2018-19 NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow
Don’t miss the 33rd Annual NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow on December 31, 2018 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow is one of the largest sobriety new year powwows in the country, and is certainly the largest New Year’s pary in Portland, where thousands of Native Americans and others will close out the year with drums, songs, dance – and not a drop of alcohol!
NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow
The Native American Rehabilitation Association – NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow, is once again expected to draw thousands of participants and spectators. The free event unfolds in stages from noon to midnight with activities that include: NARA Honorings, Sobriety Count Down, Dance Performances and Art and Craft Vendors.
Philip Archambault, NARA’s traditional cultural director, Hunkpapa Lakota member and Saturday’s master of ceremonies, started the annual powwow in a Southeast Portland school, where it drew scarcely more than 100 people. The success of the annual NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Pow Wow is demonstrated by the size of the venue it has grown into: the Oregon Convention Center.
The NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Pow Wow a big deal for the Native American community, which has historically faced trouble with alcohol. Alcoholism, however, plagues people of all ethnicities and backgrounds, a fact that can become more apparent at booze-heavy holidays like New Year’s Eve, which is celebrated by virtually every community in the country.
This is why the NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Pow Wow is so popular in Portland. It offers the rare party that’s big but also sober, providing a safe and comfortable space with a Native American community that knows alcoholism too well.
Free & Open to the Public
All Dancers & Drums are welcome.
Event Activities:
NARA Honorings, Sobriety Count Down,
Aztec Dance Performance, Art and Craft Vendors
Head Staff
Master of Ceremonies: Philip Archambault
Whipman: Ed Goodell
Color Guard: NIVA Portland/Vancouver Chapter
Host Drum: To Be Announced
Schedule
12 noon Welcoming
12 p.m. Children & Youth Games
5 p.m. Aztec Dancers
6 p.m. Grand Entry
9 p.m. Sobriety Countdown
Midnight – Happy New Year!
Location
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd STE 300
Portland,OR 97232
General & Vendor Contact:
Call 503-224-1044 ext 145; Email sallman@naranorthwest.org
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the annual NARA New Years Eve Sobriety Pow Wow at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon on New Year’s Eve.
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