Montana Pow Wows

February

Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair
1st weekend-Fort Belknap Reservation Fort Belknap, MT 406-353-2527

March

17th Annual Native American Art Exhibit & Sale
03/13&14/2004
Trade and Industry Building - Fairgrounds
Great Falls, MT
Gladys Cantrell at: 406/761-6251
Good Nations Social Pow Wow
3rd Saturday
Corvallis High School
Corvallis, MT
406/363-5383 or 406/726-9701
MSU Billings Pow Wow
3rd Saturday
Billings, MT
406/247-7196
Intertribal Pow Wow
3rd Saturday
Holiday Inn Trade Center
Billings, MT
Nelson Rock 406-657-2561

April

MSU Indian Club Pow-Wow
First Weekend
Dates for 2004 - 04/16/04 - 04/17/04
Bozeman, MT
406-994-3751 or Jim Burns at: 406 994-3751 ext.4880
Pow Wow Honoring Children
04/16-17/2004
Flathead County Fairgrounds
Kalispell, MT
Call John at 755-2238.
The event is free and will include exhibits, a traditional feed and dancing.
Kyi-Yo Pow Wow
04/23/04 - 04/25/04
Ram Activity Center
Missoula, MT
406-243-5302 - 406-549-8575 or 406-243-2703
Bitterroot Valley Good Nations Social Pow Wow
Last Saturday
High School Gym
Corvallis, MT
406-363-5383
Rocky Mountain College Pow Wow
Last Saturday
Fortin Education Center
Billings, MT
406-657-1106
Dorothy Whitehawk Memorial Pow Wow
Last Saturday
Kalispell, MT,
Art Whitehawk Begay or Raelene Begay 406-387-5751

May

MSUN Sweetgrass Society Powwow 2004
May 1 2004
Havre, MT
Stacy Gonzales or Elaine Healy-Berger 406-265-3589
Mother's Day All Indian Rodeo
Second Sunday
Browning, MT
406-338-7521
24th Annual Headstart Pow Wow
05/08 & 09/2004
St. Ignatius Community Center
St. Ignatius, MT
406-676-4509
Kicking Horse Job Corps Pow Wow
05/08 & 09/2004
Southeast of Ronan, MT
406-644-2217
24th Annual Celebration
St. Ignatius Community Center
St. Ignatius, MT
Doug Allard at: 406-745-2951
24th Annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference Pow Wow
Great Falls, MT
Bob Tailfeathers at: 406-338-5411
Buffalo Feast and Powwow
3rd weekend-Flathead Reservation
St. Ignatius, MT
406-745-2951
Northern Cheyenne Powwow and Rodeo
Memorial Day weekend-Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Lame Deer, MT
406-477-6284

June

Vanderburg Camp
06/07/04 - 06/18/04
Arlee, MT
406-675-0160
Camps have a full staff composed of knowledgeable tribal members. Campers experience storytelling by tribal elders, singing, drumming, drying meat,...
Hot Springs Homesteader Days Celebration
06/11/04 - 06/13/04
Hot Springs, MT
406-741-2662
The Hot Springs Annual Homesteader Days Celebration will be held June 11, 12 and 13, 2004. This event is the...
Red Bottom Celebration
Mid-June-Fort Peck Reservation
Dates For 2004 - 06/18/04 - 06/20/04
Frazer, MT
406-768-5155 ext 338
Red Bottom Celebration is an annual pow wow. A celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing, food, crafts, and...

Badlands Celebration
Late June-Fort Peck Reservation
Dates For 2004 - 06/25/04 - 06/27/04
Brockton, MT
406-768-5155 ext 376
Badlands Celebration is a Pow Wow which is a celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing, food crafts, and...

July

Fort Kipp Celebration
1st weekend-Fort Peck Reservation
Poplar, MT
406-768-5551
Arlee 4th of July Celebration
July 4 weekend-Flathead Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 07/01/04 - 07/04/04
Arlee, MT
406-745-4984
Beginning its second century the Arlee 4th of July Celebration will begin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 which is designated...
4th of July Pow Wow
07/01/04 - 07/04/04
Lame Deer, MT
406-477-6284
The premier event of the Northern Cheyenne is the annual Fourth of July Celebration, the largest pow-wow held on the...
Valley of The Chiefs Pow Wow and Rodeo
07/02/04 - 07/05/04
Crow Agency, MT
406-638-3774
Valley of The Chiefs Pow Wow and Rodeo includes: rodeo, parade, Indian dancing, authentic costumes, teepee camping, and parade dance...
Wolf Point Stampede
2nd weekend-Fort Peck Reservation
Wolf Point, MT
North American Indian Days
2nd week-Blackfeet Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 07/08/04 - 07/11/04
Blackfeet Tribal Fairgrounds
Browning, MT
406-338-7276
North American Indian Days, an annual celebration and the largest and most impressive of Blackfeet Tribal events, hosts Native Americans...
Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration
07/15/04 - 07/18/04
Poplar, MT
406-768-5186
The Wahcinca Dakota Oyate Celebration is a pow wow which is a celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing,...
Hays Community Powwow
3rd weekend-Fort Belknap Reservation
Mission Canyon
Hays, MT
406-353-2527
Iron Ring Celebration
3rd weekend-Fort Peck Reservation
Poplar, MT
406-768-5155
Standing Arrow Pow Wow
3rd weekend-Flathead Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 07/16/04 - 07/18/04
Elmo, MT
406-675-0160 - 406-675-2700 or 634-0690
This is an Indian social gathering featuring drumming, dancing, and traditional dress and food. Visitors are welcome and asked to...
1st Annual MTTA ‘Gathering of Artists’
07/16/04 - 07/17/04
Pablo, MT
406-675-0160
The Montana Tribal Tourism Association is sponsoring an Artist's Gathering at the Peoples Center. This event coincides with the Standing...
Bitterroot Valley All Nations Pow Wow
07/23/04 - 07/25/04
Hamilton, MT
406-363-5383
The 11th annual Bitterroot Valley All Nations Pow Wow is a gathering of native and non-native peoples in a celebration...
Milk River Indian Days
4th weekend-Fort Belknap Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 07/23/04 - 07/25/04
Fort Belknap Powwow Grounds
Fort Belknap, MT
406-353-2901
Milk River Indian Days highlights spirited and colorfully clad dancers. The Pow Wow features Native American dancers and drummers combining...

