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Official website. The Gathering of Nations is the largest pow-wow in the United States and North America. [2] It is held annually on the fourth weekend in April, on the Powwow Grounds at Expo NM, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- 28-30, April 2022
- Since 1983; 40 years ago, at the University of New Mexico
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Every year, the Gathering of Nations brings more than 700 Native American tribes to Albuquerque for a cultural heritage celebration.
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Stepping in a clockwise spiral, dancers fill the arena in a colorful swirl of traditional dress. Drum groups sing as they play thunderous rhythms that dancers instinctively anticipate. The ringing of thousands of bells and rattles affixed to dancers accentuate every step. More than 3,000 participants, representing all 565 U.S. and 220 Canada indigenous tribes, enter the Tingley Coliseum at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Billed as the largest such event in the world, the powerful Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque is felt as much as seen and heard, the percussion aligning tens of thousands of heartbeats in the audience during the two day annual event.
The Gathering of Nations began in 1983, when University of Albuquerque Dean of Students and club advisor Derek Mathews organized a powwow for his many students. The university closed the following year, but word of mouth spread about the powwow.
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German climber Timo Scheu on Center for Singularity, rated a 5.13b, near Sedona, Arizona. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot .)
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German climber Timo Scheu on Center for Singularity, rated a 5.13b, near Sedona, Arizona.
(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
In the past 40 years the Gathering of Nations has grown from an early, simple dream to one of the world’s most recognized annual festivals. From the beginning the concept has always been to produce an event where Native people can come together each year to celebrate and share culture, and a place where singers and dancers can feel confident ...
Apr 28, 2023 · The Gathering of Nations Powwow is Friday & Saturday, April 28-29, 2023 (10:00am-11:00pm) held inside Tingley Coliseum and around the Expo NM (NM State Fairgrounds) in Albuquerque, NM. Expo NM...
Apr 29, 2023 · Fourteen year-old Roland Fields of Pawnee, Oklahoma waits his turn to dance in the prepares to dance in the Jr. Boys Traditional competition at the 40th anniversary of the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, April 28, 2023.
