Events & Media

Full Snow Moon Gathering and Social Dance with Annawon Weeden & Honored Guests Liz Coldwind Santana-Kiser, Wanonah Kosbab, Dan Shears, & Shawn Stevens

Saturday, February 7, 1-4 pm
Greenfield Community College, 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA
All ages. Free & Family Friendly. Refreshments available. Donations welcome.

The single-file call-and-response dances are easy to learn and enjoyed by people of all ages. Shake out the cabin fever and have fun! Don’t forget your rattles!

As a Culture Bearer, Annawon Weeden (Mashpee Wampanoag, Pequot, Narragansett) continues his efforts to correct misinformation and misrepresentation of Indigenous peoples. He is the Founder and Director of First Light Foundation. He was named for the last Wampanoag warrior to surrender to the colonial army after King Philip’s War in 1676. 2026 is the 350th anniversary of this event. Honored Guests representing neighboring Homelands will include Liz Coldwind Santana-Kiser, Elder, Council Woman, Educator, and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Chaubunagungamaug Band of Nipmuck Indians; Shawn Stevens, an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, cultural & historical educator, spiritualist, and storyteller; and his sister, Wanonah Kosbab, also an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, a cultural revitalization advocate focused on environmental stewardship and mental health, and Dan Shears, Material Culture Advisor for the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Tribe’s Cultural and Historic Preservation Department.

Sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project, Greenfield Community College, Antenna Cloud Farm,

“Sharing Mohican Knowledge and Presence in the Berkshires”

Sunday, March 1, 1-3 pm
Zoom Webinar (We will send registration information to our contacts and post them here in early February.)

Presented by Shawn Stevens, an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, cultural & historical educator, spiritualist, and storyteller and his sister, Wanonah Kosbab, also an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, a cultural revitalization advocate focused on environmental stewardship and mental health.

Art exhibit featuring works by internationally known and multi-talented Wampanoag artists Deborah Spears Moorehead and Robert Peters

April-May
Great Hall, Great Fall Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA

Featuring Deborah Spears Moorehead,Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag, and Robert Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag. The exhibit will focus on pre-colonization and the 350th Anniversay of Metacomet’s (King Philip’s) War and the Great Falls Massacre on May 19, 1676. Great time of year for school groups to learn more about the Indigenous History and their continued presence here in our Valley and throughout the Northeast.

Sponsored by Friends of the Discovery Center, DCR, Nolumbeka Project

Day of Remembrance: Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre (May 19, 1676) and Metacomet’s (King Philip’s) War

Saturday, May 16

Honored Guest Speakers and Artists from Northeastern Tribes, including the Eastern Medicine Singers. and Nipmuck flute player Strong Eagle Daly. Programs, and Special Presentations and times TBA.

Art exhibit featuring the photography of Scott (Strong Hawk) Foster

July-August
Great Hall, Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA

Scott Foster is an award-winning photographer and member of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band. Artist reception date TBA.

Sponsored by Friends of the Discovery Center, DCR, Nolumbeka Project,

Peskeompskut Paddle on the Connecticut River

Friday, July 31
Details TBA

13th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures

Saturday, August 1 & Sunday, August 2
Unity Park, Turners Falls, MA
Free. Donations welcome. Appeals to all ages and backgrounds.

This year will include recognition of the 350th Anniversary, the “end” of King Philip’s (Metacom’s) War on August 12, 1676. More details TBA.

Full Beaver Moon Gathering

Saturday, November 21, 1-4pm
Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Ave. A, Turners Falls, MA
Presenters TBA

TRAILER: Wissatinnewag

By Gillis MacDougal

Talk given by Jennifer Lee at All Souls Church

Greenfield, MA, October 12, 2025
Scroll to 25:00 to begin her presentation

Videos from the 2025 Pocumtuck Homelands Festival

Thank you to Montague Community TV for the beautiful recordings of these memorable presentations where indigenous people share their own stories in many inspiring, informative, meaningful, powerful, creative ways. (Please note: our emcee is Justin Beatty, not James.)

Film panel discussion: Ancient Sea Peoples of the North Atlantic

A recording of the discussion that followed the screening of Ancient Sea Peoples of the North Atlantic film on March 2, 2025. The panel features producer Ted Timreck, Anthropologist William Fitzhugh, Archaeologist Paul Robinson, and Nolumbeka Project President David Brule. Also in attendance was Native Ceremonial Preservationist Doug Harris and his wife Genevieve. The entire film can be rented or purchased from Bullfrog Films.

Full Snow Moon Gathering and Eastern Woodlands Social Dance

Filmed by GCC, February 8, 2025

Full Snow Moon Social Dance led by Annawon Weeden

February 1, 2020, Greenfield Community College

Mashalisque and Frances Crowe: Women and Native Land History

With Doug Harris and Sarah Pirtle, November 29, 2020

Reconciliation Ceremony, May 19, 2004

Produced by Montague Community TV, edited by Steve Alves, and adapted for viewing on this website by Greenfield Community TV