This is what is going on here on saturday. check it
out if u can for those who live near.... and for
others... FYI
later all
Welcome to the Third Annual AMERICAN INDIAN FESTIVAL
10 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. * November 18, 2000 * 101
Monroe Street * Rockville, Maryland
County Executive Office Building (EOB) * Terrace and Lobby Levels
I-270, Exit 6A, Montgomery Avenue (East) to Monroe
Street * 2 Blocks West of Rockville Metro Station
*Don't forget to visit the American Indian artifacts
display in the EOB on the second floor; also at the
Rockville Library, one block West of the EOB, and a
Collection of Contemporary Shields and Medicine Wheels
and Bronze Sculptures by Retha Waldon Gambaro at City
Hall, located South of the Rockville Regional Library
SCHEDULED PROGRAM
SPEAKERS - Cafeteria Arena
10:00 a.m. Overview of the Festival Activities -
Juanita Echo-Hawk Neconie, Pawnee/Otoe-Missouri,
Pawnee, Oklahoma and Rockville MD, Great-Granddaughter
of Last Hereditary Otoe-Missouri Chief, Richard
Shunatona - Festival Coordinator
10:15 a.m. "Flute Music" - Robbie Rose, Cherokee,
Falls Church, VA
10:30 a.m. "Searching for Your Native American Roots
Presenter: Don Casey, Lakota Sioux, Dumfries, VA
11:30 a.m. "What is the Maryland Indian Affairs
Commission?"
Presenter: Bobby Little Bear, Osage, Chairman,
Maryland Indian Affairs Commission, Gaithersburg, MD
12:30 p.m. "Welcome and Proclamation Presentations "
- By the County Executive Officer, the Montgomery
County Council, and Director of the Montgomery County
Library System. Acknowledgement of the Proclamations
by Representative of Indian Health Service American
Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Committee
Moderator: Michelle Bird, Mandan-Hidatsa,
Great-Great-Granddaughter of Chief Crows Flies High,
Chief of the Hidatsa Tribe, Ft. Berthold Reservation,
New Town, North Dakota and Rockville, MD
MINI-POW WOW - Cafeteria Arena
HEAD STAFF FOR THE MINI POW-WOW:
Master of Ceremonies - Sammy "Tone-kei" White,
Kiowa, Anadarko, Oklahoma
Arena Director - Clayton Old Elk, Crow, Crow Agency,
Montana and Rockville, Md - Great Grandson of
"Curley", Crow Scout at the Little Big Horn.
Head Singer - Echo-Hawk (Pete) Neconie,
Kiowa-Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma and Fairfax, VA,
Great-Great
Grandson of "Echohawk", a member of the Pawnee Scouts
Head Man Dancer - Rick Harrison, Osage, Pawhuska,
Oklahoma and Rockville, MD
Head Lady Dancer - Ms. Lillian Sparks, Miss Indian
World 2000, Rosebud Sioux, Randallstown, MD
1:00 p.m. Grand Entry
· Opening Prayer
· Flag Song - Kiowa Flag Song
· Posting of the Colors
· Veterans Song - Recognition of All Military Service
Personnel
· Welcome and Introductions
· Round Dance - Audience Participation Invited
· Inter-Tribal Dancing
· Exhibition: Tiny Tot Dancing (Ages 0-10)
2:00 p.m. Special Indian "Give-Away" Honoring: Ms.
Karen Rawlins, Ms. Betty Valdes, Ms. Tina Clarke,
members of the
Festival Committee representing the City of Rockville,
the County Library System and the County Executive
Office.
· Exhibition: Women's Buckskin, Cloth Dress, Jingle
Dress & Fancy Shawl Styles of Dancing
· Inter-Tribal Dancing - Audience Participation
Invited
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break for Dancers
"Flute Music" - Robbie Rose, Cherokee, Falls Church,
VA
3:00 p.m. "Sharing Some Every Day Indian Traditions &
Values"
Presenters: Rick Harrison, Miss Indian World,
Sammy "Tone-kei" White
3:15 p.m. Exhibition: Men's Traditional, Straight
Dance, and Fancy Feather Styles of Dancing
3:30 p.m. "Traditional Tribal Dance Regalia Styles" -
An Explanation of the Different Traditional Tribal
Dance Regalia
Styles & the Tribes They Represent
· Indian Two-Step - Audience Participation Invited
4:15 p.m. - Exhibition Specialty Dance: The Hoop
Dance by Robbie Rose, Cherokee, Falls Church, VA
· Snake Dance - Audience Participation Invited
· Buffalo Dance
· Friendship/Round Dance - Audience Participation
Invited
· Closing Song/Carrying out of the Colors
· Closing Prayer
5:00 p.m. Mini-Pow Wow Concludes
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Have a nice Day!!!!!!:)
janet
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