Osage Indian Heritage Days Pow Wow Contest, Gravois Mills, Mo.
(Jacob's Cave Meadowlands, Route TT, at Lake of the Ozarks)
July 26-28, 1996
Open drum, dance contests
Tim Tallchief, mc
Rowe Kishketon, hed man dancer
Lori MOrgan, head lady dancer
Fred Spotted Bear, head gourd dancer
Lottie Shunkahmolah Pratt, honored lady
Admission $2.50 per person, 12 years & under free
Dancers write for gate passes: Jacob's Cave, Route 2, Box 129,
Versailles, MO 65084 or call 573 378 4374
July 26, gourd dance 7 p.m., grand entry 8 p.m.
July 27, gourd dance tba and 7 p.m., grand entry 8 p.m.
July 28 gourd dance 1 p.m., intertribal dancing 2-4 p.m.
Men's contest: straight 3 places; traditional & grass 3 places; and
fancy 3 places. 1st place $300; 2nd place $200; 3rd place $100 in each
category
Women's contest: fancy shawl & jingle dress 3 prizes; buckskin 3 prizes;
and cloth 3 prizes. 1st place $300; 2nd place $200; 3rd place $100 in
each category
Mills Apple Farm 1996 Pow wow, Marine, Illinois
(north of Interstate 70 off Illinois Highways 143 & 4, 40 miles east of
St. Louis, Mo.)
September 21-22
Bill McClellan sr., head man dancer
Tracy Waters, head woman dancer
Herschel Kaulaity, head gourd dancer
Orval Kirk, mc
Dancing Bear Creek, Noraml, OK, Northern Drum
head singers Kevin Paddyacker & Jimmy Galey
Mike's Group, Troy, IL, Southern Drum
head singer Millard Clark
Sept. 21, dance 1-4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.-?
Sept. 22, dance 1-4:30 p.m.
Information: Maria Mills 618 887 3002
Lisa Marchetti 618 654 9451