• Welcoming Home the Birds

    Located at Idyllwild Arts Academy 52500 Temecula Rd #38, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA 92549

  • Barona Traditional Gathering

    Barona Band of Mission Indians Reservation 1095 Barona Road, Lakeside, CA, United States
  • Inlandia Institutes presents – Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance

    Riverside Main Library 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, United States

    FREE • Arts Walk • Thursday, November 2 • 7–8 PM, doors open at 6:30 Riverside Public Library Community Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside 92501 Collecting over twenty-five essays written by more than fifteen California Indian  authors, Know We Are Here surveys many of the ways California’s Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of…

  • Singing The Birds 2024

    Palm Springs High School 2401 E. Baristo Rd., Palm Springs, CA, United States

    Singing The Birds presented by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Singing, dancing, food, vendors and exhibitors. Free admission.

  • Malki Museum Kewet

    Malki Museum 11795 Malki Rd. Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA, United States
  • California Indian Day Celebration: In Collaboration with Sherman Indian High School

    Sherman Indian High School 9010 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, United States

    Next week, September 19th, join the center for their California Indian Day celebration in collaboration with Sherman Indian High School. They will be set up in the Kellogg Plaza, where they will host CA native food tastings, intertribal drum, bird singing, dancing and more! Come out and join in!

  • Indigenous Ocean Day

    Birch Aquarium 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, California

    Míiyuyam Chóo’onum hello everyone! 'Ataaxum Pomkwaan's team will be here this day presenting with Priscilla Sawah. Please join the organization at the Birch Aquarium for their Indigenous Ocean Day on Saturday November 23rd 11:00am-5:00pm! They will be having medicinal plant information, tule boat making, and bird singers come out this day!

  • Sukutt Menyil Fiesta 2024

    Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation 66725 Martinez Rd, Thermal, CA, United States

    Bird singing, peon games, horseshoe competition, vendors, and talent show.

  • “Old Man Joe” NYE Bird dance and Peon games

    Morongo Bird House

    The Morongo Bird Singers are having their gathering this year on New Year's Eve. Come and bring in the new year with bird dance, peon games and good food. For more info call Walter Holmes: (760) 992-4148

  • Bird Singing and Oral Tradition

    Agua Caliente Cultural Museum 140 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA, United States

    Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6 p.m. Bird Singing and Oral Tradition Agua Caliente Bird Singers, along with Tribal Members from other Bird Singing groups, discuss the importance of this oral tradition and cultural practice, sharing collective histories and stories across generations.

    $15
  • Singing the Birds

    Palm Springs High School 2401 E. Baristo Rd., Palm Springs, CA, United States

    Singing the Birds (Wikitmallem Tahmuwhae): Bird Song and Dance Festival Agua Caliente Welcomes Everyone! Saturday January 25, 2025 Palm Springs High School 2401 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262

  • 2nd Annual Southwestern College Powwow

    Southwestern College 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA, United States

    The 2nd Annual Southwestern College Pow Wow will feature Native American dancing, drumming, foods, and arts and crafts. Additional Direction Information: Southwestern College Soccer Field 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Lot T (General, Accessible, Vendor & Head Staff Parking) Lot G (Accessible & Overflow Parking) Program: Bird Singers: 10 a.m. Gourd Dancing:…

  • 2025 Youth & Social Pow Wow

    Miramar College - Hourglass Community Field 10440 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, California

    Open to the Community! Join for a day of Native American Traditional Drumming, Dancing, Food Vendors, Arts & Craft Vendors, and more! Schedule: 10 am Bird Singing; 11 am Open Gourd Dancing; 12 pm Grand Entry; 1-8 pm Inter-Tribal Dancing For more information, contact: carlatourville@yahoo.com

  • NDN Girls Book Club – Poetry Lounge and Land Back Fundraiser

    Junior High Los Angeles 603 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, California

