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Peace Treaty Festival

With a weekend full of signature events, shopping opportunities, craft vendors, and kids' activities, there's fun for the whole family during the annual Peace Treaty Festival every September in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
With a weekend full of signature events, shopping opportunities, craft vendors, and kids’ activities, there’s fun for the whole family during the annual Peace Treaty Festival every September in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

Peace Treaty Festival

Every September, The Gyp Hills is the backdrop for the annual Peace Treaty Festival in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, centered around the Native American heritage of the area.

The last full weekend of each September, an inter-tribal powwow is held in the Peace Treaty Powwow Pavilion. This same weekend, the Annual Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo is held at the Pageant Arena, featuring working cowboys competing in events much like the day work on their ranches. The festival also features a parade, shopping, special food vendors, a small carnival, and a mountain man encampment. Every three years, a rare and magnificent display known as the Peace Treaty Pageant takes place in the Memorial Peace Park. This grand scale historical pageant encompasses 300 years of history, illustrating time through the birth of the prairie; features famous explorers like Cortez, Lewis and Clarke, and Sacajawea; includes a full-scale wagon train; and culminates with the commemoration of the signing of the peace treaty that was signed near Medicine Lodge in 1867.

Each year, the Peace Treaty Festival attracts thousands of visitors eager to observe and participate in centuries-old Native American traditions, as well as experience the unique opportunities of rural life.

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103 East Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104
620.886.9815
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Peace Treaty Festival

Events and activities during this year’s Peace Treaty weekend in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

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Peace Treaty Powwow

September 24, 2021
Attend a powwow to learn more about the history of Native Americans by witnessing a centuries-old tradition. Everyone is welcome to attend the powwow at the Medicine Lodge city park....
Medicine Lodge City Park

Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo

September 24, 2021
The Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo presents working cowboys competing in events such as Team penning Stray gathering Wild cow milking. These events are based on ranch activities that are still...
Medicine Lodge Pageant Arena

Historical Night Show

September 24, 2021
The historical night show melodrama tells the story from 1884 of the Medicine Valley Bank robbery. Can-can girls and the gun slinging cowboys will make you believe that you are...
Stockade Museum

Peace Treaty Parade

September 24, 2021
Bring your lawn chair and a camera – and don’t forget ear plugs! Our cowboys love shooting their guns in the air as they ride by. Pageant celebration parades You’ll...
Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Peace Treaty Pageant

September 24, 2021
The Peace Treaty Pageant is a large-scale reenactment that takes place every 3 years in a natural amphitheater just east of Medicine Lodge in the beautiful Gyp Hills. During the...
Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Kids’ Rodeo

September 25, 2021
Before the Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo, kids can compete in fun Kids' Rodeo games. Stick horse races At 6:30 p.m. Saturday, children 5 and under will compete in stick horse...
Medicine Lodge Pageant Arena

Historical Night Show

September 25, 2021
The historical night show melodrama tells the story from 1884 of the Medicine Valley Bank robbery. Can-can girls and the gun slinging cowboys will make you believe that you are...
Stockade Museum

Peace Treaty Powwow Day 2

September 25, 2021
Attend a powwow to learn more about the history of Native Americans by witnessing a centuries-old tradition. Everyone is welcome to attend the powwow at the Medicine Lodge city park....
Medicine Lodge City Park

Peace Treaty Parade

September 25, 2021
Bring your lawn chair and a camera – and don’t forget ear plugs! Our cowboys love shooting their guns in the air as they ride by. Pageant celebration parades You’ll...
Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Bulls & Broncs Rodeo

September 25, 2021
A new addition to the festival lineup in 2021 that is sure to be wildly popular is “Bulls & Broncs” on Saturday night. Delivering action-packed entertainment, top-ranked bucking bulls and...
Medicine Lodge Pageant Arena
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Peace Treaty Festival

Every September, The Gyp Hills is the backdrop for the annual Peace Treaty Festival in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, centered around the Native American heritage of the area.

The last full weekend of each September, an inter-tribal powwow is held in the Peace Treaty Powwow Pavilion. This same weekend, the Annual Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo is held at the Pageant Arena, featuring working cowboys competing in events much like the day work on their ranches. The festival also features a parade, shopping, special food vendors, a small carnival, and a mountain man encampment. Every three years, a rare and magnificent display known as the Peace Treaty Pageant takes place in the Memorial Peace Park. This grand scale historical pageant encompasses 300 years of history, illustrating time through the birth of the prairie; features famous explorers like Cortez, Lewis and Clarke, and Sacajawea; includes a full-scale wagon train; and culminates with the commemoration of the signing of the peace treaty that was signed near Medicine Lodge in 1867.

Each year, the Peace Treaty Festival attracts thousands of visitors eager to observe and participate in centuries-old Native American traditions, as well as experience the unique opportunities of rural life.

Tickets

Contact Info

103 East Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104
620.886.9815
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