GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park has scheduled the Attean Memorial Pow Wow for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11. There will be several new features at this year’s annual event. The host drum will be the Burnurwurbskek Singers and the flute player will be Joseph Firecrow.

Grand Entry will occur at noon each day, with the resident live Bald Eagle participating.

The Penobscot Tribe, together with the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Abenaki Indians, were once members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy. The Abenaki and Wabanaki have the same Algonquian root, meaning “people from the east.” There are approximately 3,000 Penobscot Indians now, most of whom live in Maine.

The Attean family of the Penobscot Indians have lived on and off of Indian Island, as well as in and around Old Town. Theirs is a family of renowned craftspeople, who create handmade baskets for display and work, birch-bark canoes, walking sticks, beaded jewelry and other crafts.

Their craftsmanship can be found at the annual Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market and the Common Ground Country Fair.

Native food vendors will again be at the wildlife park Pow Wow, and the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park barbecue will provide food. Native American crafts, singing, dancing, educational and cultural information and children’s games will be ongoing.

For more information, call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977; or visit  www.mainewildlifepark.com , www.mefishwildlife.com or on Facebook.