2nd Annual American Indian Pow Wow in the Berkshires - "Rock, Rattle & Drum"

Second annual American Indian Pow Wow in the Berkshires: A two-day family event of contemporary American Indian culture, history and performing arts, featuring the American Indian dance company, Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre, also American Indian singers, dancers, drummers and storytellers representing various tribes, styles and categories.

Saturday & Sunday August 11th & 12th 11:00 am to 8 pm

Also - American Indian food vendors, contemporary native arts and crafts, children's activities,
a special American Indian art market and a peace and healing circle,
on the Common, First Street, Pittsfield.

For more information, call (413) 464-0919.

The purpose and focus of this event is to develop a greater appreciation for contemporary American Indian culture, history and performing arts.

There will be American Indian singers, dancers and drummers representing various tribes, styles and categories. In addition, there will be American Indian food vendors, contemporary native arts and crafts, children’s activities with a storyteller, and a special American Indian Art Market.

The Berkshires of Massachusetts was a part of the ancestral homeland of the Mohican Nation, also known as the Stockbridge Indians. Native names like Pontoosuc, Wahconah, Mahkeenac, and Onota testify to the people who made their home in this area. The Pow Wow will witness the return of a Mohican drum group as host, actual descendants of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation. They will be coming from the state of Wisconsin, where they were removed in the nineteenth century.

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Annual "Take A Hike" Heritage Walks Weekend 2007

The sixth annual Heritage Walks program is taking place on two autumn weekends:

September 22 & 23 and October 6 & 7, 2007..

Over these two weekends the Upper Housatonic Heritage Area and its supporting organizations will present more than forty walks exploring the natural, cultural and historical heritage of the upper valley lands.

Click here for a full schedule of the walks. A complete text is included, as well as a link to download a copy of the "Walks" brochure.

The walks are free of charge.

For more information about the Heritage Walks Weekend:

Karen Advokaat
Heritage Walks Coordinator
phone: 413.528.0936
email: heritagewalks@lycos.com

There are a wide variety of walks and include such offerings as walking tours of 18th and 19th Century Great Barrington, two early cemeteries in Sheffield, Shaker water power sites at Hancock Shaker Village, the Kent Iron Furnace in Kent, CT and six 18th and 19th century mills in Mill River.

Other tours will explore Sharon Valley industry, 1740-1898, the Housatonic River Walk in Great Barrington and foliage at Bartholomew's Cobble in Ashley Falls. A birding walk will be held at Canoe Meadows in Lenox.

This year's Heritage Walks are proudly sponsored by:

The Berkshire Eagle

Becton Dickinson

Salisbury Bank & Trust

Interlaken Inn
74 Interlaken Road (Rt. 112), Lakeville, CT 06039 (800) 222-2909