[NN-Dialogue] Wotanging Ikche--nanews10.015
Gary Night Owl
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Tue Apr 27 19:43:41 CDT 2004
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As historian Patricia Nelson Limerick summarized in The Legacy of Conquest:
The Unbroken Past of the American West,
"Set the blood quantum at one-quarter, hold to it as a rigid definition
of Indians, let intermarriage proceed as it had for centuries, and
eventually Indians will be defined out of existence. When that happens,
the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'"
"Brother, if you white men murdered the Son of the Great Spirit,
we Indians had nothing to do with it, and it is none of our affair.
If he had come among us, we would not have killed him; we would
have treated him well. You must make amends for that crime
yourselves."
__ Chief Red Jacket, Seneca
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| Indian Pledge of Allegiance | The Indian Pledge of Alleg-
| | iance was first presented
| I pledge allegiance to my Tribe,| on 2 December '93 during the
| to the democratic principles | opening address of the Nat-
| of the Republic | ional Congress of American
| and to the individual freedoms | Indian Tribal-States Relat-
| borrowed from the Iroquois and | ions Panel in Reno, NV. NCAI
| Choctaw Confederacies, | plans distribution of the
| as incorporated in the United | Indian Pledge to all Indian
| States Constitution, | Nations.
| so that my forefathers |
| shall not have died in vain | Walk in Beauty! Night Owl
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| Journey | In the summer and early fall
| The Bloodline | of 1998 the Treaty Unity Riders
| | rode a thousand miles on horse-
| For all that live and live by law | back, carrying a staff and
| We Stand, we Call, We Ride | praying each step of the way.
| For All that fear and fear by sight |
| We Hear, we Listen, we Ride | These prayers were offered for
| For all that pray and pray by strength| each of us, and that the Unity
| We Feel, we Move, we Ride | of all Peoples might happen.
| For all that die and die by greed |
| We Hurt, we Cry, we Ride | Tatanka Cante forwarded this
| For all that birth and birth by right | poem on behalf of all the Unity
| We Smile, we Hold, we Ride | Riders that we might stop and
| For all that need and need by heart | ask if the next words we say, the
| We Came, we Went, we Rode. | next act we make is for the good
| | of the People or is it from ego
| Treaty Unity Riders | for self.
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O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!
If you can help these young ladies achieve this once in a lifetime
dream, it will be a good thing.
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/navajohopiobserver/
Hopi Girls May Run In Australia - With Your Help
By Stan Bindell
Polacca, Ariz.-The good news is that two Hopi High School cross country
runners have been selected to run for the Arizona team in Australia. The
bad news is that they each have to raise $3,000 for the trip. Hopi High
School girls cross country runners Alyssa Fredericks and Tara Secakuku
will be running for the Arizona team in Australia this summer.
The dynamic duo will be running in the fifth annual Parkroyal Down Under
International Games in Australia. George O'Scanlon, president of
International Sports Specialists Inc., said they were selected based on
their contributions to their community and other achievements. The 13 day
trip, which begins July 1, will include one day in Sydney, Australia,
seven days and seven nights in Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast of
Australia and three days and nights in either Honolulu, Hawaii or Cairns,
Australia.
Copyright c. 2002 Northern Arizona Newspapers, Inc.
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A study commissioned by the United States concluded drilling for oil in
the Arctic National Wilderness would bring irreparable harm to the plants
and animals, including humans, living there. That study was made over a
period of several years by known experts. This did not set well with the
Bush administration, who had made opening the ANWR to oil exploration one
of George W. and Dick's election planks. A new study conducted by
handpicked consultants concluded in one week that the original study was
in error and that drilling and rolling trucks across the tundra will cause
no major damage to the arctic ecosystem.
Of course, only the second determination will be held as valid. ANWR
will feel the bite of the diamond drill bit, a minimal impact will be
made on our oil consumption, if any; and the caribou, plants, streams and
people will die.
Dohiyi Ani Oginalii
, , Gary Night Owl gars at nanews.org
(*,*) P. O. Box 672168 gars at speakeasy.org
(`-') Marietta, GA 30007, U.S.A. gars at olagrande.net
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----------- News of the people featured in this issue ----------
- G. Wayne Tapio - No more FBI Lies
- Limited Arctic Drilling - Peltier seeks Jury Trial
Won't Harm Caribou ??? in Case against FBI
- Hill & Holler: - Native Prisoner
Righting Old Wrongs -- Cease writing Governor
- Big Mountain Aquifer and Coal - Rustywire:
- Anglicans urged to vote No Nahgebah and Old Story
in Treaty Referendum - Poem: Winged Lessons
- Ottawa report says drop Charges - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days
from Burnt Church - Students need to
- Nez Perce Case Learn Indian Culture
strengthens Sovereignty - Native America Calling
- Former OST Officials on Trial - Upcoming Events
--------- "RE: G. Wayne Tapio" ---------
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:10:59 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="G. WAYNE TAPIO"
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/display/inn_obits/9513obits.txt
G. Wayne Tapio
April 7, 2002
Wanbli Ksapa - Wise Eagle
PINE RIDGE - Gerald Wayne Tapio, well-known politician of the Oglala
Sioux Tribe, passed from this world on April 3, 2002, after a long battle
with cancer.
G. Wayne, as everyone knew him, served on the OST Council for more than
20 years. During his career he is remembered most for his strong advocacy
for the youth and elderly of the reservation. He believed strongly in
education and many young people are grateful for the support he provided
to them in obtaining their education. G. Wayne served several terms as
mayor of Pine Ridge, which earned him the distinctive nickname of "Mayor."
G. Wayne loved his work and worked tirelessly to bring about change to the
reservation.
G. Wayne was born to Raymond Tapio and Bertha Janis on Oct. 3, 1935. In
1954, he graduated from Oglala Community School and also married his high
school sweetheart, Shirley Shangreau, at this time. G. Wayne and Shirley
had five children: Dale Wayne, Lyle Martin, Harlan Louis, Letoy Ray and
Robert Dean. G. Wayne earned a degree in Elementary Education from what
was then Black Hills State Teacher's College in 1959. After his graduation,
he moved his family to the Southwest where he taught in several BIA
schools in New Mexico and Arizona. In 1970, he returned to Pine Ridge and
took a position as a Home Living Director for the Oglala Community School
(now Pine Ridge High School). G. Wayne was eventually drawn to the
political arena and was elected to the OST Council as a councilman of the
Pine Ridge district. During his terms in office he served as chairman of
various committees of the tribal council.
G. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Shirley and son
Harlan.
He is survived by his four children; three grandsons, Myron Tapio, Roy
Martinez Jr., and Derek Martinez; one granddaughter, Kristie Tapio; two
great-grandsons, Mark and Marcel Tapio. He is also survived by his sisters,
Catherine Steele, Jean Good Crow, Jackie Mousseau, Patricia Good Voice
Flute and Betty Wilson; and one brother, Delbert Tapio. G. Wayne was the
patriarch of a very large family including many nieces, nephews, great-
nieces and nephews and other relatives who remember him with great love.
In 1986, G. Wayne was adopted by Louie Boy Winters and family and given
the name of Wanbli Ksapa by the late Matthew Two Bulls. He will always be
remembered by his family, friends and the Lakota people whom he served
with commitment and dedication.
One-night wake begins at 3:30 p.m., with a rosary at 8 p.m., Tuesday,
April 9, at Pine Ridge High School Gym in Pine Ridge. Mass of Christian
Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Pine Ridge High School
Gym, with Fr. Steve Sanford, S.J., as celebrant. Burial will be at the
Holy Rosary Mission Catholic Cemetery in Pine Ridge.
Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal.
--------- "RE: Limited Arctic Drilling Won't Harm Caribou ???" ---------
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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filename="ANWR DRILLING OK????"
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-040802anwr.story
Limited Arctic Drilling Won't Harm Caribou, Scientists Say
By KIM MURPHY, Times Staff Writer
April 8, 2002
Setting the stage for a contentious debate on oil drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge, government scientists have concluded that oil
wells limited to the northwest corner of the refuge would do little or no
harm to the thousands of caribou who bear their young on the coastal plain.
In a follow-up of an earlier report, the U.S. Geological Survey
concluded that predictions that oil drilling would impair caribou
reproduction and survival do not hold true if the eastern half of the
Arctic coastal plain is left untouched, a plan now under consideration by
some drilling proponents.
The biologists were ordered to take another look at the issue after
their earlier assessment of wildlife impacts considered a wider range of
drilling scenarios that left its findings open to debate.
The new report could influence the oil-drilling debate, as the Senate
prepares to resume debate this week on energy legislation. For the first
time, drilling proponents come to the hearings armed with scientific cover
for tapping the portion of the refuge thought most likely to contain
readily accessible oil.
Critics dismissed the revised findings, however, saying they do not
provide a realistic assessment because they look only at what happens if
caribou are prevented from calving in the northwest quadrant. They do not
examine whether that area might be important to caribou in other ways,
said Ken Whitten, a caribou biologist who contributed to the original
report.
