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The Grand Entry for the , as Native American and First Nation peoples from across the continent process to drums into the Green in brilliant regalia, begins at noon on Saturday, May 10.

Also, on Sunday, May 11, , ���϶ij�’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander student group, will hold on Baker-Berry Lawn from 12 to 3 p.m., to celebrate and learn about Hawaiian and Polynesian culture through food, song, and dance. 

“One unchanging part of the ���϶ij� Powwow is my favorite, and it makes the year-long planning process more than worth it,” says planning committee co-chair Sydney Hoose ’25, A member of the Cherokee Nation with Skidi Pawnee and Chickasaw descent. “This is when I see fellow enjoy the Powwow and feel the strength and love of our community as we come together.”

Co-chair Brooke Moore ’26, a Mashpee Wampanoag, says, “this event is so important and foundational to ���϶ij� and its history not only as an institution but for our Indigenous student community. Our biggest goal for Powwow was to foster an inclusive and intertribal Powwow not only for ���϶ij� community members but for the entire Upper Valley.”

This year Powwow will feature longtime favorites like the Potato Dance and the Women’s Fancy Dance, but also new performances from groups including Native Dance Nations Society, and the . Powwow will also include over twenty vendors attending from all different communities.

Hoose and Moore stress that anyone may attend the ���϶ij� Powwow. “You do not have to be Indigenous, or an affiliate of ���϶ij�,” Moore says.

Parking is preferred in Dewey Lot, 1 Dewey Field Road, for this event. No permit is required and parking is free. Two shuttle vans from Dewey Lot to the Green will run throughout the day.