TURNERS FALLS The ninth annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival brought vendors, stories, dancing, drumming and more to Unity Park over the weekend, with many attendees remarking on the festival’s growth.“This festival brings us back to our roots and.
GILL The mishoon, or dugout canoe, that Nipmuc tribal member Andre “Strongbearheart” Gaines Jr. created in Ashfield last year took to the water on Friday, launching from Barton Cove to kick off the ninth annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival. Gaines,.
TURNERS FALLS The ninth annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival will feature around twice as many Native American tribes as last year’s gathering, with “at least 30” slated to be represented this weekend, according to event coordinator Diane.
TURNERS FALLS Representatives from the region’s surrounding tribes joined what keynote speaker Doug Harris deemed “a multitude of spirits” for Turners Falls’ annual Day of Remembrance Saturday afternoon.Organized by the Nolumbeka Project, a local.
TURNERS FALLS The annual Day of Remembrance will return on Saturday, representing the 346th anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre.The event, intended to recognize the often untold story of the conflict of May 19, 1676 at the falls, is organized by.