Arkansas
Community meetings, gatherings, classes and celebrations, and the tribes and organizations behind them, all in one place so you can find your people.
Tribes: the 21 federally recognized tribes on the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's official consultation list. None is headquartered in Arkansas today. We have not found a reliable state population figure to show here yet.
Listings last checked October 27, 2026.
Other statesWhat's happening in Arkansas
Only events their hosts make public. Ceremonies are never listed.
Coming up
Powwows and yearly gatherings
Yearly schedule compiled from tribal and host sites, Indian Country Today and PowWows.com. Always confirm dates with the host.
- OctYearlyCelebration
Indigenous People of the Americas Day observance & Trail of Tears marker walk
Fayetteville · co-hosted by the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host
Nearby in Oklahoma
Just across the state line, hosted by a nation with deep ties here.
- JulYearlyPowwow
Quapaw Nation Powwow
Beaver Springs Park, Quapaw, Oklahoma · the Quapaw are an Arkansas homeland nation · more infoNext dates to be confirmed with the host
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 associated with Arkansas
No tribes are headquartered in Arkansas today. This is the state's official consultation list of 21 tribes with ties to Arkansas. Those ties differ: the Quapaw, Caddo and Osage (and the Tunica) have ancestral homelands here; the Western Cherokee lived here in the early 1800s before moving west; and the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole crossed Arkansas on removal routes. Headquarters shown are where each nation is based today.
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
Caddo Nation
Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Delaware Nation
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Kialegee Tribal Town
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Osage Nation
Quapaw Nation
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Shawnee Tribe
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Community services
American Indian Center of Arkansas
University programs
University of Arkansas Native American Student Services
History and heritage
Museums & research
Mound parks & historic sites
Trail of Tears sites
Fort Smith National Historic Site
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