The public is invited to attend the Annual Pow-wow and Crafts Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and
11, 2016 as we Celebrate 28 years at Plug Pond, off Mill Street, Haverhill, MA. Gates Open from 11AM to 5PM daily.
Musical entertainment will The Wolf Cry Singers on Saturday. They will sing and hand drum a Native songs and a few Contemporary Favorites. We’ll also have Medicine Mammal Singers on Sunday who will perform traditional and contemporary Native songs accompanied by guitars, hand drums, rattles and rain sticks.
The Split Feather Singers and The Storm Boyz will be our drum groups providing the music for the dance demonstrations and inter-tribal dancing. The drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth and without the drum groups we wouldn’t be able to hold a pow-wow.
Mashee Wampanoag artist and craft maker, Kerri Helme will make clay pinch pots with the children. Bring your children over to her table to make a small traditional pot. Additional craft offerings by Kerri will include corn husk dolls. More craftmaking will be offered at the tipi with Loril Moondream and Peter White Fox.
For educators and interested adults, an interactive educational workshop will be presented by Claudia Fox Tree, M.Ed. – Arawak (Yurumein). Interactive conversations are held for about 30 minutes about First Nations People (Native American) identity, culture, and history with this professional educator. Attendees will also learn and discover First Nations female role-models and their contributions to contemporary society and Native American history and culture. It will begin around 11:30 AM each day.
You will enjoy intertribal dancing, dance-style demonstrations, drumming & singing, visits inside the tipi; canoe and kayak rides, storytelling, self-directed Native games, information, resource, and membership tables, arts and crafts for sale. There will also be traditional Native foods offered for sale.
Adult Donation: $5.00, Seniors & MCNAA Members: $4.00; Children (4-12 years) $3.00; Children 3 years and under: FREE. Parking: FREE
Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. For more information, please contact the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Inc. at 617-642-1683 or mcnaa@aol.com or visit the website at www.mcnaa.org