August

Wadopana Celebration
1st weekend-Fort Peck Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 08/05/04 - 08/07/04
Wolf Point, MT
406-768-7463 - 406-653-3476
This celebration is the oldest traditional pow-wow in Montana. The celebration is always the first weekend of August. The dancers...
Rocky Boy's Annual Pow Wow
1st weekend-Rocky Boy's Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 08/06/04 - 08/08/04
Rocky Boy's Agency
Box Elder, MT
406-395-4282 - 406-395-4478
The Pow Wow is an event of Indian Heritage and tradition. Dance, costume and drumming competitions are the featured events
White River Cheyenne Powwow
2nd week-Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Busby, MT
406-477-6284
Heart Butte Celebration
08/12/04 - 08/15/04
Heart Butte, MT
406-338-7521
This annual celebration takes place right in the rural community of Heart Butte in the southern reaches of the Blackfeet...
Hays Pow Wow
08/13/04 - 08/15/04
Hays, MT
406-353-2205
The Hays Pow Wow is one of the area’s finest outdoor celebrations and features a whole weekend full of dancing...
Burnt Hole Rendezvous/Historical Reenactment
08/15/04 - 08/21/04
West Yellowstone, MT
406-646-7110
West Yellowstone’s annual Mountain Man Rendezvous and Reenactment features a primitive camp with traders selling and demonstrating pre-1840s crafts to...
Crow Fair and Rodeo
3rd weekend-Crow Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 08/19/04 - 08/24/04
Crow Agency, MT
406-638-3793 - 406-638-2601
From every western state and Canada, Indians come to camp along the Little Bighorn River to form the Teepee Capital...
Fort Kipp Celebration
08/27/04 - 08/29/04
Poplar, MT
406-678-3491
Fort Kipp Celebration is a Pow Wow which is a celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing, food, crafts,...
Oil Discovery Celebration
4th weekend-Fort Peck Reservation
Poplar, MT
406-768-5155

September

Northern Cheyenne Ashland Labor Day Powwow
Labor Day weekend-Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Dates for 2004 - 09/03/04 - 09/06/04
Ashland, MT
406-477-6284 - 406-784-2883
The arbor on U.S. Highway 212 between Ashland and the St. Labre Mission comes alive during the Labor Day weekend....
Poplar Indian Days
09/03/04 - 09/05/04
Poplar, MT
406-768-3826
Poplar Indian Days is a Pow Wow, which is a celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing, food, crafts,...
Chief Plenty Coups Day of Honor
09/04/04
Pryor, MT
406-252-1289
This day of cultural sharing at this great Crow chief’s home includes speakers, drummers and dancers; tours of the chief’s...
Canyon Creek Battlefield Pipe Ceremony
09/11/04
Laurel, MT
406-628-8105
Nez Perce tribal members hold this memorial ceremony to honor all veterans of the battle at Canyon Creek between the...
Native American Awareness Week
09/14/04 - 09/16/04
Pablo, MT
406-675-0160
Flathead Indian Reservation schools and the public share Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d’Oreille crafts, history, demonstrations, and exhibits by tribal...
North American Indian Alliance Pow Wow
09/17/04 - 09/18/04
Butte, MT
406-782-0461
Butte hosts this annual celebration of Native American Dancing, food and music. There are vendors with Native American jewelry, bead..
Last Chance Community Pow Wow
09/24/04 - 09/26/04
Helena, MT
406-439-5631
The Last Chance Community Pow-Wow is held at the end of Native American Week on September 24-26, 2004. The pow...

November

War Dance Championships
3rd weekend-Flathead Reservation
St. Ignatius, MT 406-745-2951

December

Crow Agency New Years Celebration
Crow Agency, MT
406-638-2601