InWord Journeys



Native American Events
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah

(Call ahead to check for changes before you go.)

Navajo Dancer

YEAR ROUND
Weekends
Native dances and art demonstrations
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

JUNE 2010
5-12
Festival of Native American Culture
Arizona Archaeological Society presents various events throughout the Verde Valley; Sedona, Clarksdale and Camp Verde, AZ; http://www.festivalofnativeamericanculture.org

10-12
Ute Mountain Roundup
Rodeo, carnival, roundup dance; Montezuma County Fairgrounds, Cortez, CO; http://www.utemountainroundup.org

11-12
Old Fort Days
Navajo and Mescalero Apache arts and crafts, Navajo dances; Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument, NM

30th Anniversary Paiute Restoration Gathering and Powwow
Paiute Tribal Center, Cedar City, UT

7th Annual Eastern Navajo Arts and Crafts Festival
Foods from local plants, arts and crafts; Torreon, NM; http://www.jumpingsun.com/Enacf.htm

11-13
8th Annual Sky Ute Casino Resort Powwow
Dancing, drum contest, Miss Indian Colorado; Sky Ute Events Center, Ignacio, CO

13
San Antonio's Feast Day
Comanche or Corn dances, at various pueblos; Picuris, Sandia, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan), Santa Clara and Taos Pueblos, NM

14-19
14th Annual Sheep is Life Celebration
Workshops in Navajo arts and lifeways, sheep and wool exhibits, vendor and food booths; Dine College, Tsaile campus, AZ; http://www.navajolifeway.org

20-21
High Country Arts and Crafts Festival
Picuris Pueblo, NM

23
San Juan Feast Days
Corn dance, Comanche/Buffalo dance; Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan)Pueblo, NM

29
San Pedro Feast Day
Corn dances; Santa Domingo and Santa Ana Pueblos, NM

JULY 2010
2
77th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture
Hopi artists, food, cultural presentations, storytelling, music and dancing; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

Celebration of the Waterfall
Nambe Pueblo, NM

Mescalero Apache Ceremonial and Rodeo
Powwow, Dance of the Maidens, rodeo, parade; 575-464-4494; Ruidoso,NM

4-5
Arts and Crafts Fair
Picuris Pueblo, NM

9-11
Annual Intertribal Powwow
Arts and crafts booths, dance and drum contests; Taos Pueblo, NM

14
St. Bonaventure Feast Day
Corn dances; Cochiti Pueblo, NM

18-19
Little Beaver Celebration and Dances
Pro-Indian/Open rodeo, powwow, dances; 575-759-3242; Dulce, NM

25
Santiago Feast Day
Corn dance; Taos Pueblo, NM

26
Santa Ana Feast Day
Corn dance; Santa Ana and Laguna Pueblos, NM

Zuni Arts and Cultural Expo
Zuni Pueblo, NM

AUGUST 2010
2
St. Persingula Feast Day
Corn dance; 575-834-7235; Jemez Pueblo, NM

4
Santo Domingo Feast Day
Corn dance; 505-465-2214; Kewa Pueblo (formerly Santo Domingo), NM

7-8
61st Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture
Artists, storytellers, cultural demonstrations; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ; http://www.musnaz.org

9-10
San Lorenzo Feast Day
Sunset dances, pole climbing, arts and crafts; 575-587-2519; Picuris Pueblo, NM

11-15
Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial
Contest powwow, rodeo, juried art show and sales, parade; 505-863-3896; Red Rock State Park, Gallup, NM; http://www.theceremonial.com

12
Santa Clara Feast Day
Buffalo, Harvest or Corn dance; 505-753-7326; Santa Clara Pueblo, NM

12-13
Native American Heritage Days
Programs and speakers honor the original inhabitants of the canyon; 800-858-2808; Grand Canyon North Rim, AZ

13
Crownpoint Rug Auction
505-786-5302; Crownpoint Elementary School,NM

13-22
Santa Fe Indian Market
Native American art shows and sales, clothing contest, film series, lectures; 505-983-5220; Sante Fe, NM; http://www.swaia.org

15
The Assumption of Our Blessed Mother's Feast Day
Harvest dance, 505-552-6654, Mesita Village, Laguna Pueblo, NM; Corn dances, 505-867-3304, Zia Pueblo, NM

17-18
Navajo Nation Museum Nizhoni Art Market
Outdoor market and food fair; 928-810-8540; Windo Rock, AZ

28
St. Augustine Feast Day
Morning mass and procession, afternoon dances; 505-869-3111; Isleta Pueblo, NM

29
Elden Pueblo Field Day
Hands-on excavation, primitive technologies, hunting games, artifact analysis; Elden Pueblo Heritage Site, Flagstaff, AZ

SEPTEMBER 2010
2
St. Esteban Feast Day
Free Old Acoma Village tours, shuttle service from Sky City Casino; 888-759-2489; Acoma Pueblo, NM

4
St. Augustine Feast Day
Harvest dance, 505-869-3111, Isleta Pueblo, NM; Arts and crafts show, 505-465-2214, Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM; Social dances, 505-552-6654, Encinal Village, Laguna Pueblo, NM; Corn dance, 505-455-2273, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

4-5
Totah Festival
Juried art festival, powwow, Navajo rug auction; 800-448-1240; Farmington, NM; http://www.farmingtonnm.org

7-12
Navajo Nation Fair
Arts and crafts, baby contest, exhibits, horse racing, parade, rodeo, traditional song, dance, food; Window Rock, AZ

8-9
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day
Corn dance, 505-455-2273, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM; Harvest dance, 595-552-6654, Encinal Village, Laguna Pueblo, NM

9-12
Southern Ute Fair and Powwow
Sky Ute Fairgrounds, Ignacio, CO; http://skyutefairgrounds.com

10
Crownpoint Rug Auction
505-786-5302; Crownpoint Elementary School, NM

16-19
Utah Navajo Fair and Powwow
Bluff, UT; http://www.utahscanyoncountry.com

18
Native American Arts Auction
Hopi and Navajo art, food; 928-755-3475; Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado,AZ

19
St. Joseph's Feast Day
Buffalo, Eagle and social dances; 505-552-6654; Old Laguna Pueblo, NM

23-26
Southwest Navajo Fair
928-657-8100; Winslow, AZ; http://www.Dilkon.nndes.org

24-26
Montrose Indian Nations Powwow
Dancing, contests, cultural traditions; 970-249-5889; Montrose Fairgrounds, Montrose, CO

25
St. Elizabeth's Feast Day
Harvest and social dances; 505-552-6654; Laguna Pueblo, NM

29-30
San Geronimo Eve Vespers, San Geronimo Day
Traditional pole climbing; 575-758-9593; Taos Pueblo, NM

30-Oct. 3
Northern Navajo Nation Fair
Parade, fair, rodeo, arts and crafts, powwow; 505-368-3727; Shiprock, NM

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