"We can be pretty confident that there would be impacts, but we don't
have a model yet to measure them," Whitten said.
The 123,000 caribou are the most visible of the thousands of wildlife-
birds, grizzly bears, polar bears, musk oxen and others-that inhabit the
narrow, 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic refuge, America's
largest wildlife reserve and its most northern.
The annual migration of the herd-named after the Porcupine River-from
the mountains of Canada to the Arctic coast is North America's last great
mammal migration, and the spring and summer weeks spent along the coast,
relatively free of insects and predators, is thought to be crucial to
survival of the herd.
Federal officials estimate there are 5.7 billion to 16 billion barrels
of oil underneath the coastal plain, and the original USGS report looked
at how wildlife would be affected under a range of five development
scenarios for extracting that oil.
The original findings, unveiled March 29, ranged from little to no
effect on wildlife, if oil drilling is limited to the western edge of the
refuge, to a decrease of as much as 8.2% in caribou calf survival, if
there is massive development of the plain. Though that number seems small,
biologists say it could be potentially crippling to the herd's viability.
After its release, USGS Director Charles G. Groat asked the authors to
go back to the table and evaluate additional scenarios. Over the last week,
they looked at what would happen if oil wells were limited to the area
that the USGS believes is most likely to contain exploitable oil reserves,
in the northwest quadrant.
The House, in its version of the energy bill, limited oil development at
ANWR to 2,000 acres, presumably in the geologically accessible lands of
the northwest.
The authors also looked at development in lands controlled by Native
Alaskans who have a share in oil reserves within the refuge.
USGC biologist Brad Griffith, who authored the original caribou report,
said in this latest study that the USGS computer model, which looks at
what would happen if calving caribou were displaced by oil development in
the northwest quadrant, found changes in calf survival rates ranging from
a 1.4% improvement to a 2.9% decline, with an average of a 0.7% decline-
essentially negligible.
"Any displacement that's less than 10 kilometers total in the model as
an average resulted in little or no change in the June calf survival,"
said an Interior official familiar with the report.
The problem, Whitten said, is that applying the computer model to the
northwest quadrant is unrealistic, because very few caribou use the
quadrant for calving. On the other hand, about 30% of the herd uses that
area after calving, an indication that it may provide valuable forage or
insect protection that is vital but cannot be measured simply by looking
at calf distribution, Whitten said.
"We don't have ready-made models to estimate [impacts in this area] like
we do on [the rest of] the coastal plain," he said.
_ _ _
Times staff writer Elizabeth Shogren contributed to this report.
Copyright c. 2002 Los Angeles Times.
--------- "RE: Hill & Holler: Righting Old Wrongs" ---------
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:30:55 -0600 (CST)
From: susanbates at webtv.net (Susan)
Subj: Hill & Holler: Righting Old Wrongs
You might not be able to use this, but I have gotten lots of positive
responses from people who have read this week's column. I thought I'd
send it along for your consideration.
Keep up the good work!
Susan Bates
Hill & Holler Column - April 4
RIGHTING OLD WRONGS
There is a movement afoot to force some American companies who made
their fortunes through the use of slave labor to make reparations to the
black community. But I have a few questions I would like answered about
the feasibility of such an action, such as, who exactly would stand to
collect this money? Not every black person in this country is a
descendant of slaves nor was every slave black. Many of our People were
also sold into slavery. So would some of us be entitled to money? And if
so, how does one prove slave descendancy? Why, Pocahontas alone has
nearly a million descendants, if everyone who claims her blood is
telling the truth.
So what about the People who occupied this land in the first place,
..... you know, those peace loving men and women who kept a foreign race
from starving to death their first years here, taught them to grow crops
they had never seen before, acted as guides and protectors in a strange
land and treated their illnesses using medicines the newcomers had never
seen before? What was their reward for these acts of kindness - those
gentle folks who felt the first waves of terrorism on this soil long
before September 11? Where are their reparations?
What about the more than 700 Pequot men, women and children who
were murdered in 1637 while attending their Green Corn Festival? In the
predawn hours they were awakened and ordered to come outside by English
and Dutch mercenaries. Those who came out were shot or clubbed to death
while the terrified women and children who huddled inside the longhouse
were burned alive. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared
"A Day Of Thanksgiving" in honor of their extermination. Where are their
reparations?
And what about the 110 women and children who were murdered at
Ywahoo Falls in southeastern Kentucky on Friday, August 10th, 1810. For
years the blood of the Cherokee People had stained our home land. In a
desperate attempt to save the remaining children in the region,
Cornblossom, daughter of Chief Doublehead. made arrangements to bring
what was left of them to sacred Ywahoo Falls. Once all the children were
gathered at the falls, they were to make the journey to Reverend Gideon
Blackburn's Presbyterian Indian School at Sequatchie Valley outside of
Chattanooga Tennessee and freedom. But instead they were viciously
murdered by Tennessee Militiamen. Their screams can still be heard
today. Where are their reparations?
What about the children who were cruelly ripped from their parent's
arms and sent far away to government run schools after Congress
appropriated funds to "civilize and educate" Indians in 1802? Many died
alone, far from home in a strange and horrible world. Where are their
reparations?
And what about the 38 Indians Abraham Lincoln ordered hanged on
Thanksgiving, 1864, as a result of a Sioux uprising in Minnesota? Their
People were starving to death and these men had no choice but to fight
so they could survive. Where are their reparations?
But forfeiting our land and losing our lives was not enough. Even the
bones of our ancestors were coveted. Many white people wore clothes
fastened with buttons made of Indian bones. Not even allowed the
sanctity of a proper burial, many of our ancestor's remains are still
being held hostage in museums and "private collections." Where are their
reparations?
One by one, every Nation on this continent was forced to make a
death march of one type or another. The Trail of Tears, Sand Creek and
Wounded Knee, The Long Walk of the Navajo, the list is endless. Where
are their reparations?
Can the present generation atone for the sins of an earlier one? I
don't know.
Our People are still waiting for the answer to that one.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
What do we indigenous people want from our country? We stand over
mass graves. Our collective grief makes us numb. We are waiting for the
construction of our museum.
We too could stack the shoes of our dead and fill a city to its
thirteenth floor. What did you expect us to become? What do we
indigenous people want from our country? We are waiting for the
construction of our museum.
We are the great-grandchildren of Sand Creek and Wounded Knee. We are
the veterans of the Indian wars. We are the sons and daughters of the
walking dead. We have lost everyone.
What do we indigenous people want from our country? We stand over mass
graves. Our collective grief makes us numb.
We are waiting for the construction of our museum. ----Sherman Alexie
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You can contact me at susanbates at webtv.net or
write me at HC 73 Box 159-1, Drury, MO 65638
--------- "RE: Big Mountain Aquifer and Coal" ---------
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:32:19 +0000
From: Moderator <m16 at iname.com>
Subj: BIGMTLIST WATER, AQUIFER & COAL
Mailing List: Big Mountain List <BIGMTLIST at topica.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 16:10:19 -0500
From: Carol Halberstadt <carol AT migrations.com>
Bob--this was posted on another list--please post to BIGMTLIST:
thanks, Carol
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Water wars reach Flag By JEFF TUCKER 04/06/2002
Hopi tribal activists, long opposed to groundwater pumping by Peabody
Coal Co. on Black Mesa, have a new target for their ire: Their own
tribal government.
Beneath banners at Flagstaff City Hall depicting black, vampire-like
creatures consuming water with phrases like "Peabody sucks life," Black
Mesa Trust president Leonard Selestewa announced Friday the birth of
what the Trust believes is a new demon.
"On March 22, through a Hopi tribal resolution, I believe Peabody Junior
was born," Selestewa said. "His name is Reliant."
But the Hopi Tribal Council, which signed an agreement with Reliant
Energy of Houston to explore building a coal-fired generating plant on
Hopi lands, isn't buying that label.
The tribe has committed its support to a plan that would build a $100
million pipeline from Lake Powell, bringing enough water to supply 1.3
billion gallons per year to Peabody, 800 million gallons per year for
the new energy plant and augment drinking water on Hopi lands, said Hopi
Chairman Wayne Taylor.
"It's something the council has already endorsed," he said.
Peabody, which denies that its groundwater pumping is harming Hopi
springs and wells, nevertheless has alternatives in the works. One
option would be to use additional "untapped" sources of groundwater;
another involves piping water from a source near the Mohave generating
station in Laughlin, Nev., -- the ultimate destination for the coal --
to the Hopi mesas and back with the slurry.
"In terms of the Lake Powell pipeline, there are dozens of Arizona
parties involved," said Beth Sutton, a Peabody spokesperson. "Due to the
complexities of those discussions, we're continuing to consider other
potential options on a parallel track."
Regardless of which option is adopted, the Hopi Tribe has made it clear
to Peabody that it won't renew the coal lease, which expires in 2005, if
the mining relies on pumping the Navajo Aquifer.
