State guide
Arizona
Community meetings, gatherings, classes and celebrations, and the tribes and organizations behind them, all in one place so you can find your people.
440,000+Native people in Arizona
22tribes
3rdin U.S. for Native population
Population: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 estimate (American Community Survey), about 448,700 Arizonans who listed American Indian or Alaska Native alone or with another race. Ranking from the 2020 Census. Tribes: Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes.
Listings last checked October 27, 2026.
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What's happening in Arizona
Only events their hosts make public. Ceremonies are never listed.
Coming up
- Nov7Powwow
San Carlos Apache Tribe Veterans Pow Wow (Nov 7–8)
San Carlos High School, Peridot · details - Nov10Community
Veterans & Family Traditional Instrument Workshop (Nov 10, 17, 24)
Heard Museum, 2301 N Central Ave, Phoenix · 6–9 p.m. · free for Native veterans and families · waitlist · details - Nov11Community
Veterans Day Gourd Dance & Community Potluck
S'edav Va'aki Museum, 4619 E Washington St, Phoenix · 11 a.m.–4 p.m. · free · details - Nov27Celebration
Ornament Marketplace: Native artists (Nov 27–29)
Heard Museum Shop, Phoenix · 10 a.m.–4 p.m. · free shop event · details
Powwows and yearly gatherings
Yearly schedule compiled from tribal and host sites, Indian Country Today and PowWows.com. Always confirm dates with the host.
- FebYearlyPowwow
Arizona Two Spirit Powwow
South Mountain Community College, Phoenix · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - FebYearlyPowwow
Ira Hayes Veterans Social Pow Wow
Sacaton · Gila River Indian Community · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - FebYearlyPowwow
- MarYearlyPowwow
Wa:k Pow Wow
San Xavier Mission · Tohono O'odham Nation · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - MarYearlyCelebration
Mul-Chu-Tha Fair, Rodeo & Pow Wow
Sacaton · Gila River Indian Community · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - MarYearlyPowwow
- MarYearlyPowwow
- MarYearlyPowwow
- AprYearlyPowwow
- AprYearlyPowwow
- AprYearlyPowwow
City of Flagstaff Community Social Pow Wow
Flagstaff · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - AprYearlyPowwow
University of Arizona Spring Social Pow Wow
Tucson · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - MayYearlyPowwow
- JunYearlyPowwow
- JunYearlyPowwow
Echoes of the Mountain Social Pow Wow
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - AugYearlyCelebration
Sounds of Thunder Mountain
Pipe Spring · Kaibab Paiute · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - SepYearlyCelebration
- SepYearlyCelebration
White Mountain Apache Tribal Fair & Rodeo (Labor Day)
Whiteriver · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - SepYearlyPowwow
- OctYearlyCelebration
- OctYearlyPowwow
Gourd Dance & Social Powwow (Phoenix Indian Center)
Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - OctYearlyPowwow
Roy Track Memorial Mesa Pow Wow
Riverview Park, Mesa · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - OctYearlyPowwow
- NovYearlyPowwow
Red Mountain Eagle Pow Wow
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host - NovYearlyPowwow
- NovYearlyPowwow
Veterans Day Gourd Dance (Arizona Territory Gourd Society)
S'edav Va'aki Museum, Phoenix · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host
Directory
Tribes & organizations
Each tribe and organization gets a free page with its own calendar. Tribes can claim their page to manage it.
Federally recognized tribes
Many Hopi, Pueblo and other dances are ceremony. Only events a tribe announces as open to the public are listed here.
