NM2007 - Culture - Native American Events

Pueblo Etiquette

Each pueblo operates under its own individual government and establishes its own rules for visitors. Please obey all rules and regulations. Remember, the pueblos are regular communities and, like any village, they are homes to those who live there and should be respected as such. Although most pueblos are open to the public during daylight hours, the homes are private.

Contact each individual pueblo regarding its policy on photography. Ask permission of individuals before taking their photograph.

Dances are religious ceremonies, not performances. Please observe them with respect and quiet attention. Please do not talk during them, and especially refrain from talking to the dancers. Applause after dances is not appropriate.

On feast days, enter a pueblo home as you would any other — by invitation only. It is courteous to accept an invitation to eat, but do not linger at the table, as your host will probably want to serve many guests throughout the day. Thank your host, but a payment or tip is not appropriate.

Pueblo kivas and graveyards are not to be entered by non- Pueblo people.

Note: Dates of Feast Days do not change. All other activities subject to change. For confirmation, call the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center at (505) 843-7270, (800) 766-4405 or the pueblos or www.indianpueblo.org

Pueblos

Acoma — (800) 747-0181
Cochiti — (505) 465-2244
Isleta — (505) 877-0370
Jemez — (505) 834-7235
Jicarilla Apache — (505) 759-3242
Laguna — (505) 552-6654
Mescalaro Apache — (505) 464-4494
Nambe — (505) 455-2036
Navajo Nation (Alamo) — (505) 854-2686
Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) — (505) 852-4400
Picuris — (505) 587-2519
Pojoaque — (505) 455-3460
Sandia — (505) 867-3317
San Felipe — (505) 867-3381
San Ildefonso — (505) 455-3549
Santa Ana — (505) 867-3301
Santa Clara — (505) 753-7330
Santo Domingo — (505) 465-2214
Taos — (505) 758-1028
Tesuque — (505) 983-2667
Zia — (505) 867-3304
Zuni — (505) 782-7238

Native American Events Calendar

JUNE 2007

June 24: St. John’s Feast Day: Corn Dance at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) and Taos Pueblo.
June 29: St. Peter’s Feast Day: Corn Dance at Santa Ana.

JULY 2007

July 4: Mescalero Apache Maiden’s Puberty Rites and Mountain Spirits Dance at Mescalero.
July 13-15: Taos Pueblo Annual Intertribal PowWow.
July 14: St. Bonaventure’s Feast Day at Cochiti Pueblo: Corn Dance.
July 13-15: Jicarilla Apache Little Beaver Roundup & Rodeo and various dances in Dulce.
July 21-22: Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Crafts Fair at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).
July 25: Santiago Feast Day: Corn Dance at Taos.
July 26: Santa Ana Feast Day: Corn Dance at Santa Ana Pueblo; various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Seama).

AUGUST 2007

August 4: Santo Domingo Pueblo Feast Day: Largest Corn Dance in the Southwest.
August 8-12: Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial: Dances, parades, arts and crafts, and rodeo at Red Rock State Park near Gallup. 863-3896.
August 10: San Lorenzo Feast Day at Acoma Pueblo (Acomita); ceremonial foot race, pole climb, and dances at Picuris Pueblo.
August 10-12: Annual Arts and Cultural Expo, Zuni Pueblo.
August 12: Santa Clara Pueblo Feast Day: Buffalo, Harvest, or Corn Dance.
August 15: The Assumption of our Blessed Mother’s Feast Day: various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Mesita); Zia Pueblo Feast Day: Corn Dances.
August 28: San Augustine Feast Day at Isleta Pueblo; dances in the afternoon.
August 30-Sept. 2: Annual Zuni Tribal Fair at Zuni Pueblo.

SEPTEMBER 2007

September 1-3: Annual Arts & Crafts Show, Santo Domingo Pueblo.
September 2: San Estavan Feast Day: Harvest Dance at Acoma Pueblo.
September 4: Saint Augustine’s Feast Day: Harvest Dance at Isleta Pueblo.
September 8: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day: social dances at Laguna Pueblo (Encinal) and Corn Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
September 15: Gojiiya Feast Day/Stone Lake Fiesta and various Jicarilla Apache dances in Dulce.
September 19: St. Joseph’s Feast Day: Buffalo, Eagle and social dances at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna).
September 30: San Geronimo Feast Day: Trade fair, ceremonial foot races, and pole climb at Taos Pueblo.

OCTOBER 2007

October 4: St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day: Buffalo and Deer dances at Nambe Pueblo.
October 12-13: Alamo Navajo Indian Day at Alamo
October 17: St. Margaret Mary’s Feast Day: Harvest and social dances at Laguna Pueblo (Paraje).

NOVEMBER 2007

November 12: San Diego Feast Day: various dances at Tesuque Pueblo.
November 22: Christmas Light Parade at Zuni Pueblo.

DECEMBER 2007

December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day, Pojoaque Pueblo.
December 24-25: Christmas Celebrations: Spanish Dance drama Los Matachines at Picuris Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).
December 24: Sundown procession with bonfires at Taos Pueblo; entire Acoma Pueblo is lit with luminarias. After 10 a.m. Mass at Laguna, various dances; dances after midnight Mass at San Felipe, Santa Ana, and Tesuque pueblos. Buffalo Dance after Mass at Nambe.
December 25: Various dances at Tesuque Pueblo; Deer or Los Matachines dances at Taos and Picuris Pueblos; Matachines Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
December 26: Turtle Dance at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).

JANUARY 2008

January 1: Turtle Dance at Taos Pueblo, Corn Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cloud or Basket Dance at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).
January 6: King’s Day Celebration: Dances at Picuris Pueblo. Buffalo, Deer, and Antelope Dances at Nambe.Various dances at Sandia Pueblo; Deer or Buffalo dances at Taos Pueblo.
January 23: San Ildefonso Pueblo Feast Day: Buffalo, Comanche, and Deer dances.
January 25: St. Paul’s Feast Day: various dances at Picuris Pueblo.

FEBRUARY 2008

February 2: Candelaria Day Celebration at Picuris and San Felipe Pueblos.
First or second weekend in February: Governor’s Feast Day at Old Acoma Pueblo: various dances.

MARCH 2008

March 19: St. Joseph’s Feast Day: Harvest Dance and various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna).
March 23: Easter Sunday: Basket and Corn Dances at most pueblos. Bow and Arrow Dance after Mass at Nambe. Dances at Zia and San Ildefonso Pueblos.

APRIL 2008

April 24-26: Gathering of Nations PowWow at UNM, Albuquerque.

MAY 2008

May 1: St. Felipe’s Feast Day at San Felipe Pueblo: Corn Dance.
May 3: Santa Cruz’ Feast Day at Taos Pueblo: Blessing of the Fields and Corn Dance.
May 24-26: Jemez Pueblo: Annual Red Rocks Arts and Crafts Show.