Sunday.Ī more detailed schedule can be viewed at Where is it being held? Guests can view the color guard and Grand Entry at 8 p.m. The powwow and market is being held from 4 p.m. Vendors will be selling tacos, tamales, frybread, jewelry, beadwork, pottery, clothing and basketry.
There will also be a presentation of colors. A Grand Entry will be held each day of the event, which marks the opening of powwow sessions and involves dancers and drummers competing based on categories like regalia and performance. There will be Native American drummers, bird singers and dancers at the powwow. The free event will include over 900 tribal dancers and 20 drum groups from the United States and Canada, according to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. It will begin on Friday, which is California Native American Day, and end on Sunday.
The 32nd annual Morongo Thunder & Lightning Powwow is being held this weekend at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.