(powwow) NAWIHLA Native American Cultural Week

NAWIHLA Native American Cultural Week and Pow Wow will be held throughout the Haverhill / Newbury area for a week-long celebration.

It will begin on May 31 with a two-day pow wow.

WHEN:

May 31 – June 1, 2008

Saturday, May 31: 9 am - 5 pm

Sunday, June 1: 10 am to 5 pm

WHERE:

VFW Field*

2975 Dartmouth College Highway, Rt 10

North Haverhill, NH 03774

* In case of rain, the gym of the North Haverhill Town Building located next to the VFW field will be used.

INFO:

www.cowasuckabenaki.org/nawihla_pow_wow.htm

For More Information/Vendors, please contact

Nancy Millette at

ChiefMillette@CowasuckAbenaki.Org

or call (802)-392-8006

Gate Fee:

$5 adult

$3 children and seniors

Saturday Itinerary, 9 am – 5 pm:

Grand Entry: Noon

Performers:

Rez Dawgs drum

Mc -David White

Iroquois Traditional Dancers and Singers

Wolf Demo

Special performance around 2pm Aztec Dancers

Sunday Itinerary, 10 am – 5 pm:

Same as above without the Wolf Demo

18th Century Village, open 9 -5 each day

25+ Arts and Craft Vendors

Public Events:

-- The public is welcome to the pow wow as well as to all other events in the area this week.

-- Just some of the daily activities: approximately 30 arts vendors, traditional and non- traditional food venders, Drum Groups

-- Historic village will be constructed for the pow wow featuring:

Re-enactors from the Koasek El Nu Tribe.

Please bring your lawn chairs.

The public will be welcomed to participate in the dancing!

About NAWIHLA:

For hundreds of years, the Abenaki settled in the meadows on both sides of the CT River from Newbury, Vermont, to Haverhill, New Hampshire, where they harvested and traded with other nations.

After the wars, the Abenaki fled the meadows, but their presence is still there.

Many Abenaki families never left the area...they just hid their identity and blended in.

The name "Nawihla" means "I am returning home."

The People of the Koasek Nation are very pleased to invite you to this important place of our people.

Chief Nancy Millette is extremely please to be returing "home " to the place of her birth, as well as the place of her father's birth and many other family members.

" It is exciting to have this celebration with our people, my family and old highschool friends," said Chief Millette.

NAWIHLA!!