"What we have said (to Peabody) is that we're willing to go forward with
the arrangement we have, plus provide you with additional coal, but only
on the condition that you stop pumping from the N-aquifer," said Scott
Canty, lead attorney for the Hopi Tribe. "(Without the alternative water
source), we won't approve those additional terms, and we've said we're
willing to see the mine close to get them off the N-aquifer."
Those assurances notwithstanding, village leader Perry Honani said at
Friday's demonstration that he will pull his three representatives from
the Tribal Council in protest.
"Our problem with Reliant is not with the good intentions to provide
jobs and economy, because we do need that," said Vernon Masayesva,
executive director of the Black Mesa Trust. "It's the manner in which
they've done this that greatly disturbs us."
Hopi Tribal officials say the Reliant plant, if built, could be a
diamond in the rough, providing power to the reservation, 400 jobs and a
$25 million payroll.
"The Reliant project is not a sure thing," Canty said. "At this point
all we have is a potential deal."
Canty added that numerous environmental and feasibility studies are
necessary before anything with Reliant can become final, and a key part
of any negotiation is finding another source of water for the plant.
Canty said the negotiations over the pipeline have been ongoing for
close to six years and that Peabody has expressed interest in fronting
most of the bill.
Sutton, however, said the pipeline is only one alternative water source.
She said Peabody remains interested in the Lake Powell pipeline
proposal, but the company believes that it could be too complicated and
time-consuming to be viable.
Peabody also disputes claims by the Black Mesa Trust that its operation
causes substantial damage to the aquifer. Sutton said the company has
funded and will continue to fund scientific studies to be sure that the
operation's effect on the aquifer is negligible.
The water Peabody uses is part of its lease with the Hopi and Navajo
tribes, but the tribes have jurisdiction over the water.
Canty said the lease, approved in 1965, provides for enough water to
make Peabody's operation viable, but the tribe is committed to stopping
the use of the N-aquifer as a source for that water.
The tribe is currently in negotiations with Peabody to extend its lease
and allow the company to mine another portion of the mesa. Peabody has
submitted its application to the Office of Surface Mining and the final
approval to mine coal in the new deposits is contingent on tribal as
well as OSM approval.
Reporter Jeff Tucker can be reached at 556-2250 or
jtucker at azdailysun.com.
Copyright 2002 Arizona Daily Sun
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--------- "RE: Anglicans urged to vote No in Treaty Referendum" ---------
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:19:57 -0500
From: "Frosty" <frosty at frostys.qc.ca>
Subj: Anglicans urged to vote No in treaty referendum
Mailing List: Frostys AmerIndian <@yahoogroups.com
http://www2.mybc.com/news/bc/fs.cfm?source_id=&id=1090754
'Pastoral letter' issued
Anglicans urged to vote No in treaty referendum
Apr 05, 2002
Friday , Apr 05, 2002
VANCOUVER (CP) - The Anglican Church waded into the controversial treaty
referendum issue Thursday, urging its more than 200,000 members in British
Columbia to vote No to the eight questions now being mailed across the
province.
Archbishop David Crawley, the province's top bishop, said the church was
taking the unusual step of issuing a "pastoral letter" that would be read
Sunday to parishioners.
"In rough terms, the pastoral letter is urging all Anglicans to vote No
to all questions," said Crawley.
And parishioners who feel the treaty process is wrong and can't in
conscience participate, said Crawley, could take the alternative step of
registering a protest vote "by not marking the ballot" and instead signing
it and placing it in the envelope.
That way, the vote will be considered as rejected but not spoiled.
"A spoiled ballot will not be counted," said Crawley. "It will not
register as a protest nor do anything about preventing a Yes vote."
Meantime, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
also reiterated their vehement opposition to the referendum and sent a
letter to the federal government.
Crawley, who was joined by Bishop Michael Ingham of the Diocese of New
Westminster at a news conference, said the Anglican church considers the
referendum inappropriate.
"Minority rights should not be decided by a majority referendum and the
rights of the First Nations in B.C. have been accepted by the courts of
the land as well established and can't be altered by a popular vote," said
Crawley.
The eight-question referendum ballot was mailed to an estimated 2.2
million registered B.C. voters Tuesday.
The referendum was one of the Liberals' campaign promises last May.
British Columbia residents will be asked, among other things, if they
agree that future treaties should ensure private property is not
expropriated, that hunting and fishing on Crown land will be maintained
for all B.C. residents and that aboriginal self-government will have the
characteristics of municipal government.
In Victoria, Attorney General Geoff Plant said the Anglican Church
leadership was a special interest group.
"I think the leadership of the Anglican Church is as much a special
interest group as any other group like that in British Columbia."
The First Nations Summit held a separate news conference, reiterating
its anger with the referendum.
Officials with the summit, which represents dozens of First Nations
involved in the treaty process, said they had sent a letter to the federal
government asking that the legality and constitutionality of the
referendum be referred immediately to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Bill Wilson, the most outspoken member of the summit's three-member task
group, likened Plant, who is responsible for treaty talks, to a "madam"
who was inviting natives into a brothel.
"It is equivalent to the premier opening up a house of ill-repute across
the street . . . and asking everybody to go over there to talk to the
madam named Geoff Plant to engage in some immoral activity."
Wilson repeated the summit's long-held recommendation that all British
Columbians boycott the vote.
"Keep (the ballot) on your mantelpiece as a symbol of 1952 racism
revisited by the new Socreds.
At a third news conference, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, whose
members are not part of the treaty process, urged natives to participate
in an "active boycott" of the vote.
Under that strategy, natives would send their ballots to aboriginal
organizations as a form of protest, rather than voting and mailing them to
Victoria.
"Our view is a straight-up boycott doesn't give any expression to this
issue and is a waste of an opportunity," said Stewart Phillip, who was
joined by other leaders who burned several ballots in protest.
"Simply to throw your ballot away is not really helpful as opposed to
allowing us to collect the ballots to give expression to our absolute
opposition to this."
Ballots must be returned by May 15 and results should be known by July 3.
After almost 10 years of talks, aboriginals, the federal government and
the B.C. government have failed to reach one treaty settlement with any of
the province's estimated 200 First Nations.
There are fewer than 20 aboriginal treaty settlements in British
Columbia and most of those date back to the mid-1800s.
B.C.'s first modern-day treaty was reached with the Nisga'a aboriginals
of northwest B.C. in 1998 after more than 100 years of on-again, off-again
talks. But it was completed outside the current treaty process.
The Anglican Church has issued only one other pastoral letter in the
past 12 years, and that was on an internal matter, the bishops said.
"This is not something we do very frequently but we do so because as
bishops, we are concerned about the potential of this referendum to divide
and polarize aboriginal and non-aboriginal British Columbians," said
Ingham.
A spokesman for the Catholic Church's Vancouver diocese said each
diocese was independent and did not have one central spokesperson like the
Anglicans.
The Catholic Church, which is the largest denomination in British
Columbia, has not taken a stance on the referendum.
Last month, a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a Vancouver Island First
Nation's attempt to halt the ballot mailing.
Judith Sayers, Hupacasath First Nation chief, said B.C.'s Liberal
government could expect aboriginals to take economic and legal actions to
fight the referendum.
Copyright c. 2002 The Canadian Press.
--------- "RE: Ottawa report says drop Charges from Burnt Church" ---------
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
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http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Native-Fisheries-Report.html
Ottawa report says drop charges from Burnt Church N.B., violence, CBC says
April 8, 2002
TORONTO (CP) -- A federal committee appointed to prevent further
outbreaks of violence between native and non-native lobster fishermen in
Burnt Church, N.B., says charges arising from previous confrontations
should be dropped, CBC TV's The National reported Monday.
In a report, which is to be released soon, the committee also proposes
establishing a task force to deal with health and education issues on the
native reserve, said the CBC which obtained a copy of the report.
The report, prepared by a former judge and a retired native chief,
further recommends that Ottawa compensate fishermen who lost traps on
boats and bar native fishermen from fishing in the fall, when non-natives
are not allowed to fish.
Ottawa should also make native fishermen fish under a Fisheries
Department licence, which would be distributed by the band.
The report was welcomed by Sandy Siegel of the Maritime Fishermen's
Union, spokesman for the non-native fishermen, but denounced by a Burnt
Church band elder.
"They know what is ours," said Lloyd Augustine, adding that the
reconciliation process is being used to "take away more of what belongs to
the Mi'kmaq people."
In August 2000, Burnt Church became a scene of clashes between native
and non-native fishermen and Fisheries Department officials.
Insults and rocks were hurled as the fishermen fought bitterly over the
rights to fish in the reserve's waters.
The incidents were triggered by a Supreme Court of Canada decision in
1999 that said East Coast natives have a treaty right to hunt and fish for
a moderate livelihood.
Commercial fishermen in the area can only trap lobsters in the spring
and bitterly resent the native insistence on a separate fishery.
Copyright c. 2002, Canoe, a division of Netgraphe Inc.
