Indigenous Peoples Day PowWow & Indian Market

Saturday, October 11, 2025, MLK Civic Center Park, Allston Way, Berkeley, CA. | Free Admission
Celebrate this annual holiday with us in honor of all of our ancestors, the people continuing the struggle today, and future generations.
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Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow & Indian Market 33rd Annual Celebration: 533 years of Resistance and Renewal, 1492-2025
  • Native American Foods
  • Arts & Crafts and American Indian Culture
  • Gourd Dance
  • Round Dance
  • Committee Specials and Intertribals
October 11, 2025 | MLK Civic Center Park, Allston Way, Berkeley | Free Admission! Wheelchair accessible.

10 AM

Exhibition

12 NOON

Land Acknowledgement

1 PM

Grand Entry

What is Indigenous Peoples Day?

In 1992 a small group of Native Americans and their staunch allies gathered to shed light on the error of Columbus day and to encourage adoption of that date as INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. It has been celebrated annually ever since.
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Photo by Quinn Dombrowski from Berkeley, USA – Day 286: Indigenous Peoples Day, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63284246

Celebrate the holiday...

Darrell Standing Elk Memorial Dance Special

Men’s Northern Traditional Contest
First Place $1000 Winner Take All; 2nd and 3rd places a Star Quilt.

Dance Competitions

For adults, juniors & tiny tots.

Prettiest Shawl Contest

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MLK Civic Center Park, Berkeley