Green Corn Dance Ceremony

The Green Corn Ceremony (Busk) is an annual ceremony practiced among various Native American peoples associated with the beginning of the yearly corn harvest. These ceremonies have been documented ethnographically throughout the North American Eastern Woodlands and Southeastern tribes.[2] Historically, it involved a first fruits rite in which the community would sacrifice the first of the green corn to ensure the rest of the crop would be successful.  Green Corn festivals are still held today by many different Southeastern Woodland tribes. The Green Corn Ceremony typically occurs in late June or July, sometimes as late as October even totally determined locally by the developing of the corn crops.[1] The ceremony is marked with dancing, feasting and tribal fellowship and story telling. Usually accompanied by traditional corn eating as a collective community. The Powhatan Nation of American Indians typically supply corn for everyone at in person events. However due to having to do a live stream celebration this year we ask that every attendee joins with their own corn of any kind even canned corn is okay. All is welcome we will will have an update with better details soon!