With November officially designated as Native American Heritage Month in the United States, Native communities, organizations, and allies nationwide are honoring and celebrating Native culture.
From powwows to special exhibits to cultural workshops, here is Native News Online’s roundup of 127 events happening across Indian Country for Native American Heritage Month.
Alabama
Pow Wow Celebrates the Rich Heritage of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Nov. 28–29
Atmore, Alabama
Poarch Band of Creek Indians Thanksgiving Powwow
Nov. 28–29
Atmore, Alabama
Alaska
Culture Connects: Native American Heritage Month at Anchorage Native Primary Care Center
Nov. 3
Anchorage, Alaska
44th Annual Athabascan Fiddlers Association Music Fest
Nov. 5–7
Fairbanks, Alaska
Celebration of Native Art (CONA)
Nov. 7
Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Native Heritage Center Community Gathering
Nov. 8
Anchorage, Alaska
Arizona
A Day in the Test Kitchen Arizona Indigenous Culinary Event
Nov. 21–22
Scottsdale, Arizona
Walk the Land — Native American Heritage Celebration
Nov. 4
Maricopa, Arizona
ASU West Valley Veterans Pow Wow and Salute to Service
Nov. 14
Glendale, Arizona
Indigenous Heritage Month Celebration and Indigenous Market
Nov. 14
Phoenix, Arizona
Native American and Wildlife Celebration
Nov. 15
Phoenix, Arizona
Native American Heritage Month Celebration — Signal Peak Campus
Nov. 16
Coolidge, Arizona
Indigenous Poetry Reading
Nov. 21
Phoenix, Arizona
California
Native American Heritage Month Film Screening
Nov. 4
Sacramento, California
Annual Native American Heritage Month Parade
Nov. 7
Sacramento, California
Native Women in Leadership Career Panel
Nov. 9
Sacramento, California
California Basket Weavers’ Day
Nov. 14
Sacramento, California
Native Arts and Crafts Market
Nov. 28–29
Sacramento, California
Cabazon Indio Powwow
Nov. 28–29
Indio, California
Chaffey College Intertribal Powwow
Nov. 3
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Los Angeles Native American Heritage Month City Hall Celebration
Nov. 6
Los Angeles, California
Illinois
First Nations Film and Video Festival
Nov. 1–10
Chicago area, Illinois
Nation of Nations Exhibition
Nov. 1–30
River Forest, Illinois
Stars, Stories & S’mores
Nov. 6
Chicago, Illinois
Massachusetts
Native American Heritage Month Artist Talk with Erin Genia
Nov. 19
Boston, Massachusetts
Michigan
Ghost Supper
Nov. 1
Okemos, Michigan
Native Feast at Brody Hall
Nov. 4
East Lansing, Michigan
Native American Heritage Poetry Reading with Esther Belin
Nov. 4
East Lansing, Michigan
NAISO Bingo Night
Nov. 6
East Lansing, Michigan
Indigenous Futures with Dr. Lee Francis IV
Nov. 11
East Lansing, Michigan
Cultural Cuisine with Jason Quigno
Nov. 12
East Lansing, Michigan
The Red Cypher: Hip-Hop Workshop with ishKode
Nov. 12
East Lansing, Michigan
Culture Is Not an Adaptation: Reimagining Speech-Language Pathology Through Indigenous Knowledge
Nov. 13
East Lansing, Michigan
Gaawii Eta-Go Aawizinoo Gaawiye Mkakoons / It’s Not Just a Quill Box
Through Nov. 25
East Lansing, Michigan
Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day Pow Wow
Nov. 14
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
What the Ancestors Say: Storytelling and Traditional Dance Performance
Nov. 14
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Native American Heritage Celebration
Nov. 14
Southfield, Michigan
Cultural Heritage Festival
Nov. 7
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Celebrate Indigenous History
Through Nov. 30
Dearborn, Michigan
Conflicting Connections: Native Nations and the Revolution
Through Nov. 30
Dearborn, Michigan
Story Stroll: This Land: The History of the Land We’re On
Nov. 1–30
Dearborn, Michigan
The Savage Mind: David Treuer Author Program
Nov. 7
Dearborn, Michigan
Artifacts in Focus: Through an Indigenous History Lens
Nov. 15
Dearborn, Michigan
Minnesota
Meet at Mia: Native American Heritage Night
Nov. 5
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ponemah Veterans Day Powwow
Nov. 11
Ponemah, Minnesota
NativeRISE 2026: Tomorrow Today!
