32th Big Time Gathering & Pow Wow - 4/25-26/2026

The Ohlone Big Time Gathering is the Ohlone’s annual Pow Wow held at the Tony Cerda Park in Pomona, CA.   Historically, California Indians had Gatherings instead of Pow Wows.  The Big Time Gathering is a three-day event held on the last weekend in April that annually draws an average of 2,000 people and tribal representatives from both East Coast and West Coast tribes. It is a chance to make connections, meet family and friends, and most importantly, to show the local community that the Ohlone are still here. 2026 marks the 32nd Annual Ohlone Big Time Gathering.

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FRIDAY NIGHT • CALI NIGHT 4/24/26

2:30pm Indigenous Market set up
5:30pm Opening Blessing
6:00pm Chumash Dance Sisters
7:00pm Hummaya Singers and Dancers
8:00pm Offerings and Bear Dance

SATURDAY POW WOW • 4.25.26

Blessing of the Circle
11am-2pm Pilgrimage programming
2:00pm GRAND ENTRY
2:15pm Land Acknowledgement

2:30pm Invocation
Tinker Gomez Spiritual Advisor

Set of Intertribals
Raffle
Men’s Hair Toss

Set of Intertribals
Raffle
Cake Walk
3:00pm Hummaya Singers and Dancers
3:30pm Chumash Dance sisters
5:00pm Hummaya Singers and Dancers
6:00pm Ohlone Sisters
Raffle
Cake-Walk
9:00pm Retreat Color Guard

SUNDAY HONORING 4.26.26

10:00am Blessing of the Circle
11:00am Blessing of the Children
12noon Grand Entry
12:15pm Land Acknowledgment
1:30pm Honoring of the Veterans
3pm Hummaya Singers and Dancers
Raffle
Couples Dance
Cake Walk
4pm Final Raffle
5:00pm Honoring of Pow Wow Committee
​5:30pm Retreat Color Guard Closing Ceremony

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