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Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Pow Wow
Located at 31806 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
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
American Indian Heritage Celebration
Located at Gateway Hall, 344 Tully Rd. San Jose, CA 95111 For more information, please contact vmcloud@ihcscv.org
20th Annual Veterans Appreciation and Heritage Pow Wow
Hosted by Native American Veteran's Association (N.A.V.A.) Located at 4855 Tweedy Blvd, South Gate, CA 90280 For more information, call (888) 412-5997
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/
Native American Arts Festival Week
Hosted by Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Center
Welcoming Home the Birds
Located at Idyllwild Arts Academy 52500 Temecula Rd #38, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA 92549
The Indigenous Theater Festival
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…
Yurok Tribe’s 59th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival
6th Annual Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, & Indigenous LGBTQPAI+
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
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.
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