--------- "RE: Nez Perce Case strengthens Sovereignty" ---------
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:14:03 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
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Tribe's Lawyer Says Case Strengthens Sovereignty
by AP, The Associated Press
Lewiston, Idaho (AP) _ A federal appeals court's decision to reinstate
the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a Lapwai man strengthens the Nez
Perce Tribe's sovereignty, the tribe's attorney said.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that Izaak W.
Johnson, 27, could be sentenced in federal court, even though he already
has been sentenced in tribal court.
Johnson, who also lives in White Swan, Wash., pleaded guilty in Nez
Perce Tribal Court for his role in the 1997 beating death of 35-year-old
Willis Green.
After Johnson's plea, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ruled the federal
government could not try him for the crime. To do so would be
unconstitutional double jeopardy _ trying someone twice for the same crime,
Lodge ruled.
The courts have ruled before that a tribe exercising jurisdiction over
its own members is sovereign and separate from federal prosecution, and
therefore not double jeopardy. But Johnson is a member of the Colville
Indian Tribe.
The Nez Perce Tribal Court sentenced him to a year in the Latah County
Jail, the maximum sentence for any crime in tribal law. The maximum
federal sentence for voluntary manslaughter is 10 years in prison.
The U.S. attorney's office for Idaho, which typically handles felony
cases involving tribal members, appealed Lodge's ruling in Johnson's case.
The Court of Appeals reinstated the federal conviction of Johnson,
ruling that since the Nez Perce Tribe and federal governments are separate
sovereign entities, a second sentence is not double jeopardy.
"The tribe is pleased with the result," said Rick Eichstaedt, an
attorney with the Nez Perce Tribe. "It's further recognizing the tribe's
sovereignty."
Eichstaedt said the ruling also clarified a somewhat gray area of Indian
law concerning tribal jurisdiction over Native Americans from other tribes.
Copyright c. 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Copyright c. 2001 iMinorities, Inc. All rights reserved.
--------- "RE: Former OST Officials on Trial" ---------
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:46:09 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
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April 02, 2002
Former OST officials on trial
By Jim Holland, Journal Staff Writer
Three former Oglala Sioux Tribal Council members, including a former
tribal chairman, are on trial on charges of conspiracy to commit theft of
tribal-housing funds.
A jury was seated Tuesday in federal district court in Rapid City to
hear the case against Paul Iron Cloud, former chairman of the Oglala Sioux
Tribal Council and former executive director of the tribe's housing
authority. Also on trial on a 13-count federal indictment are former
tribal-council members Marlin G. "Moon" Weston and Gerald "Jump" Big Crow.
Also charged with theft in the case is Elizabeth "Jackie" Big Crow, wife
of "Jump" Big Crow.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mara M. Kohn told jurors during opening
statements that Iron Cloud used his position of director of the housing
authority to convert government funds to his personal use from February
1993 through August 2000.
Kohn said he allowed families of the other defendants to live in the
housing program for free or for lower rent than their actual income level
indicated.
Gerald and Elizabeth Big Crow and Weston are accused of falsifying
annual-income statements.
"I am sure you heard of the golden rule," Kohn told jurors. "To these
defendants, those with the gold made the rules."
Defense attorney Bruce Ellison of Rapid City said there was no evidence
that Iron Cloud, Weston and Big Crow conspired to commit the thefts.
He said Iron Cloud headed the housing authority as it grew from 35
employees to more than 150 employees, with 1,900 housing units and more
than 13,000 residents.
"He (Iron Cloud) acted in good faith. He tried to be a good
administrator, and he tried to treat everyone the same," Ellison said.
Ellison said more than $1 million in unpaid rent stemmed from the
"dysfunctional nature of the government apparatus in collecting back
rent."
He said Iron Cloud's job as executive director was to find funds to
build homes and make repairs, not to verify income and determine rental
charges.
The trial, being heard in the courtroom of U.S. Senior District Judge
Richard Battey, is expected to last for 10 days.
Contact reporter Jim Holland at 394-8415 or
jim.holland at rapidcityjournal.com.
Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal.
--------- "RE: No more FBI Lies" ---------
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:02:48 -0600
From: "lpdc" <lpdc at freepeltier.org>
Subj: FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
Mailing List: LPDC <lpdc at freepeltier.org>
NO MORE FBI LIES!
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
Friends,
The civil rights lawsuit was filed today and there has been some valuable
press coverage, including the New York Times and Associated Press. There
is sure to be more tomorrow. We are doing well considering the terrible
developments occurring in the Palestinian territories which are attracting
dramatic press attention. Please send any press coverage generated in your
areas to us so that we can keep record of it. Thank you for all your good
work!
Now that the complaint is filed the next phase will be the government's
attempt to have the case dismissed. Bernard Kleinman, the lawyer handling
the case, says a hearing to determine whether a dismissal should occur will
likely be scheduled late in the year (in DC). He believes we can defeat
the government's motion to dismiss. Once this occurs, we enter into the
discovery phase, which requires the government to produce requested
documents and answer questions during depositions. (This is where we have a
chance to obtain new evidence). From there we go to trial where Louis Freeh
and others will take the stand. Let's keep the momentum building through
outreach and awareness activities!
We want to express our solidarity with those handling the Judi Bari
lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland Police. That trial begins this Monday,
April 8.
To learn more visit http://www.judibari.org
As many of you know Judi Bari was an environmental activist who, along
with Darryl Cherney, was badly injured when a car bomb exploded in her car.
Judi sustained permanent injuries. The FBI and police claimed that the
non-violent activists were transporting the explosives. They concealed
investigatory evidence proving that the bomb had been placed directly
underneath Judi's car seat by a still unknown assailant. FBI Agent Richard
Held headed the San Francisco FBI office at the time. He was also involved
in the framing of both Leonard Peltier and Geronimo ji jaga (formerly
Geronimo Pratt). The suit argues that the FBI and police intentionally
sought to destroy the reputation of Earth First!, the organization that Bari
belonged to. We must continue to collectively struggle for an end to FBI
abuses!
In Solidarity,
LPDC
Until Freedom Is Won!
The New Peltier Justice Campaign
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
www.freepeltier.org
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--------- "RE: Peltier seeks Jury Trial in Case against FBI" ---------
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:46:09 -0600
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Peltier seeks jury trial in case against FBI
By Jodi Rave Lee, Lincoln Journal Star
WASHINGTON -- When hundreds of FBI agents took a high-profile stand
against convicted FBI killer Leonard Peltier, lawyers for the imprisoned
activist took note. They are expected to file a lawsuit Thursday in U.S.
District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging the agents participated in "a
campaign of misinformation."
Former FBI director Louis Freeh and the FBI Agents Association are named
in the suit for engaging "in a systematic, and officially sanctioned
campaign of misinformation and disinformation," preventing Peltier from
clemency and parole reviews that were fair.
About 500 FBI agents and family members joined in an unprecedented march
outside the White House Dec. 15, 2000, after former President Clinton said
he would consider clemency.
"That was the perfect example of the abuse of their position as FBI
agents," Bernard V. Kleinman, a New York-based attorney for Peltier, said
Wednesday. "It's hard to believe these agents were all quote, unquote, off
duty."
Said FBI Agents Association president Nancy Savage, "Every one was on
annual leave." She added that she would look at the lawsuit before making
further comments.
Peltier, a Chippewa/Lakota from North Dakota and an active American
Indian Movement member until his arrest in 1976, was convicted in 1977 of
killing FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. The agents died in a
shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26, 1975.
Peltier -- imprisoned in Leavenworth, Kan. -- is seeking damages of $1
million and a jury trial because of the FBI's campaign against him.
"It's my deepest hope that justice finally prevails," Robert Benford,
chairman of the Sociology Department at Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale, said. "We know about ... (government) efforts to sabotage
social movements, the American Indian Movement, the Black Panthers, the
women's movement.
"I've always been concerned that he should have had his day in court if
nothing else," said the former Lincoln, Neb. resident, who has been
interested in Peltier's case for the past 25 years.
Other Peltier supporters include the late Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama
and Desmond Tutu. An estimated 3,000 Peltier supporters marched in New
York City Dec. 10, 2000, when Clinton had fewer than 40 days to make a
clemency decision.
Peltier's supporters claim the FBI gained a conviction by terrorizing
witnesses, using false testimony and withholding a ballistic test that
proved his innocence. And 8th Circuit Court Judge Gerald Heaney -- who
once denied Peltier a new trial -- has since recommended clemency.
Meanwhile, FBI agents have taken an active role against Peltier,
broadcasting their concerns nationally on TV, in newspaper advertisements
and letters, and on the Internet. A petition against clemency signed by
8,000 former and current FBI agents was sent to Clinton.
"We want to impress upon the president that Leonard Peltier is not at
all worthy of that kind of consideration," FBI agent John Sennett told CNN
at the time. "He is the cold-blooded killer of two FBI agents in their
late 20s. ... They were on the Pine Ridge Reservation looking for a
fugitive, and they happened upon Leonard Peltier."
