Schemitzun Feast of Green Corn and Dance
August 24, 2024 7:18 pm
• Last Updated: August 24, 2024 7:37 pm
Dancers participate in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
John McComber, of the Khanawake Mohawk Nation in Quebec, Canada, dresses in his regalia with his bustle, left, hanging under his tent before participating in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Lauren “Sun Turtle” Peters, of New York City, of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, talks about the wetu, a traditional family home, in the Eastern Woodland Village during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Rayne Reels, 12, of Mashantucket, an Eastern War dancer, practices before the start of the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Bermuda Gombey dancers and drummers perform during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Bermuda Gombey dancers perform during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Christian Maiden, 13, of Fayetteville, N.C., a Grass dancer, of the Apache, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee and Yaqui tribes, sits under his family’s tent before the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
From left, Noah Greene, of Niagara Fall, N.Y., of the Mohawk tribe, holds his son, Artimas, 7 months, while with his cousin, Varik Greene, and his father, Randy Greene, of the Tuscarora Nation, while waiting to participate in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Eleanor Coombs, of Mashpee, Mass., of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, cooks in the Eastern Woodland Village during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Tayla Larocque, of of Listuguj, Canada, waits in the crowd to participate in the Grand Entrance during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Dancers participate in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mashantucket ― The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation hosted their Schemitzun Feast of Green Corn and Dance August 23 - 24 at the Mashantucket Pequot cultural grounds.
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