WAMPANOAG EXPERIENCE
POWWOW
OCTOBER 5, 2024
10AM – 5PM
Because we look forward to the continued educational opportunities from our collaboration with Annawon Weeden and other members of Indigenous communities, RTB is proud to announce that we are hosting another powwow!
This year, on October 5th from 10AM to 5PM, RTB will be the site of the Wampanoag Experience Powwow 2024.
This year the powwow will focus on highlighting Native skills and practices, history, food, and arts and crafts. Like in 2022, this beautiful event will include Native song and dance – with a return of the Wampanoag Singers and Dancers! – and crafts, Native vendors, foods, storytelling, drumming, and demonstrations of skills and cultural Wampanoag practices.
The wetu – the traditional home of the Wampanoag people – will be our central point as well this year, this one built by Annawon and RTB community members in 2022. The powwow will also feature a farmers market with local food and wares, children’s activities and engagement area, and local non-profit organizations sharing their knowledge around environmental and social justice work. In addition, the Native Conservancy Council will be present. They are pillars in the Native community; RTB wants them to have space to educate, prosper, and share in our community!
Annawon Weeden is joined in our Native Planning Committee (NPC) by Eleanor “Toodie” Coombs and Gertrude “Kitty” Hendricks, both Mashpee Wampanoag women, and by several, non-Native RTB teammates. The powwow will be a reflection of the wonderful Native nation whose members are still living in the community, where we farm and create community. This wonderful opportunity of having a Native Planning Committee is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
In September 2022, RTB hosted our first traditional Wampanoag Experience Powwow, emceed and organized with Annawon Weeden, a Mashpee Wampanoag presenter and performing artist. The powwow focused on being a bridge building and educational experience to many folks that had never experienced a powwow previously.
This was done by highlighting Native approaches to environmental sustainability, community and governance, history, food, and arts and crafts. This beautiful event included Native song, dance, crafts, foods, a farmers market, children’s activities, storytelling, drumming, and a dedication to the newly constructed wetu built by Annawon, with help from Native and non-Native community members. Some highlights included a wampum demo with Darius Coombs, a Native foods cooking demo with Eleanor “Toodie” Coombs, the Eastern Sons drummers, and Wampanoag Nation singers and dancers. The powwow was our largest event turnout to date, with over 2,000 beautiful and diverse people in attendance.
Tickets are now available right here on our website! Click here to purchase!
Wampanoag Experience Powwow
$0.00 – $5.00
This year the powwow will focus on highlighting Native skills and practices, history, food, and arts and crafts. This beautiful event will include Native song and dance – with a return of the Wampanoag Singers and Dancers! – and crafts, Native vendors, foods, storytelling, drumming, and demonstrations of skills and cultural Wampanoag practices.
This is a Rain or Shine event!
In addition, Kitty Hendricks is the clerk for the Native Conservancy Council, which will be present along with the Native Youth Council, at the powwow. These groups are pillars in the Native community. RTB wants them to have space to educate, prosper, and share in our community!
General Admission – $5
Children 10 years old and under – FREE
(please “purchase” free tickets for kids so we can have accurate numbers)