July 26, 2024 - July 28, 2024
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY, 11004
July 26-28, 2024
Celebrate American Indian Culture through music, dance, Native American crafts and food. This spectacular 3-day pow wow features intertribal Native American dance competitions by over forty Indian Nations. Program features an expansive market of authentic Native American art, crafts, jewelry and food (don’t miss the fry bread!). The Thunderbird American Indian Pow wow is an experience not to be missed, connecting the public to ancient Native American traditions and cultures and to each other.
The Pow wow includes 6 major dance categories for competing dancers. In addition, there are several other non-competitive dances such as Gourd Dance, Round Dance, Rabbit Dance, and demonstrations of various Iroquois, Pueblo and Apache dances. Each dance’s significance is explained to the public. The Grand Entry is a spectacular moment to experience the full regalia of these dancers. The bonfire on Friday and Saturday evenings is the culmination of these beautiful programs, where the audience is invited to join the dance circle. The bonfire is lit at dusk on Friday and Saturday between 8:00 pm–9:00 pm.
All event proceeds support Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Scholarship Fund and the Queens County Farm Museum Education Program.
Online tickets only. Advance purchase recommended as tickets are limited. Ticket is required to enter pow wow and craft/food market; no gate fee to enter farm grounds.
The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the oldest resident Native American dance company in New York. The troupe was founded in 1963 by a group of ten Native American men and women, all New Yorkers, who were descended from Mohawk, Hopi, Winnebago and San Blas tribes. The founders were “first generation,” meaning that their parents had been born on reservations. They founded the troupe to keep alive the traditions, songs and dances they had learned from their parents, and added to their repertoire from other Native Americans living in New York. The Thunderbirds pledged to help preserve and perpetuate the culture and traditions of the American Indian people through their songs and dances, and ceremonies and to bring before the general public a more realistic picture and greater understanding of the American Indian people. Members share a commitment to raising scholarships for young American Indian students.
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Date: July 26, 2024 - July 28, 2024
Location:
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY, 11004
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Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY, 11004
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A Pow Wow is a Native American tradition that brings together many different tribes and communities. Pow Wows are cultural celebrations that include dancing, singing, socializing, crafts, arts, and food.
Pow Wows listed on our calendar are open to the public!
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Submitted by Kelli Gowder on: December 18, 2023
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Pow Wow Last Update: December 18, 2023
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Update Attached is the Pow Wow flyer:
For our 60th Anniversary 44th Annual Thunderbird Grand Mid-Summer Pow Wow July 28-30, 2023The Thunderbirds decided to increase Dancer Contest Prizes:
DANCE CONTESTS: Adult Categories Men’s Traditional, Women’s Traditional, Men’s Grass Dance, Women’s Jingle, Men’s Fancy, Women’s Shawl:
1st $800, 2nd $500, 3rd $200
Young Men and Young Women (8-15) 1st $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $75
Tiny Tots (7 and under): 1st $50, 2nd $35, 3rd $20