Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow

The four weekend of July holds a celebration of heritage and legal settement along the Grand River by the Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida and Tuscarora Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

This event takes place in the open air, during the afternoon and on into the evening under lights. It has ben held at Chiefswood Tent and Trailer Park on the grounds of the estate of Canadian Mohawk Poetess, E. Pauline Johnson at the Six Nations Indian Rserver #40, near the hamlet of Middleport, Ontario in Brant County.

This annual summer event has quickly become a major tourist attraction locally, nationally and internationally.

What is a Powwow? The word itself comes from the old Algonquin word for "medicine man", "Pauwow" which means "he dreams". A Powwow is a healing, unifying ritual, a time of singing, dancing, sharing, crying, loving, teaching and learning.