The Nanticoke Indian Powwow will move to Hudson Fields for its September gathering. Photo by Brian Leonard
The Nanticoke Indian Tribe’s annual powwow is returning this year — and changing sites.
After being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID restrictions, the event will take place at Hudson Fields in Milton from Sept. 10 through Sept. 12.
Previously, the event has been held on tribal grounds near the tribe’s museum and community center in Oak Orchard.
Organizers believe Hudson Fields will provide more open space and so open the powwow and its traditions to a whole new audience/
“Our powwow is a cultural event, and it’s a gathering of Native Americans to renew and refresh their spirits,” said Chief Natosha Norwood Carmine. “It’s a time of gathering, coming together, remembering and honoring our ancestors and our elders, and teaching our youth and the generations to come.”
Carmine said that while they will miss the ambiance of the trees native to their ancestral grounds, hosting the powwow at Hudson Fields also will allow for more distancing in light of the COVID delta variant.
The powwow will feature traditional activities like crafts, dances and songs, as well as the beloved annual pig roast.
“There are so many local people in Sussex County who have never been to the powwow and hopefully this will allow them to come share in our culture, witness our dance, partake of some of our native foods, and to visit the vendors who work very hard making their crafts and wares,”…