Said attorney Kleinman, "To refer to him as a cold-blooded killer
without providing any further information does an injustice to him and to
this system.
"Those statements go well beyond what is and what should be permissible
for an active agent," Kleinman said. "Most FBI agents barely acknowledge
they work for the bureau let alone comment on cases."
Contact reporter Jodi Rave Lee at 402-473-7240 or jrave at journalstar.com.
Copyright c. 2002 The Rapid City Journal.
--------- "RE: Native Prisoner" ---------
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:19:12 -0600
From: Janet Smith <owlstar at speakeasy.org>
Subj: Native Prisoner
Recently Wotanging Ikche sent out an appeal for support for a Georgia
prisoner on death row. This weekend we received the note below. Bottom
line is that James Captive Hawk Lee's lawyers have changed the legal
strategy and do NOT want letters sent to the Governor on his behalf. I
know the people following this case and if support is needed in the
future, we'll be told and will let you know.
Date: Saturday, April 06, 2002 8:13 PM
From: Renegade
Subj: James Captive Hawk Lee
. . . . I received a letter from James Lee requesting that his supporters
cease writing the Governor of Georgia. He said that the information I got
surrounding the case was not entirely correct and he would appreciate it
if we would stop mentioning any abuse to which he and his mother might
have been subjected or his father. He also hopes to get a new legal team
in the near future.
My most sincere apologies to everyone for not verifying everything I
was told. I was asked to get the information out and I did. The most
important thing we can do for James right now is to be quiet and let his
legal team decide what to do next. I will keep you informed as things
develop.
James wanted me to extent his most heart felt thinks to everyone for
the cards and letters he has received and for the support he has been
given in his fight for justice.
Your assistance in getting this word out is greatly appreciated.
WADO!
Paul
--------- "RE: Rustywire: Nahgebah and Old Story" ---------
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:31:27 -0800
From: rustywire at yahoo.com (john rustywire)
Subj: Nahgebah and old story
Newsgroup: alt.native
It was the time of year for joy and thanksgiving, but Ashie was
concerned about how to make payments on this months bills, and with
Christmas coming there was not enough money to cover the rent even,
and there still was the light bill to go. The kids were looking
forward to Christmas but he thought I wish it had already gone by.
He was far from home, this native to Four Corners and from time to
time he would look to the South at the horizon, beyond that is where
home really was, in the nestle of red rocks, cedar trees and dusty
roads. He had not been home since his mother had suffered a stroke and
the boys, his three brothers and him decided to board up the house.
It was more than a year ago, he got a call that his mother had been
found on the floor at the house in Two Gray Hills and flown from
Shiprock to Albuquerque. He drove all night and got there after they
had operated on her at the University Hospital at the University of
New Mexico. He stayed there with her. The doctors said she would come
out of the deep sleep she was in. He thought that maybe by talking to
her, that she might know his voice and come back.
She just layed there, all her gray hair was cut off. He did not
recognize her with her hair all gone. As a boy he watched her comb her
hair out, early in the morning. She was careful to pick up all the
loose ends and put them someplace safe lest they fall into the wrong
hands. She took care of her hair and kept it up in the bun all day,
tied up traditional style. Now she just layed her with no hair and did
not move..
He stayed as long as he could sleeping in his car in the parking lot
and pawning his belt buckle and some silver jewelry to get back home.
His boss had let him off and paid him for two extra weeks while he was
gone, but since his job as a trucker paid no benefits; he was in debt
to his boss and could not visit her anymore.
Nahgegah was put in a long term nursing home and moved to Phoenix, his
brothers and he had decided that was best, because the good hospitals
were down there They boarded up the house and put away all the things
in there, but they couldn't really touch the things in her room. They
left it just like they had their father's room.
His father liked to put up pictures of Indians, any kind of Indian and
one wall was a collage of Indian pictures, years ago when he passed
away, no one in the family had the heart to take them down and so they
were still up there, along with his hat, his drum and rattles.
Anyway he had chance to drive a load to Albuquerque just before the
Holidays and it would be extra pay, and he needed the money so he said
ok. He told his wife and she wasn't too happy about it. "What about
Christmas, the kids are expecting ... .", but her voice trailed off
because she knew as well they needed the money. She said, I will think
of something. He said I wish I could give you a better Christmas than
this but I have to take this trip.
It is a hard thing when you know that no matter what you do anything
more than that to bring more money home and this Christmas was going
to be a bust. He touched the kid's hair as they slept, it was early
before daylight when he left.
Ashie got to the truckers' yard and saw the dispatcher, got his paper
work and found a rig with a Cummins diesel. It was noisy but after it
warmed up a while it purred like a kitten. He looked around and
thought, looks like I am the only one here today. He put it in gear
and started to head out.
The dispatcher ran over to him and flagged him down, he stopped. The
old white guy could move pretty good when he wanted to. He asked
Ashie, what is your cell number. Ashie told him I don't have a cell
phone, I will have to call you when I stop. The dispatcher looked at
him and did not say anything and he headed out and drove South looking
for the freeway. In a few hours he would be looking for the red rocks
of home ...
It was the beginning of a new day, the earth was new in many ways and
the early light of dawn was just beginning to reach its fingers to the
west. He felt his pocket and the nub of deerskin that held yellow
powder, Tah-Dah-Deen, was small in it. If he had a chance he would
have to find some to refill it. He thought about this sunrise, reached
into the small deerskin pouch and offered a prayer ...
From my chest may the pollen of dawn help me to learn. He looked to
the western horizon as he entered the freeway ...
From my back may the pollen of yellow evening light help me to learn.
As he shifted gears the words came.
From the soles of my feet may the pollen of whirlwind help me to
learn. He looked at the dawn in the east as the sky was pink and pale
blue.
From the top of my head reaching toward the sky, toward sunlight and
blue birds, pollen help me to learn so that I may walk and go this way
with it. Let these things I see help me to learn and let the pollen of
wind touch my tongue and guide me in proper way I should go ...
He stretched and sat up and breathed in the fresh air of a new day.
Now restored to youth a little I can go about this day, pollen help me
to learn how to walk in beauty this day. He repeated it again as he
drove down the highway.
Old lady Nahgebah was her name, she came into the extended care
nursing home in Phoenix. She was on Medicare, long term and she became
known as the Old Navajo woman in bed 6B.
They had gone to Gallup and eaten at the All You Can Eat Chinese Place
by the Old WalMart she didn't feel too good and thought it was just a
long day. When she got home, she put her things away and went to the
door to take a look at the sheep. Her youngest son had left to go to
Newcomb. She felt strange and then she fell to the floor.
It was a strange place, half in shadows and half twilight. In the
distance she could see movement but could not reach there, she was on
a mountain and they were across the valley and did not see her. Who
were these people she tried to talk to them but they would look at her
and say nothing. She watched them and some of the looked like
monsters ...
Ashie drove through the mountains driving South, the roads were full
of families headed to visit, some had Christmas presents in the back
windows and the kids would stick their arms out the windows and pump
them up and down. He would reach for the string and the long sound of
a diesel horn would bellow out and they would wave. All he could think
about were his kids at home, who were just now waking up and finding
him gone. There were going to check the tree for new presents but
there was just one for each and then they would go to the kitchen for
cereal.
It was a play, it looked like from where Nahgebah stood, she say a
giant talking to a woman, and while she was out gathering plant food
from country that looked like Lukachukai, a broad valley with a
mountain rising up to the East, she wandered at the foot of it and
gathered, drop seed plants for soup. The monster came and she hid and
the monster went by her and traveled on. Her shape changed and she
moved and there she found a place and dwelt in it.
After a time the one who calls himself the Sun went into her place, he
was there a long time and then he left. This woman came out and then
found a place with dripping water and layed under it. When she did
this she could see this was Changing Woman.
She was witnessing the conception of the twins, the father came and
she conceived them. It was to rid the world of these monsters; she
could see them in the distance wandering around. So this is how they
came to be. One child conceived with a powerful name, Monster Slayer.
When this child was born there was a storm all around the place, there
were dark clouds and lightning flashed clockwise starting in the East
then the South, then West and to the North in a clockwise fashion.
When the second child was born, there was just gentle thunder starting
from the East. She stood there and watched this, and heard the names
of these children, the first born to kill monsters, he was called
Monster Slayer and the other for soft gentle dripping water, Child
Born for Water. She could see them when they were small and when
monsters came to the place of the mother the boys were hidden. These
monsters had heard there was a new force with power born but were not
sure where it came from and searched all over for what it was but
could not find it.
Ashie drove on down through Ute Mountain and could see the spire of
Shiprock to the South and felt at home, even with all his worries it
felt good to see this place. It was not too far from home. He
remembered then that no one was there anymore, just an empty boarded
up house.
He remembered telling his mother when he as a child, "I will build you
a house some day Shima", she would look at him and just laugh and say
ok, we will see ... he felt bad about the whole thing because he
was the eldest son, the one in charge and life did not work out how he
planned it. Now she was a vegetable in a strange place.
