Event Information

Annual Pow Wow & Native Harvest Festival

Opening Concert Friday, September 16th
from 7:00pm-9:00pm featuring Derek Miller

Saturday, September 17th from 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, September 18th from 10:00am-5:00pm

FREE ADMISSION! (Donations Welcome)
Limited on-site parking

The Museum of Ontario Archaeology

1600 Attawandaron Road, London Ontario
Phone: 519-473-1360

The Story

This three day event features traditional First Nations dancers, singers, drummers and artists on the Museum's Native village site, where about 2000 Neutral Iroquoians lived in the mid-1600's.

Visitors can experience and take part in a variety of activities including aboriginal dancing, music & artists workshops, storytelling, historical demonstrations, aboriginal cooking demonstration, and children's activities. First Nation's craft and food vendors are also on site for the three day event.

The weekend kicks off with a Friday night outdoor concert in the village.

Come join us for a fun filled weekend that is sure to leave you with lasting memories!

Activities

Friday, September 16th
from 7:00pm-9:00pm "Festival Opening Outdoor Concert" featuring Derek Miller

Derek Miller is an aboriginal Canadian singer-songwriter from the Six Nations of the Grand River. He is a two-time winner of the Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year, for his albums Music Is The Medicine and The Dirty Looks. He performed at the Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics with Eva Avila and Nikki Yanofsky. 2010 was the first year that we hosted an evening concert, made possible by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture with the Celebrate Ontario grant, and we are thrilled to have received funding to host Derek Miller for this year’s concert.

Saturday & Sunday, September 17th/18th 10:00am-5:00pm
(Morning Performances and Pow Wow Grand Entry begins at 12:00pm)

Shuttle Buses to Pow Wow from Emily Carr Public School (free parking) or N.West Corner Masonville Mall (public transit riders)

  • Traditional Dancers, Singers, Drummers & Storytellers
  • Artist Demonstrations
  • Hand Drum, Medicine Wheel, & Mandela making workshops
  • Chef David Wolfman aboriginal cooking demonstration (Saturday only)
  • Cultural Food & Craft Vendors
  • London Potter’s Guild Pit Firing
  • "7th Generation" Youth Festival with children & youth activities
  • British Native Allies Historical Reenactors
  • Flint Knapping demonstrations
  • Children’s craft activities & dig site
  • Archaeological Interpreters on site
  • Tour the Museum’s gallery, special exhibits, and new Sustainable Archaeological Research Centre
  • Visit the Museum's Quill Box Gift Shop

 

Contact

The Museum of Ontario Archaeology

1600 Attawandaron Road, London Ontario

Phone: 519-473-1360

Email: museum.of.archaeology@uwo.ca

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