Mashantucket Tribal members and visitors gather at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds for Schemitzun Feast of Green Corn and Dance on Sunday, August 27, 2023.
The annual festival is to usher .
Two annual Native American events celebrating the harvest will take place in August: The Green Corn Festival in Washington and Schemitzun in Mashantucket.
As summer wanes and the corn gets higher in the fields, the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation is preparing for its late-August Festival of Green Corn and Dance, a Native American celebratio.
The two-day event, hosted by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, features music, dance, booths with arts and crafts, and traditional food and drinks.