Admission: Free! Open to the community, family, and friends welcome. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on or if you plan to stay longer, bring your shade awning. There is plenty of seating and shaded areas for folks also.
Sponsored by the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation and Soka University of America. The Gathering is on the beautiful Campus Green of Soka University of America located at 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656. The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation Tribal Council invites the community to come celebrate the lives and complexity of California’s First peoples! Tribes from this area as well as singers and dancers from many different tribes of California will share tradition and culture, build community, and express themselves in traditional and nontraditional ways.
This is a family-friendly event, everyone is welcome. Pow-Wows, Gatherings sometimes referred to as Big Times traditionally were set up as seasonal celebrations or harvest gatherings to visit amongst families, to trade and for young folks to meet marriageable partners from other tribal clans. Initially, in a post-colonial period, it was a time to come together to see who had survived the “Indian campaigns” or in distant past the winters. Currently, it is much the same. It is a time to share with all people the beauty and richness of California Native American culture! This is truly a “Cali event” as the music shared will consist of California musical instruments only, like rattles and clapper sticks. There will be food and Native American crafts for sale. Please come in a respectful way, no drugs or alcohol or the selling of sage or sweetgrass permitted at the event. The master of ceremonies will offer explanations of celebration throughout the weekend.
About the event:
When: Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Time: 11am-5 pm
Where: Soka University of America, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Cost: Free
Parking: Free
This is a wheelchair accessible event
For information about donations, please contact info@juaneno.com.
Submitted By:
Teresa M. Romero
Chairwoman
Juaneño Band of Mission Indians