Nahgebah could see the boys grow up in a short time as if by magic and
they were strong, and quick, they could see her and she would wave at
them and they would wave back. She could not tell how long she had
been at this place but she was growing tired of it. She looked to the
East and could see some light and strained her eyes to see beyond it.
The Twin boys grew and asked their mother who their father was, after
three times she finally told them the fourth time they asked. She told
them the Sun, and from their the story of their journeys Nahgebah saw,
each one, the tests of going to the canyon where men get thrown from
the rocks, the place where reeds cut like knives on those that crossed
them, the crossing of a river that gets wider when you try to cross
it. She saw how the Wind became their ally and how they had the magic
of traveling on a rainbow. She watched these boys grow and she could
see the light of day becoming better in the East.
Ashie turned off the road South of Shiprock and drove west. He was
thinking that somewhere in an office in Reno, a guy was drinking
coffee and looking at a computer screen watching a map with little
blip leave the road off the trail to Albuquerque and he was reaching
for the phone. Ashie smiled and was glad he did not have cell phone,
but the box above his head mounted outside was telling on him, but he
turned down that narrow ribbon of road and headed west anyway.
An older Navajo woman herding sheep on a nearby hill at Burnham
turnoff wondered what a diesel truck was doing way out here. He waved
to her, but she just looked at him and he laughed about it to himself
and drove own down the road.
Nahgebah could see the Twins approaching the Sand Dunes where when one
walks it swallows you up but she felt the rush of Wind as it went by
her and it lifted them up and over the sand and she laughed to see it.
The boys heard her and they looked at her and then went on to the
East. She could see better and the sound of what was gong on outside
started to come slowly.
She could see the boys travel over the mountains, four of them and she
could see them clearly ... and then they went over the
hill ... she closed her eyes and could see them, she knew they were
going to see their father at his place, a hogan hidden to the East and
that he would test them to see if they really were his sons. She could
see this in her mind ...
The big rig could not go beyond the turn by the trading post, so Ashie
parked the big rig there and walked from there to the a little house
to East from there.
The trader came out and wondered if maybe he forgot about a delivery
there. Ashie waved and pointed to the East and walked on, the trader
stood on the steps watching him pass the old Reverend Kay's place and
walk toward the Natani's place and disappear into the trees.
Ashie could see the road into the place had not been used for a while
and the house was still boarded up, he expected to feel at home, but
it was like coming to an abandoned place, no one had been there for
some time, the road was little used.
He was home but there was nothing there. He looked at the corral and
it was empty. He closed his eyes and remembered all the family used to
gather and visit; now they were all gone separated. No one was coming
here for Christmas anymore. He walked around the place and then walked
back to the rig, in four hours he would be in Albuquerque.
Nahgebah could see that she was in a nursing home but could not talk.
She had seen daylight and walked toward it from the place on that
strange mountain and found herself in bed. She was weak, and did not
know these people; she heard them call her the Old Navajo Woman in 6B.
She thought is this how it is to be old, where are my children, why
haven't they come to see me. She thought I have to exercise, but did
so at night in the quiet of it, moving every so slowly to get her legs
and arms moving again. She did not talk to the people around her, but
they could she was looking at them but they talked like she wasn't
there.
When she slept she could see the Twins, Monster Slayer and Born for
Water, and she watched them in their travels. She could see the
medicines they carried, their lightening arrows of straight lightning,
spotted lightning, and straight lightning and their armor of flint
that covered their heads, body and feet.
They would look toward her every now and then, but would not wave,
because they had outgrown such things. She was stronger now and she
made her way to near where they were ... she heard the talking
there, their Father was saying, this mush inside this basket is
powerful, from four directions, it is there and you have eat it a
certain way he said. If you do this you will be restored. It is from
the pollen of what is called restoration, a restoration of youth and
in beauty it is done. It will give you strength.
She watched them as they ate this and after they had left saw the
small morsels left behind. She felt she should eat it but then it was
too powerful so she skimmed just the dew off it and tasted just a
little bit of it and then left.
Ashie got to Albuquerque, the yard was closed, and he crawled over the
fence and dropped the paper work in the door slot and unhooked the
trailer and left it there. He drove on down to Central to the Tewa
Lodge and got a room, it was almost Christmas. There was a bar not too
far off, the Blue Spruce, he saw some Indian people standing outside
and thought about going in there but then thought nothing good will
come of it and fell asleep watching tv. He did not call home because
he nothing to say, he felt bad he had nothing for his family for
Christmas and let his tired body carry him off to sleep ...
Nahgebah felt the hand of a young girl, a teenager, she had blue eyes,
she was brushing her hair as she was in bed and tied it in the back.
She could hear music, Bing Crosby playing down the hall.
It was early about breakfast time; the Candy Stripers were delivering
presents to the old folks there. Nahgebah got up and looked outside
and saw the packages of clothes sitting on chairs and she took one
back to her room. She moved around, she looked in the mirror and saw
her hair was all white, and she dressed herself and looked down the
hall.
One of the young girls forgot something in her car and ran out the
door to get it, Nahgebah was right behind her. You could not tell she
was 83, she move quickly and walked to the bus stop.
The bus came and it was free ride day. She told the driver she was
going to the Phoenix Indian Hospital and needed to get there. The lady
driver looked at her with tired eyes handed her a ticket and told her
to sit behind her. She said I will let you know when you change buses.
Nahgebah sat down and looked around ...
Ashie waited for the terminal to open and it finally did and he got
his papers for his return load, he called in and the dispatcher said
he needed to call his sister in Phoenix, but he did not want to talk
to her. She had given him a hard time about putting their mother in a
nursing home and had been mad at him for not visiting her. He tried to
say he didn't have enough money but it did no good, he did not want to
talk to her.
He went looking for his load at the address he got and there was a
sign on the gate that said Closed for Christmas. He went back and got
the same room for the night; he thought about calling home but it
would only make him feel bad so he didn't, he just watched tv.
In the waiting room, an old lady with white hair sat down at the
Phoenix Indian Medical Center. When people came by she spoke to them.
One young couple from Nageezi was there and she spoke with them. She
asked for a ride home.
They looked at her with suspicion, she told them she got out of the
hospital and her family had no phone so she was trying to find a way
home, it was on their way. After a minute or two the couple told her
to come with them. She crawled into the back of their camper and they
gassed up and bought her a sandwich and pop and they took off, heading
North and they traveled through Payson and then Showlow and kept going
North. She fell asleep and she found herself on that strange mountain.
Where is Ashie, his sister said on the phone to his wife. I don't know
she said he is on the road and hasn't called. I need to get a hold of
him, Mom took off from the nursing home, she is wandering around
Phoenix somewhere, no one knows where she it at. Do you know where he
is? No, she said. All right, I am calling my other brothers and tell
them. So she called them, one in Denver, one in Kansas City and one in
San Francisco, she told them. All them were calling each other, where
was Ashie?
The one in Denver, Nelson decided to drive down and had just bought a
new car. He thought about what to do with the other one, it was good
and he thought to sell it but he decided maybe Ashie could use it and
so he sent his son to take it to Ashie's wife and so he left to drive
over there.
Nahgebah got off at the junction where a narrow ribbon of road headed
West 16 miles to her home. It was evening and she started to walk west
on the highway to her mountain. She kept walking; no one was on the
highway.
She thought about the history of her people, of how the Navajos who
were taken to Fort Sumner in 1868 suffered there. They were broken
hearted and when they heard they were free to go home they were so
glad to be going home. She remembered that when they had traveled and
saw Mount Taylor one of the Sacred Mountains, they asked is that our
mountain, and they said yes.
The old people, the men and woman fell to the ground and wept at the
sight of it they were so happy. She reached down and grabbed a handful
of dirt, and it became corn pollen and offered it to this place, and
she could see the mountain of her home and she was so glad to see it
again.
She had not noticed but the Bitsillies had stopped and looked at her
with wide eyes as she got in and she said she was going home. They
could not believe it was her and she closed the door and they drove
off.
Ashie picked up his load and got a message to call home, he thought
about it and tried to call home, but there was no answer, so he left
early that morning. The dispatcher said something about his wife
asking him to go to the old place and check it.
It was important he go by there, they would meet him there. He thought
I wonder what happened he was worried and left heading down the road
to Gallup his mind full of questions. He got to the Giant Truck Stop
and called home but still no answer so he gassed up and headed north,
he got to Gallup and drove north. I hope no one is hurt or something
worse.
He almost drove by the turnoff, without turning but thought I better
wait for them there. He pulled off the road and headed west. He drove
up to the trading post and parked the rig and started to head down
through the cedars.
He could smell smoke from a pinon tree and it was from up ahead. When
he stepped into the clearing there were all these vehicles parked
there and the house was open. He could smell coffee and the boards
covering the windows were taken down. He walked to the front and there
was talking going on inside.
He thought something is going on, who is in there. You leave something
and Maaiis, coyotes move in and take it over. He thought about
knocking but just walked in. He opened the door and there was the
trader, and Rev. K, and the Bitsillies, and the Upshaws, Tauglechees
and the table was covered with food.
