City of Hawaiian Gardens 22nd Annual Robert Canada Friendship Pow Wow

City of Hawaiian Gardens  22nd Annual Robert Canada Friendship Pow Wow All Dancers and Drums Welcome. August 20 and 21, 2022 Saturday, 12 noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, 12 noon to 6 p.m. Furgeson Elementary School Baseball Field 22215 S. Elaine Avenue Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716 Cost: Free

Klamath Salmon Festival

The Salmon Festival begins with the free Ney’ Puey 5K Run at 10:00 am. At 10:30 am, watch the Salmon Festival parade then enjoy a salmon dinner cooked in a traditional Yurok way. This is a family-friendly, free festival. Attendees will also enjoy watching the highly competitive Stick Game Tournament. (The Stick Game is played…

20th Annual Santa Rosa Days

Located at the New Facility-Yokut Hall For more information, please contact (559) 924-1559 or (559) 362-1854

Acorn Festival

Hosted by the Tuolumne Band of Me-wuk Indians Located at Tuolumne Rancheria For more information, please call (209) 928-5329

Moompetam American Indian Festival

This celebration features traditional cultural craft demonstrations, storytelling, music, and dance. The festival celebrates indigenous California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Chumash, Acjachemen, Costanoan, Luiseño, and Kumeyaay. Located at the Aquarium of the Pacific Buy tickets here: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/visit/tickets For more information, call (562) 590-3100, ext. 0

2022 California Native American Day

Save the date for the 2022 California Native American Day celebration at the state capitol. Check the website for additional details as the date approaches. https://californianativeamericanday.com/

NAHC’s 50th Anniversary Powwow

Located at Merritt College, 12500 Campus Dr. Oakland CA 94619 For more information, please contact catherinew@nativehealth.org, or call (510) 434-5491

Aises Powwow

Free public event, non-competition, all welcome. Located at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs CA (Outside on the East Lawn)

Auburn Big Time-Pow Wow

The Auburn Big Time-Pow Wow (ABTPW) attracts people from diverse indigenous nations to gather for the purpose of honoring the traditions of their ancestors. This event inspires cultural pride and provides an opportunity for tribal families to come together to celebrate significant life events; exchange arts and crafts; and to sing, dance, and teach tribal…

Malki Museum Fall Gathering

Located at Malki Museum, 11-795 Malki Rd, Banning CA 92220 For more information, please call (951) 849-7289

2022 American Indian Film Festival

Celebrating its 47th annual November 4 - 12, 2022, the San Francisco based festival has become a trusted guide to contemporary Native American life. A reliable, celebratory and empowering event, the Festival’s array of programs – films, workshops, receptions, awards show – work to replace stereotypes with authentic representations of Native traditions, history and present-day…

2022 Ridgecrest Pow Wow & Petroglyph Festival

Located at Leroy Jackson Park, Ridgecrest, CA, 93555 All drums and dancers welcome. Head staff: host drum- Bear Springs; MC- Glen Begay, Navajo; arena director- Dean Webster, Ojibwe & Oneida; headman Robert Piper, Paiute; headwoman- Aurora Toledo, Paiute & Shoshone. For more information please contact Pete Whitehorse at phone 760-953-7010.

CINC Gathering Under the Stars

Hosted by California Indian Nations College Located at UCR Palm Desert, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211 For more information, please contact RMariano@CINCollege.org or (760) 834-0593

CANCELED – Joshua Tree Writers Festival

This event will be a celebration of writers, books, readers, and ideas inspired by our deserts and Joshua Tree National Park. Writers Ruth Nolan and Claire Vaye Watkins will be key note panelists along with a impressive group of writers who will read from their works. These writers include Caryn Davidson, Susan Rukeyser, Rahsaan Diaz,…

16th Annual LA Skins Fest

The prestigious LA Skins Fest ranks among the country’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and critics. The LA Skins Fest is considered a major launching ground for Indian Country’s most talked about films. Founded in 2007, the LA Skins Fest, presented in the historic TCL…

Native Voices Poetry Festival

Hosted by the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, Inc. and Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Center Located at 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave, Banning CA

Ohlone Big time Gathering & Pow Wow

Located at Tony Cerda Park 400 W. Grand Ave Pomona CA 91766 For more information, visit https://www.costanoanrumsen.org/

Welcoming Home the Birds

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

The Indigenous Theater Festival

Mt. San Antonio College 1100 N. Grand Avenue, Walnut, CA, United States

The Inaugural Indigenous Theater Festival is a 2-day event to be held on Wednesday, July 19 at 2 p.m. and Thursday, July 20 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. The event will be hosted by the Mt. SAC First Peoples Native Center and will feature the Luke Madrigal Indigenous Storytelling…

6th Annual Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, & Indigenous LGBTQPAI+

The Autry Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States

ALLING ALL TWO SPIRIT, INDIGIQUEER, AND INDIGENOUS LGBTQPAI+ PEOPLE! SUNDAY OCTOBER 8, 2023 10AM - 5:00PM Autry Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027 Theme: Two Spirit and Loved. Join us for our 6th annual Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, & Indigenous LGBTQPAI+ festival! Show how you are Two Spirit and…

Native Arts Expo 7

Mendocino Art Center 45200 Little Lake St, Mendocino, CA, United States

The Native Arts Expo features both emerging and experienced Native Artists and offers an opportunity to learn about traditional and contemporary Native Art in an intimate setting. Contemporary and traditional native artists - jewelry, apparel, textiles, graphic art, painters, glass works, baskets Musical performances Traditional Pomo dancing Exhibits and workshops (basket weaving, painting, tule boat…

American Indian Film Festival

The American Indian Film Festival showcases feature films, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos and public service works of Native American/American Indians by filmmakers all around the world.

LA Skins Fest

TCL Chinese Theater 6935 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, United States

Once again, this year’s festival will offer a week-long series of events throughout Hollywood. The film festival will premier exciting new indigenous films, present the 12th Annual Native Media Awards Celebration, provide the 13th Writers Pitch Fest and host indigenous filmmakers from around the world.

Annual Me-Wuk Indian Acorn Festival

Tuolumne Mi Wu Street, Tuolumne Rancheria, Tuolumne, CA, United States

The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians invites you to the Annual Acorn Festival, a traditional celebration of the black oak acorn harvest with California traditional dancers, hand games tournament, Native arts & crafts, more. No pets, drugs, or alcohol allowed. Starts: September 14, 2024 Ends: September 15, 2024 Occurs: Every 1 day Location: Tuolumne Mi Wu…

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