring Native artisans and vendors offering sweetgrass, handcrafted Zuni and Navajo silver jewelry, wampum jewelry, beadwork, Kachina dolls, pottery, leather goods, T-shirts, and much more.
Admission:
• Adults: $10
• Seniors (62+): $7
• Youth (Ages 11–17): $7
• Children 10 and under: Free
• Museum members: Free with membership card
Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY
This family and kid-friendly event will offer participants an opportunity to learn traditional indigenous crafts, and gain exposure to contemporary indigenous cultures.
This activity is first come, first served.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Bronx Council on the Arts.