Ashie stood there and they all looked at him, he did not know what to
say. Then he heard a voice from the other room, it sounded like his
wife, she said, Come Here!
What is this, what is she doing here. He stepped toward the sound of
her voice and in the next room the beds were set up and a table, and
his wife was there and his three kids who were giggling, and a
makeshift tree full of presents underneath. He was so surprised.
There in front of him sat a woman with her back to him, She had long
white hair, tied up in the traditional way. She turned to him and it
was his mother, Nahgebah. He reached out and took her in his arms, and
just stood there and held her. They did not say anything, they
couldn't, he just stood there and they all wept.
There is nothing really in life that is as important as family. This
is what it is all about, what makes us travel so far from early
morning to late night, enduring hardship, hunger and some pain but the
thought of home and all them there. Is there anything better than
this? Nothing else matters, all else vanishes like a mist.
He stood there and cried for a long while. Oh, Shima, my mother. It is
a home again, and all those that were there laughed cuz it was a
miracle in this out of the way place. In the way of saying it, she had
"run after them", meaning she was chasing after them and in doing so
they had all followed her here. So it goes the story of the old woman
named Nahgebah.
rustywire
--------- "RE: Poem: Winged Lessons" ---------
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:01:35 -0400
From: "Dreamwalker" <buffalowoman at lamere.net>
Subj: Winged Lessons
Winged Lessons
In the midst of misty Moonlight
on this gentle first Spring night
I watch with quiet reverence
as the Winged_Ones take flight
A gathering of Nations
with many colors bright
fly swiftly through the fog
of this most Sacred flight
Where Winged_Ones have gathered
before the Moon's new light
to gather in the shadows
in prayer before their flight
In awe and wonder watching
how simple the design
and wondering what happen
to us the human kind
The void of human suffering
the malice and the greed
the fighting and the anger
have taken hold it seems
Where did we lose the lesson
the Grandfathers held dear
how have we all forgotten
the Wisdom of their years
My Heart in desolation
watches the eerie flight
of Winged_ones in motion
far through the starry night
Would we but sit and listen
and hear our Mother's call
there would be truly freedom
and companion for us all
But lessons of The Old Ones
on deaf ears seem to fall
we do not stand together
so we're destined now to fall
Would that all could hear me
this quiet starry night
would all could stop and hearten
to this most Sacred flight
Where one and all together
regardless of the breed
will fly in quiet unison
and wake within the Dream
Crys The Tears/Dreamwalker~Lakota
copyright 2000
--------- "RE: Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days" ---------
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 06:21:42 -1000
From: Debbie Sanders <kepola at hgea.org>
Subj: Hawaiian Book of Days
A HAWAIIAN BOOK OF DAYS, week of April 15-21
APELILA
(April)
(Welo)
15
Whale song calls me in my dreams.
16
The luminescence of the ocean at night glows like Pele's fire upon the
sands.
17
The land is perpetuated in life.
18
Whisper to the wind your secret longings.
19
The blossoms of the shower tree form a golden lace upon the green
grass.
20
Cherish the fragile beauty of nature -- it is ours to borrow, not to
keep.
21
Sail the ocean by moonlight, and you may find the secret island of the
ancients.
(c) Copyright 1991 by D. F. Sanders
Me ke aloha i ka nani, ... Moe'uhanekeanuenue
(With love and beauty, ... Rainbow Dream)
--------- "RE: Students need to Learn Indian Culture" ---------
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:20:43 -0600
From: Gary Smith <gars at Speakeasy.org>
Subj: NA News Item
- - - - - - -<Forwarded news>- - - - - - -
filename="LEARN INDIAN"
http://www.owlstar.com/dailyheadlines.htm
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/04/09/
Teacher: Students need to learn Indian culture
By ERICKA SCHENCK SMITH
Gazette State Bureau
GREAT FALLS - Indian and non-Indian students deserve a chance to learn
about the culture and history of American Indians, and the state must do
more to ensure that public schools teach youngsters about Montana's first
residents, parents, teachers and others said during a hearing Monday.
"Students need to be aware of how tribal, local, state and national
governments impact the state, impact our lives," said Wilhelmina Wright,
who has taught Indian studies in Arlee, on the Flathead Reservation, for
24 years. "Non-Indian students need to know how tribes assist in
governance in Montana."
Although state law requires public schools to teach Indian studies to
all students, from kindergarten through college, many still don't. The
informal title of that law, "Indian Education for All," was also the theme
of the three-day Montana-Wyoming Indian Education Association conference,
which wrapped up Monday with a three-hour hearing on ways the state can do
better.
The state has been working on a plan to make sure schools have access to
lesson plans and accurate information, but there hasn't been enough money
to pull all the information together. The Office of Public Instruction,
Board of Public Education and the office of the commissioner of higher
education all have plans to improve Indian studies in all of Montana's
public schools.
Monday said they hadn't learned about their own culture while they were
in school, or hadn't been given correct information.
"I do not know my language, and I am ashamed of that, because I should
have known this a long time ago instead of now at the age of 30 picking up
block one," said Molina Burdeau, of Browning, a member of the Blackfeet
tribe.
"I am here for my sons; I am here for my nieces; I am here for my
nephews," Burdeau said.
Robey Clark, also of the Blackfeet tribe, said much of what he learned
in school was "patently false or highly, highly distorted."
Vanessa Garfield, who teaches Indian studies in Arlee's elementary and
middle schools, said teachers need better access to curriculum materials.
Especially at the elementary level, she said, it is very difficult to get
authentic, historically accurate lessons about American Indians.
Tribes must be responsible for putting some of those materials together,
several people said.
"It's very difficult to really teach what we want to teach, because it's
not in textbooks," said Rebecca Roberts of Browning.
Students, both Indian and non-Indian, need to meet with people who can
share their culture, Roberts said, adding that schools should rely on
tribes for information about Montana's Indians.
Elsie Standing Elk-Wick of Ashland said the reservations in Montana need
to unite and decide what will be taught about Indian culture in Montana.
But the initiative to teach Indian studies in all Montana schools is
"about 40 years too late," she said..
"Why wasn't this being pushed when all our elders were still alive?" she
asked. "They were walking encyclopedias."
Copyright c. The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.
--------- "RE: Native America Calling" ---------
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 09:44:28 -0500
From: Eric Martin <emartin2 at unl.edu>
Subj: NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11 + Different Drums Honors Women + more ...
1) NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11
2) Voices From The Circle
3) Different Drums Honors Women
4) alterNative Voices
5) Earthsongs - Arigon Starr (Part 2)
1) NAC Topics for 4/8 - 4/11
Listen live every weekday from 1-2pm ET by going to www.airos.org or tuning
into your local radio station. For a list of affiliates go to
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_affiliates.shtm
MON - 4/8: Current Events:
Bayou Country will be dancing to the sound of the Native beat at this
year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A special Native American
celebration will be one of the featured attractions. The Institute of
American Indian Arts in Santa Fe will celebrate its 40th anniversary with
ongoing activities throughout the month of April. The National Indian
Gaming Association will tee it up at their 11th annual trade show and
convention in San Diego. And April is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
TUE - 4/9: Sustainable Forestry Fund:
Forests are one of our most precious natural resources. Yet, they are
constantly under threat of clear cutting, fire and development. First
Nations Development Institute is offering tribes looking to go into the
lumber business assistance from their sustainable forestry fund. The tribes
must first participate in and pass a certification assessment. The
Intertribal Timber Council and others are seeking new markets for tribal
forestry products, and tribes are answering the call. Can tribes set a new
standard in sustainable forestry practices? Guests include Bill Wilkinson
of the Forest Stewardship Council.
WED - 4/10: No Place To Call Home:
Native Americans pride themselves on their culture, traditions, and
language. An essential part of Native life is the extended family. Natives
often rely on extended family in times of need. So why are there so many
homeless Native Americans? The Bush administration says ending chronic
homelessness is a priority for the next 10 years. To assist in their
initiative they will increase the 2003 budget that deals with homelessness
to $2.2 billion, which includes $1.1 billion for HUD. What are tribes doing
to bring home their homeless?
THU - 4/11: Emergency Preparedness in Indian Country:
For months now, the nation has been told to prepare for attacks by
terrorists. There is discussion on the use of dirty bombs and germ warfare.
Government health officials are arguing over the issue on whether the
public masses should be given the small pox vaccination. Amidst the
discussion, are there any efforts to assure that tribal emergency services
are trained and prepared? Will they be prepared for handling a major public
outbreak? Or are tribes even included in the plans to prepare for a
nationwide emergency situation?
FRI - 4/12: Education of the Kalispel:
The Kalispel Reservation is home to approximately 330 tribal members. Like
many other reservations Kalispel is faced with high unemployment rates,
little economic development, poor housing and education, and a poor quality
of life. The tribe developed the Camas Institute -- a unique training
center that focuses on enriching the mind, body and spirit of the Kalispel
people. One year has passed since the institute opened and pledged to
change the lives of its people. Are they succeeding? Are tribal members'
lives being changed? Guests include Glenn Raymond, Tina Nenema, and Gary
Robinson of the Camas Institute.