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Maricopa
Page not yet claimedColorado River Indian Tribes
Parker
Page not yet claimedFort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Fort McDowell
Page not yet claimedFort Mojave Indian Tribe
Mohave Valley
Page not yet claimedFort Yuma-Quechan Tribe
Yuma area
Page not yet claimedGila River Indian Community
Sacaton
Page not yet claimedKaibab Band of Paiute Indians
Pipe Spring
Page not yet claimedPueblo of Zuni
Zuni, NM · Zuni Heaven in Arizona
Page not yet claimedSalt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale
Page not yet claimedSan Carlos Apache Tribe
San Carlos
Page not yet claimedSan Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
Tuba City area
Page not yet claimedWhite Mountain Apache Tribe
Whiteriver
Page not yet claimedYavapai-Apache Nation
Camp Verde
Page not yet claimedYavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Prescott
Page not yet claimedStatewide
Urban & intertribal community
Phoenix Indian Center
Phoenix · (602) 264-6768
Hosts the Two Spirit Powwow and the Gourd Dance & Social Powwow
Tucson Indian Center
Tucson · (520) 884-7131
Drumming circle, elder honoring, holiday help for families
Native Americans for Community Action
Flagstaff
City of Flagstaff Indigenous Commission
Flagstaff · public meetings, in person and online
Arizona Territory Gourd Society
Phoenix · Native veterans and families
Navajo chapter houses
Navajo Nation chapters in Arizona
59 chapters across the Chinle, Fort Defiance, Shiprock and Western agencies
Chapter meetings are where Navajo community business happens. Most post meeting dates at the chapter house.
See all 59 chapters
- Black Mesa · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Blue Gap/Tachee · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Chinle · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Forest Lake · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Hard Rock · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Lukachukai · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Many Farms · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Nazlini · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Pinon · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Rough Rock · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Round Rock · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Tsaile/Wheatfields · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Tselani/Cottonwood · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Whippoorwill · Chinle Agency, AZ
- Cornfields · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Dilcon · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Fort Defiance · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Ganado · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Greasewood Springs · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Houck · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Indian Wells · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Jeddito · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Kinlichee · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Klagetoh · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Low Mountain · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Lupton · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Oak Springs · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Red Lake (Navajo) · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Sanders (Nahatadziil) · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Sawmill · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- St. Michaels · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Steamboat · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Teesto · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- White Cone · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Wide Ruins · Fort Defiance Agency, AZ
- Cove · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Mexican Water · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Red Mesa · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Red Valley · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Rock Point · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Sweetwater · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Teec Nos Pos · Shiprock Agency, AZ
- Birdsprings · Western Agency, AZ
- Bodaway/Gap · Western Agency, AZ
- Cameron · Western Agency, AZ
- Chilchinbeto · Western Agency, AZ
- Coalmine Mesa · Western Agency, AZ
- Coppermine · Western Agency, AZ
- Cow Springs · Western Agency, AZ
- Dennehotso · Western Agency, AZ
- Inscription House · Western Agency, AZ
- Kaibeto · Western Agency, AZ
- Kayenta · Western Agency, AZ
- LeChee · Western Agency, AZ
- Leupp · Western Agency, AZ
- Shonto · Western Agency, AZ
- Tolani Lake · Western Agency, AZ
- Tonalea · Western Agency, AZ
- Tuba City · Western Agency, AZ
Tribal colleges & university programs
Diné College
Tsaile
Tohono O'odham Community College
Sells
NAU Center for Native American and Indigenous Futures
Flagstaff · free Heritage Month events each November
Museums & cultural centers
S'edav Va'aki Museum (formerly Pueblo Grande)
Phoenix
Huhugam Heritage Center
Chandler · Gila River Indian Community
Navajo Nation Museum
Window Rock
Native American Church
Azee' Bee Nahagha of Diné Nation
Navajo Nation
Meetings are ceremony and are not listed here
Native American Church of North America
Member of the National Council of Native American Churches
Meetings are ceremony and are not listed here
Indian Education programs in public schools
Arizona has Indian Education programs in many districts. Start with the state office for contacts.
- Arizona Department of Education, Office of Indian Education: statewide contacts for tribal and district programs
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Tracing Native ancestry in Arizona
"Eee, mija, in Arizona the agency census rolls are gold. Every year they wrote down who lived where. Find your family there, then call the tribe."
Good to know: finding a Native ancestor and being a tribal member are different things. Each tribe alone decides who its members are. If your research points to a tribe, contact that tribe's enrollment office directly.
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