FLAGSTAFF — The City of Flagstaff is hosting an event called “Community Social Powwow: Abalone Shell Mountain Kinship Gathering” on Sunday April 19 at the Flagstaff High School Gym (400 W. Elm Ave, Flagstaff AZ 86001). The April 19 event is free and open to the public. The Community Social Powwow is being held in collaboration with the Flagstaff High School Contest Powwow, which is on April 17 and 18 at the same location.
The Community Social Powwow will feature an educational session from 9:30 – 11 a.m., a Gourd Dance from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the Social Powwow from 1:30 – 5 p.m. The event also features special dance sponsorships with cash and other prizes. Arts & craft vendors will be present for all three event days. Partners include Flagstaff High School, the City of Flagstaff Indigenous Commission, and Native Americans for Community Action (NACA).
For questions related to the City of Flagstaff Community Social Powwow, please contact City of Flagstaff Indigenous Affairs Administrator Rose Toehe at Rose.Toehe@flagstaffaz.gov. For questions related to the Flagstaff High School Contest Powwow, please contact Darrell Marks at dmarks@fusd1.org.