12th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival

We are excited to announce that on August 2 and 3 the12th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures will take place once again. Outstanding presentations by Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, beautiful flute music by Nipmuck flute maker Hawk Henries, Akwesasne singer Theresa Bear Fox, Abenaki singer-songwriter Bryan Blanchette, Wampanoag artist and performer Annawon Weeden to lead social dancing, the intertribal Iron River Singers, and Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nuioka, a Hawaiian dance ensemble (Sunday only). We host about 40 outstanding Indigenous artists in a colorful and diverse marketplace that extends the full length of the riverside bike path on both sides. Among our food vendors will be Sherry Pocknett, Mashpee Wampanoag James Beard prize-winning chef. So many outstanding artists and authors will be present. We will have history talks and children's activities, including a tent with Kitty Hendricks-Miller, a Mashpee Wampanoag teacher who recently appeared as herself on PBS’s Molly of Denali. We attract about 6000 people of all ages and backgrounds. It is a wonderful, uplifting event people look forward to every year. We hope to see you there. Volunteers will be needed. Please contact us at bm9sdW1iZWthcHJvamVjdCB8IGdtYWlsICEgY29t if you can help us.

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