    READING | $15 | ALL AGES | Join NDN Girls Book Club for a poetry lounge & small Native artisans market on March 29th, 7:30-10pm. The event will feature a lineup of Native women authors with debut books out 2024-2025, a food truck, a live DJ, free books from NDN Girls Book Club, and a…

    $15
  • 53rd Annual San Diego State University Powwow

    Ellen Ochoa Pavillion 115 West Commons, Campanile Dr, San Diego, California

    Saturday, April 12, 2025 SDSU Main Campus - TBD 11 a.m. - Gourd Dance Noon - Grand Entry 1 - 6 p.m. - Dance Exhibitions & Honorings 6 p.m. - Bird Singing 8 p.m. - Approximate End The pow wow includes dance contests, cultural displays, arts and craft booths, food vendors, and various informational booths. …

  • Balboa Park Powwow – Save the Date!

    Balboa Park President's Way & Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, United States

    The Annual Balboa Park Powwow will take place May 10-11, 2025, from 10 am 6 pm both days. As always, the event will be located at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. As a Native American, you and your family are eligible to have a vendor’s booth at this event and the…

  • 42nd Annual UCR Pow Wow

    University of California, Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St., Riverside, CA, United States

    May 23-25, 2025 University of California, Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St. Riverside, CA 92507 Parking in Lot 26 *Admission is Free & Open to the Public* All Dancers, Drums, and Bird Singers Welcome!!! More Pow Wow information TBA

  • Kewet

    Malki Museum 11795 Malki Rd. Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA, United States

    Malki’s annual Fiesta is a time of gathering together to share culture and traditions. It is also the major fundraising event for the Museum. Each year hundreds of both natives and non-natives come to participate in this unique event which has been an annual celebration since 1966, when the Kewét (the Cahuilla word for fiesta)…

  • Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Festival Week

    Idyllwild Arts 52500 Temecula Road, Idyllwild, CA, United States

    THREE-TIME U.S. POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO HEADLINES THIS YEAR’S NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL WEEK AT IDYLLWILD ARTS, STARTING MONDAY JUNE 16 Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Festival Week takes place at the Idyllwild Arts campus Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20, 2025. Led by Executive Director Shaliyah Ben (Diné), this week-long celebration, held every summer for…

  • Welcoming Home the Birds

    Idyllwild Arts 52500 Temecula Road, Idyllwild, CA, United States

    This annual family friendly free event will commence at 5 pm with an artist marketplace where you can shop and support Native Artists directly. We will also convene a mini book fair welcoming Native authors and publishers. Visit non-profit booths and learn more about community and organizational partners. A few partners include: News from Native…

  • San Pasqual Reservation Gathering

    San Pasqual Ball Fields 27315 N. Lake Wohlford Rd., Valley Center, CA, United States

    The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians presents their San Pasqual Reservation Gathering, featuring Bird Singers, Games for kids, Watermelon Eating Contest, Grease Pole, Tug of War, and Peon Games at Dusk! All are welcome to attend. For more information, check the following: Event Inquiries: DESIREEM@SANPASQUALTRIBE.ORG Vendor Inquiries: ANGELINAA@SANPASQUALTRIBE.ORG Bird Inquiries: DESTINEEM@SANPASQUALTRIBE.ORG

  • 2025 San Manuel Pow Wow

    CSU San Bernardino 5500 University Pkwy, San Bernardino, United States

    San Manuel Pow Wow is a three-day celebration free to the public and features Southern California traditional bird singers and dancers, as well as North American and Canadian dancers and drum singing groups. In addition, there is also vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from all across North America and Canada. Since its beginning…

  • Nights on the Oasis Trail

    Agua Caliente Cultural Museum 140 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA, United States

    Nights on the Oasis Trail Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (last entry at 8:00 p.m.) Interpretive walks with Tribal Rangers along the Oasis Trail Bird Singing After-hours gallery viewing and late night Museum Store hours Activities Local Tasting Bites Glow-in-the-dark souvenir

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