POWWOW Calendar

The Great Mohican Powwow Headlines a Great Weekend of Powwows

Steve Mohan in Native Currents. Discussion »

LOUDONVILLE, OHIO – With Labor Day having past and the kids going back to school there are still great powwows to be had. Fall has started to come and with beautiful weather in much of the United States the Great Mohican Powwow shows us that it does not have to be the middle of summer to have a great powwow weekend.

This is the 28th annual Great Mohican Powwow and each year they bring their best to the table. This year there will be over 9000 dollars in prize money awarded in many events. Arvel Bird, who is better known as Lord of the Strings, will bring his great talents as a Native violinist, flutist, and storyteller. He was named best artist at the Native American Music Awards in 2007.

Mohicans are an Eastern Algonquian tribe that originally settled around the Hudson River Valley. After the Revolutionary War most of the Mohicans moved westward under the protection of the Iroquois and that is how many of them moved to the Ohio area where a small portion of them are now.

The Great Mohican Powwow is often one of the top powwows in the United States every year and there is no doubt this big celebration will continue to impress this weekend.

POWWOW Calendar

28th Annual Great Mohican Powwow
23270 Wally Road
Loudonville, OH
September 14 - 16

Annual Native Harvest Festival and Powwow
1600 Attawandaron Rd
London, Ontario
September 14 - 16

Mountain Heritage Powwow
621 Micaville Loop
Micaville, NC
September 14

Healthy Families Powwow
Daniels Park
Denver, CO
September 14 - 16

Spirit of the Dance Powwow
2616 SE Dixie Hwy
Stuart, FL
September 14 - 16

23rd Annual Utah Navajo Fair and Powwow
US Highway 191
Bluff City, UT
September 14 - 15

59th Annual Chicago Powwow
Busse Woods Forest Preserve
Elk Grove Village, IL
September 15 - 16

Celebration of the Future
6265 West SR 48
Jasonville, IN
September 15 - 16

Paw Paw Moon Native American Gathering
George Rodgers Clark Park
Springfield, OH
September 15 - 16

Ramapough Lenape Nation
1304 Sloatsburg Rd
Ringwood, NJ
September 15 - 16

Muddy Run Powwow
178 Bethesda Church Rd
Holtwood, PA
September 15 - 16

SDSU 22nd Annual Wacipi
Swiftel Center
Brookings, SD
September 15 - 16

posted September 12, 2012 6:50 am edt