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Pocumtuck Homelands Festival Fundraiser
Pocumtuck Homelands Festival Fundraiser

$408

Raised

Donations

$10,000

Goal

Please help us fund the 9th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music and Cultures, an important cultural and community event. The celebration takes place at Unity Park in Turners Falls (Great Falls), MA, at Peskeompskut, a Pocumtuck gathering place culturally, historically and spiritually significant to the tribes of the Northeast who came together every year to share the abundance of fish at the falls. This festival echoes the spirit of reunion and honors the First Peoples who lived and visited here for millennia. 


"Peskeompskut" by Robert Peters, who will be among the 30+ vendors at the festival this year and leading social dancing with Andre Strongbearheart Gaines, Jr. So much to look forward to! Indigenous people from different tribal nations share their own stories in their own words and help correct the 400 years of misleading education we were taught. We have a lot to learn and un-learn.  We celebrate the persistence and resilience of the First Nations. We learn and have fun at the same time!


Annawon Weeden, 2021 festival. Photo: Gillis MacDougall

This two-day event appeals to people of all ages and backgrounds. We invite outstanding Native American artists and crafts people, musicians, drummers, singers, authors, historians and story tellers. There will be children's activities, Eastern Woodlands skills demonstrations, social dancing and opportunities for learning and making and renewing friendships. 

Musicians will include Hawk Henries, Nipmuc flute player, Keith Secola,   Anishinaabe-American rock musician, and the Kingfisher Singers, Aquinnah Wampanoag and Narragansett.


Kingfisher Singers, Pocumtuck Homelands Festival 2021

 Story telling with Abenaki authors/scholars/Abenaki language teachers Jesse, Joseph, and Marge Bruchac. 

Drums in 2022: Black Hawk Singers, Iron River Singers, Wicozani 
Photo: Robert Arcand Children’s activities with Dan Shears, Nulhegan-Abenaki artist and historian. Eastern Woodlands skills demonstrations with Nipmuc artisan Andre Strongbearheart Gaines, Jr. Justin Beatty, emcee. History presentations by David Brule, Doug Harris, and Evan Pritchard. Drums in 2022: Black Hawk Singers, Iron River Singers, Wicozani


HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE GORGEOUS ARTWORKS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FROM OUR 30 PLUS VENDORS

from the Coldwind's Creations collection of Nipmuck artist 
Liz Coldwind Santana Kiser

Beaded earrings by Amalia FourHawks of FireHawk Native American Studios

MANY MORE beautiful Indigenous arts and crafts for sale. Family friendly. Free. Fun. Accessible.