Calendar of Events

2020-2021 Native American Holidays and Annual Events


  • Indigenous People's Day - October 12, 2020

  • Native American Heritage Month- November 2020

  • Rock Your Mocs- Week of November 15, 2020

  • Rock your Braids- November 22, 2020

  • Strawberry Moon/Strawberry Thanksgiving- June 2021

  • Herring Day- May 2021 (Proposed)

  • Quahog Day- June 21, 2021 (Proposed)

  • Mashpee Wampanoag 100th Pow-Wow- July 2-4, 2021 (Proposed)



Calendar of Holidays (web-holiday.com/native/calendar-of-holidays)

Jan- Midwinter Ceremony (Iroquois)

Jan or Feb- The Powamu Festival (Hopi)

End of Winter- Navajo Mountain Chant (Navajo)

March- Athabascan Stick dance (Athabascan)

Mid-April- Thunder Ceremony (Iroquois)

May or Jun- Ute Bear Dance (Ute)

Jun or Jul- Sun Dance (various tribes)

Summer- Green Corn Festival (various tribes)

July- Niman Kachina (Hopi)

Dec 22- Soyal (Hopi and Zuni)

Jul- Girls Sunrise Ceremony (Apache )

Aug- The Crow Fair (Crow)

Aug- Flute Ceremony (Hopi)

Aug or Sep- Snake Dance (Hopi)

Sep-Acorn Festival (Miwok)

Nov- Night Chant /Nightway (Navajo)

Nov- Wuwuchim Ceremony (Hopi)

Nov or Dec-Shalako Ceremony (Zuni)

various dates: Pow Wow (various tribes) Please visit Powwows.com for scheduled Pow-Wows