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Outreach activities involve members of the Cultural and Community
Programs department and other Tribal members in bringing
Mohegan culture to a wider audience. Activities include
teaching Mohegan history, storytelling, dance demonstrations
and bringing Mohegan culture to life via presentations of
Tribal artifacts and their significance. Outreach programs
bring Mohegan educators to schools, elderly centers, camps
and local festivals.
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Public Events
The major cultural event for the Tribe is the annual
Wigwam Festival, held the third weekend in August.
The event includes native dance exhibitions, Indian art
exhibits, native craft vendors, traditional native food
vendors, contemporary native performers and old style
Pow Wow drumming.
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In addition, visitors can experience Indian dancing,
drumming, flute playing, singing and storytelling at parades and fairs
throughout Connecticut.
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The Tribe’s educational outreach also takes Tribal members
to schools and community centers. Interested groups can
request speakers and performers for a free, one-hour program.
The program may include a Tribal welcome ceremony, woodland
flute performance, Indian artifact exhibits, storytelling,
Mohegan Tribe history lecture, Tribal dance exhibitions
and interactive dance participation, followed by a question
and answer session.
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Mohegan culture has been woven into the opening ceremonies
for the Mohegan Sun and other Tribal buildings and programs.
Conventions held at the Mohegan Sun can reserve a traditional
opening ceremony for their events. The ceremony may include a
welcoming ceremony, opening prayer and blessing, drumming
and singing and a flute performance.
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In addition, the community outreach program provides many
ways for Tribal members to learn more about and participate
in traditional ceremonies, crafts and arts. Classes include
instruction in language, drumming and singing, dancing or
flute. Events include the Mohegan Potluck Intertribal Social,
homecoming, the naming ceremony,
cultural week and the public Wigwam Festival.
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Event Information and Calendar
Dates in 2012: August 18-19, 10am - 7pm
Location: Fort Shantok
Free admission
Air conditioned parking shuttles
Download the Wigwam Dance Flyer PDF
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