Julian Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets in San Francisco
The Friendship House American Indian Market & Powwow is a San Francisco festival featuring American Indian arts and crafts booths, powwow dancers, three drum groups, and informational booths about American Indian organizations. Delicious Indian tacos and refreshments will be on sale. A Youth Educational Pavilion will include talks about the diversity of American Indian culture, a teepee to house storytelling sessions, and carnival games for children’s entertainment. Dance groups representing various tribes will share their styles of dancing with exhibition dances. In addition to exhibition dancing, there will also be contest dancing.
The American Indian Market & Powwow celebrates the diversity and cultures represented in the American Indian community and honors community leaders who have significantly contributed to the American Indian community. The event is a hallmark of the richness and beauty of American Indian individuals and their families. Your support of this celebration would of course be greatly appreciated. Please remember, this is a clean and sober event.
The 6th Annual American Indian Market & Powwow will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2010 10 am to 6 pm on Julian Avenue, parallel to Mission and Valencia and between 14th and 15th Streets in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc. was formed in 1963 and is a nonprofit community-based organization. Friendship House provides residential substance abuse treatment services at its 80-bed facility in San Francisco and its 11-bed Lodge program in Oakland for women and their children. Friendship House also provides a large array of youth prevention services and hosts several annual community events.
