SkyFest Eastern Sky Native American Festival

Celebrate the Native American culture at SkyFest Eastern Sky Native American Festival.

Enjoy dances, live musical entertainment, and merchandise vendors during this unique and inspiring one day event.

SkyFest Eastern Sky Native American Festival is free and open to the public.

SkyFest Eastern Sky Native American Festival

17^th Street Park

10:00am-6:00pm

11:00am, Spirit Winds (flute/drum)

11:30am, Water Offering

Noon, First Grand Entry, Invocation, Flag Song, Veterans Honoring Song

1:00pm, Inter-Tribal Dances (audience participation)

1:30pm, Friendship Dances – Two-Step, Round Dance, Children’s Dance (audience participation)

2:00pm, Dance Specials – Men and Women’s Traditional, Grass, Jingle Dress, Fancy Shawl, Fancy Feather, Men’s Southern, Crow Hop

2:45pm, Spirit Winds

3:30pm, Second Grand Entry, Veterans Honoring Song

4:00pm, Inter-Tribal Dances, Friendship Dances, Dance Specials

5:45pm, Retire Eagle Staff and Flags

5:55pm, Traveling Song and Closing

You are cordially invited to the Virginia Premiere of “The Cherokee Word for Water” on Sunday, June 9, at 12:30pm at Virginia MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), 2200 Parks Avenue. Recommended ticket donation: $7.00 for the movie showing.

What is a Powwow?

A modern day Powwow is a gathering of Native American people, and is a social event. It can be a special time of a renewal of old friendships and a beginning for new ones. For those who follow the Powwow circuit, it is a contemporary statement of their Indian Heritage. Just as the Drum of the Powwow represents the Heart of the Earth and its beat, the Powwow expresses the Soul and Spirit of the Original Peoples of this land. It represents a continuance of the lives from all of our ancestors to our hearts and beyond to the lives which we begin.

It is also a time for unity of ALL people as we honor our Ancestors.