Native American Events

JUNE 2006

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

29. St. Peter’s Feast Day: Corn Dance at Santa Ana.

JULY 2006

4. Mescalero Apache Maiden’s Puberty Rites and Mountain Spirits Dance at Mescalero; Celebration of the waterfall at Nambe Pueblo.

7-9. Taos Pueblo Annual Intertribal Powwow.

14. St. Bonaventure’s Feast Day at Cochiti Pueblo: Corn Dance.

14-16. Jicarilla Apache Little Beaver Roundup & Rodeo and Various Dances in Dulce.

15-16. Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Crafts Fair at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).

25. Santiago Feast Day: Corn Dance at Taos.

26. Santa Ana Feast Day: Corn Dance at Santa Ana Pueblo; St. Ann’s Feast Day: Harvest and various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Seama).

26-30. Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial: Dances, parades, arts and crafts and rodeo at Red Rock State Park near Gallup. 863-3896.

28-30. Annual Arts & Cultural Expo at Zuni Pueblo.

AUGUST 2006

4. Santo Domingo Pueblo Feast Day: largest Corn Dance in the Southwest.

10. San Lorenzo Feast Day at Acoma Pueblo (Acomita); Ceremonial Foot Race, Pole Climb and Dances at Picuris Pueblo.

12. Santa Clara Pueblo Feast Day: Buffalo, Harvest or Corn Dance.

15. The Assumption of our Blessed Mother’s Feast Day: Harvest and various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Mesita); Zia Pueblo Feast Day: Corn Dances.

24-27. Annual Zuni Tribal Fair at Zuni Pueblo.

28. San Augustine Feast Day at Isleta Pueblo; dances in the afternoon.

SEPTEMBER 2006

2. San Estavan Feast Day: Harvest Dance at Acoma Pueblo.

2-4. Annual Arts & Crafts Show at Santo Domingo Pueblo.

4. Saint Augustine’s Feast Day: Harvest Dance at Isleta Pueblo.

8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day: Social Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Encinal), and Corn Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.

15. Gojiiya Feast Day/Stone Lake Fiesta and various Jicarilla Apache Dances in Dulce.

19. St. Joseph’s Feast Day: Buffalo, Eagle and Social Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna).

30. San Geronimo Feast Day: Trade fair, ceremonial foot races and pole climb at Taos Pueblo.

OCTOBER 2006

4. St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day: Buffalo and Deer Dances at Nambe Pueblo.

6-7. Alamo Navajo Indian Day at Alamo.

17. St. Margaret Mary’s Feast Day: Harvest and Social Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Paraje).

NOVEMBER 2006

12. San Diego Feast Day: various Dances at Tesuque Pueblo.

23. Christmas Light Parade at Zuni Pueblo.

DECEMBER 2006

12. Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day, Pojoaque Pueblo.

24-25. Christmas Celebrations: Spanish Dance drama “Los Matachines” at Picuris Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).

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 Nambé.

25. Various dances at Tesuque Pueblo; Deer or Los Matachines Dances at Taos and Picurís pueblos; Matachines Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.

26. Turtle Dance at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).

JANUARY 2007

1. Turtle Dance at Taos Pueblo, Corn Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cloud or Basket Dance at Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo).

6. King’s Day Celebration: Dances at Picurís Pueblo. Buffalo, Deer and Antelope Dances at Nambé. Various dances at Sandia Pueblo; Deer or Buffalo dances at Taos Pueblo.

23. San Ildefonso Pueblo Feast Day: Buffalo, Comanche and Deer Dances.

25. St. Paul’s Feast Day: Various Dances at Picurís Pueblo.

FEBRUARY 2007

2. Candelaria Day Celebration at Picurís and San Felipe pueblos.

3-4. Governor’s Feast Day at Old Acoma Pueblo: Various dances.

MARCH 2007

19. St. Joseph’s Feast Day: Harvest Dance and various dances at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna).

APRIL 2007

8. Easter Sunday: Basket and Corn Dances at most pueblos. Bow & Arrow Dance after Mass at Nambé. Dances at Zia and San Ildefonso pueblos.

28-29. Gathering of Nations PowWow at UNM, Albuquerque.

MAY 2007

1. St. Felipe’s Feast Day at San Felipe Pueblo: Corn Dance.

3. Santa Cruz Feast Day at Taos Pueblo: Blessing of the Fields and Corn Dance.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. Jémez Pueblo: Annual Red Rocks Arts & Crafts Show.

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 visit the Web site www.indianpueblo.org. Phone numbers are in the 505 area code, unless otherwise noted.

PUEBLO PHONE NUMBERS

Acoma — (800) 747-0181
Cochití — 465-2244
Isleta — 877-0370
Jémez — 834-7235
Jicarilla Apache — 759-3242
Laguna — 552-6654
Mescalaro Apache — 464-4494
Nambe — 455-2036
Navajo Nation (Alamo) — 854-2686
Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) — 852-4400
Picurís — 587-2519
Pojoaque — 455-3460
Sandia — 867-3317
San Felipe — 867-3381
San Ildefonso — 455-3549
Santa Ana — 867-3301
Santa Clara — 753-7326
Santo Domingo — 465-2214
Taos — 758-1028
Tesuque — 983-2667
Zia — 867-3304
Zuni — 782-7238

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 they 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.