Nov. 13
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maamawai Giwii-Kikendamin: Together We Learn
Nov. 14
Chisholm, Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves Native American Heritage Night
Nov. 17
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota Wild Native American Heritage Night
Nov. 25
St. Paul, Minnesota
Celebrating Ojibwe Language and Culture Through Games
Nov. 5
St. Paul, Minnesota
Montana
Bridging the Worlds with Buck Hitswithastick
Nov. 5
Pablo, Montana
Native American Heritage Month Story Walk
Nov. 5–Dec. 1
Great Falls, Montana
Montana State University Billings Powwow
Nov. 20–22
Billings, Montana
Nevada
Moapa River Powwow
Nov. 6–7
Moapa, Nevada
Duck Valley Veterans Powwow
Nov. 6–7
Owyhee, Nevada
New Mexico
Luci Tapahonso Distinguished Indigenous Speaker Series
Nov. 4
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native American Boarding School Healing Project
Nov. 6
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Festival of Languages
Nov. 6
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wicazo Sa Review Symposium
Nov. 6
Albuquerque, New Mexico
American Indian Student Services Feast Day
Nov. 11
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Navajo (Diné) Conversation
Nov. 11
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coming Home: Reflecting on Five Years of Grounded in Clay
Nov. 20
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native American Student Art Show: Shaping Tomorrow
Nov. 21
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wy’east Medicine Pathway Success Series
Nov. 10
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Veterans’ Day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Nov. 11
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Break for the Ball
Nov. 11
Albuquerque, New Mexico
De-stress with AISS: Jemez Feast
Nov. 12
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
New York
Lenape History and Ethnobotany
Nov. 1
New York City, New York
The American Revolution, Genocide and Seneca Dispossession
Nov. 4
Buffalo, New York
Wampi Brothertown Indian with Joanne Gille
Nov. 7
Utica, New York
Cornhusk Doll Craft
Nov. 12
Gansevoort, New York
Stories From the People of the Longhouse with Perry Ground
Nov. 14
Albany, New York
Rethinking Thanksgiving
Nov. 14
Albany, New York
Calico Rebellion Documentary Screening
Nov. 15
Albany, New York
Community Social: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Nov. 20
Buffalo, New York
Cornhusk Doll Workshop with Bernadette Scott
Nov. 21
Albany, New York
Shakoti’nón’sa’ahs Lecture
Nov. 22
Albany, New York
North Carolina
American Indian Heritage Celebration
Nov. 21
Raleigh, North Carolina
Online / Nationwide
Native Cinema Showcase 2026
Nov. 13–27
Online, nationwide
Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In
Nov. 7
Online
Oregon
Native American Heritage Month Family Celebration
Nov. 10
Hillsboro, Oregon
American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month Celebration featuring Supaman
Nov. 8
Salem, Oregon
Fry Bread Fest
Nov. 7
Portland, Oregon
Siletz Restoration Powwow
Nov. 14
Lincoln City, Oregon
Pennsylvania
Bringing Our Relatives Home: Memory, Return, and Indigenous Futures
Nov. 12
University Park, Pennsylvania
Wilfred Buck’s Star Stories Screenings
Nov. 13
University Park, Pennsylvania
Utah
Native Excellence Pop-Up Celebration
Nov. 2
Salt Lake City, Utah
Native American Heritage Month Gardening Kits
Nov. 3
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wuda Ogwa Fall Planting Days
Nov. 6–7
Salt Lake City, Utah
Traditional Food Takeover
Nov. 11
Salt Lake City, Utah
Remaining Native Film Screening
Nov. 18
Salt Lake City, Utah
Passion to Possibility: Lessons from Publishing I Am the Sun
Nov. 19
Salt Lake City, Utah
Basket Weaving Workshop
Nov. 19
Salt Lake City, Utah
Native American Heritage Month Celebration
Nov. 15
Salt Lake City, Utah
Virginia
Amá Film Screening
Nov. 2
Ashburn, Virginia
Washington
Yakama Veterans Day Powwow
Nov. 6–7
White Swan, Washington
Native American Heritage Book Display
Nov. 1–30
Ellensburg, Washington
Lunch with Yakama Nation Elders and Tribal Councilmembers
Nov. 6
Ellensburg, Washington
Native American Heritage Month Football Game
Nov. 7
Ellensburg, Washington
Working in Good Relations: Foundations and Principles
Nov. 10
Ellensburg, Washington / online
Working in Good Relations: Principles into Practice
Nov. 19
Ellensburg Washington / online
Native Glow Candle-Making Workshop
Nov. 16
Ellensburg, Washington
Native American Heritage Book Club
Nov. 17
Ellensburg, Washington
Weaving with Wahpeniat
Nov. 19
Ellensburg, Washington
Dream Catchers and the Stories They Weave
Nov. 23
Ellensburg, Washington
Flint Knapping with Jim Baugh
Nov. 23–24
Ellensburg, Washington
Washington, D.C.
Water’s Edge with Artist Sky Hopinka
Nov. 5
Washington, D.C
Always Becoming: Next Chapter
Nov. 14
Washington, D.C
Service and Sacrifice: Veterans Day
Nov. 7
Washington, D.C
A Bison Celebration
Nov. 21
Washington, D.C
Native American Heritage Day
Nov. 27
Washington, D.C
Bison Bead Workshop with Cannupa Hanska Luger
Nov. 7
Washington, D.C
Cannupa Hanska Luger’s REFLECT Exhibition
Through February 2027
Washington, D.C
A Gift in Motion Exhibition
Through Dec. 5
Washington, D.C
Native American Heritage Month Bake Sale
Nov. 3
Washington, D.C
Native American Heritage Month Arts and Crafts Night
Nov. 10
Washington, D.C
Native American Heritage Month Movie Night
Nov. 12
Washington, D.C
History of Lacrosse
Nov. 17
Washington, D.C
Wisconsin
Moccasin-Making Workshop
Nov. 8
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Introduction to Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Nov. 14
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NAGPRA Lecture: Returning to the People
Nov. 18
Milwaukee, Wisconsin / online
Oneida Bird Monitoring Program: Science on Tap
Nov. 19
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
3 Rivers Powwow
Nov. 21
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Isabel Bader Community Day: Red Nation Boyz
Nov. 1
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Isabel Bader Community Day: Indigenous Storytimes
Nov. 1
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Collections Highlight: Moccasins
Nov. 5
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Curator Chat: Anthropology Projects
Nov. 5
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