2) Voices From The Circle
This week VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE/AIROS radio listeners can look forward to
great Indn' entertainers and Indn' news!
Jim Boyd displays two facets of his musical abilities; first as a flutist
on "Quest" and as a live performer on "Pow Wow Highway 49." Joanne
Shenandoah brings us a traditional Haudenosaunee song honoring lifegivers
and elders on "Dancing On Mother Earth." From the powwow trail, Youngbird
brings us, yup, a "Change Of Life." Another flutist, Jeff Ball, plays
"Whiteman's Moccasins" and "Black Hills Stomp." Daryl Tonemah and Annie
Humphrey collaborate and prepare us for the time "When Fire Falls." Still
another flutist, Gary Stroutsos presents "Suite For Sitting Bull." Cheyenne
River Sioux David Little Elk sings "Unk'un Ca Lila Iyomakpi" in his Lakota
language but with today's beat. And one more flutist, Marc Woerpel, sets
the mood and lets us know what it's like to be "In Waiting." Radmilla Cody
returns for a second week to sing of Dine' arranged marriages in "The
Proposal and the Promise." Chicago's James Yellow Bank combines the past,
present and future with "On and On."
Of course, the big news is that Indian Summer Festival will host the 5th
Annual Nammys on Saturday, September 7th, 2002 in the Marcus Amphitheater
during the organizations 16th annual festival. Some say it's the largest
of its kind on Turtle Island. Stay tuned for more information about a
special AIROScast of the Nammys.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Monday - 4/8: 4pm, 10pm
Tuesday - 4/9: 4am
Saturday - 4/13: 3pm
Sunday - 4/14: 4am, 3pm
Monday - 4/15: 4am
3) Different Drums Honors Women
Honoring the women of the Nations with a full hour of music by female
artists and words from elder women storytellers. Songs about mothers and
children, powwow dancing and tradition, love and relationship - songs that
reflect traditional beauty and songs featuring provocative contemporary
lyrics are all included in this hour, with music by Joanne Shenandoah, Jani
Lauzon, Wayquay, Buffy Sainte-Marie, CreeAtive Harmony and more.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Tuesday 4/9: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Wednesday 4/10: 4am
Saturday 4/13: 5pm
Sunday 4/14: 6am, 5pm
Monday 4/15: 6am
4) alterNative Voices
This week on alterNative Voices we spin several new music CD's from Native
artists: Ronald Roybal, Radmilla Cody, Randy Wood, Clan-destine, and some
really good old selections from the library.
This week's "Living Voices" interview is with William Mehojah, Sr. who is
no longer with us. News continues about the Greeley Fighting Whites and a
"triple standard" with the mascot issue.
Our website is always available with events, jobs, scholarships,
announcements and news you can use. www.alternativevoices.org
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Wednesday 4/10: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Thursday 4/11: 4am
Saturday 4/13: 6pm
Sunday 4/14: 7am, 6pm
Monday 4/15: 7am
5) Earthsongs - Arigon Starr (Part 2)
Next time on Earthsongs: Modern Music from Native America -- part two of
our conversation with singer/songwriter Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) about her
forthcoming album, "Backflip." Arigon delivers thoroughly modern tunes
casting Natives as lead characters -- rendering folk and contemporary
scenes with a blend of warm sympathy and wicked wit. Also in the mix, new
music from Jim Boyd (with Alfonso Kolb), John Trudell, Tulku and Mary
Youngblood.
All this and plus the Native Word of the Day. Details at www.earthsongs.net.
Listen online by going to www.airos.org (All Times ET)
Thursday 4/11: 10am, 4pm, 10pm
Friday 4/12: 4am
Saturday 4/13: 4pm
Sunday 4/14: 5am, 4pm
Monday 4/15: 5am
Eric Martin
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT)
Web Communications Specialist
emartin2 at unl.edu
Listen to Indian Radio on the Internet 24 hours a day at nativetelecom.org
To subscribe to AIROS' electronic program guide e-mail airos at unl.edu with
the subject heading subscribe.
--------- "RE: Upcoming Events" ---------
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:39:14 -0
From: Gary Smith (gars at speakeasy.org)
Subj: Upcoming Events
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
EVENTS ARE FEATURED IN ODD NUMBERED ISSUES ONLY
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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 07:51:16 -0800
From: Ableza Institute <ableza at pacbell.net>
Subj: Diane Way presentation
Continuing to explore Native American women and their roles in
society, a new work, "Raw Pearl" by San Jose playwright Diane Way,
has been selected for presentation at the prestigious Native American
Literature Symposium (NALS,) a division of the National American
Literature Association.
The NALS Conference will take place at the
Mystic Lake Resort and Casino (a tribal venue) in Prior Lake,
Minnesota, April 10 - 14. Other selected presenters include LeAnn
Howe, Susan Power, Carter Revard, Diane Glancy, and Heid Erdrich.
Way's piece, entitled "Raw Pearl", is an excerpt from a larger body
of work, "Bad Medicine," which examines and exposes the more
notorious aspects and lives of historic and contemporary indigenous
female figures. Madams, bandits, and crooked community leaders are a
few of the personas depicted. Way quips, "Some of the names have
been changed to protect the guilty." The overall intent is to
present the notion that Native American peoples, regardless of
traditional posturing claims, have unfortunately assimilated the more
nefarious and insidious undertones of Colonialism, causing
wide-spread socio-disfunctionalism from generation to generation.
This is Diane Way's second year in presenting her wide and varied
works for NALS. She also presented at the American Literature
Associations National Conference, sponsored by the Associated Studies
of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL.) Diane has won several
international, national, and regional awards in playwriting.
The presentation of "Raw Pearl" at NALS is funded by Applied
Materials Excellence in the Arts; a grants program of the Arts
Council of Silicon Valley, and through a media grant of the
California Arts Council. The presentation will be taped and later
video-streamed on the Ableza Institute website:
http://www.ableza.org .
For more information about NALS 2002, and a complete program listing,
please visit: http://www.english.mnsu.edu/griffin/nativelit.htm
===================================
Aaron's Powwow Calendar
Last updated on March 24, 2002
I have collected these listings from various places on the web and from
usenet, as well as other listings that I receive and requests from powwow
organizers. I do not take responsibility for the accuracy (or spelling) of
any of these listings. Use the contact information provided to make sure
that the powwow has not changed date, time, location, or other details. In
most cases, I have included all of the information that I have for each
listing. If you have corrections to make or would like to see your powwow
listed here, please send me an e-mail message with the appropriate
information (you must include the event name, exact date, city, state, and
a contact number or email; any additional information is helpful but not
required).
Unless otherwise stated, you can usually assume that all of the notes
sections for these powwows should include: No firearms, alcohol, drugs,
fireworks or fighting. Not responsible for injuries, lost items, shortage
of funds or stranded travellers. All pets must be on leashes (unless no
pets is specified). No sacred items or restricted animal parts for sale.
Many powwows also include no politics, and it is generally a good idea to
bring your own chairs.
April 2002
April 12-13 - Oklahoma University Stomp Dance and Powwow
Location: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 325-3163.
April 12-13 - Second Annual Sanders Transportation Benefit & Contest Powwow
Location: Sanders Valley High School Gym, Sanders, Arizona.
Contact: Raymond Willie or Jerry Thompson (928) 688-4250 or (928) 688-4254.
April 12-14 - Tifton Intertribal Powwow
Location: Friendly City Park, E.B. Hamilton Complex, Tifton, Georgia.
Notes: Princess contest.
Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings;
Native Way Productions, 8788 Gravel Hill Rd, Albany GA 31705,
e-mail Jerry at NativeWayProductions.com; http://www.nativewayproductions.com
April 14 - Lecture Series: Mainstreet
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
April 19-20 - Twenty Fifth Annual Texas Gulf Coast Tia-Piah Powwow
Location: Albert V. Sallas County Park, New Caney, Texas.
Contact: (713) 475-0221; vendors contact (281) 448-8435.
April 19-21 - Musical Echoes, A Native American Cultural Event and
Flute Gathering
Location: The Landing, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
Notes: Flute, drum, tipi contests.
Contact: (850) 243-4405.
April 19-21 - Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow
Location: Fairgrounds, Apache, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 588-2880.
April 19-21 - Old Fort Days Heritage Festival
Location: Fort Gibson Historical Site, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 478-4780.
April 19-21 - Chucalissa Spring Powwow
Location: Chucalissa Museum, 1987 Indian Village Dr, Memphis, Tennessee.
Notes: All dancers and drums welcome. MC, Tommy Ware;
Head Man, Clint Greene; Head Lady, Tammera Hicks;
Arena Director, Jason Thigpen;
Host Southern Drum, Wilson Ware Memorial Singers;
Host Northern Drum, Grey Wolf; Head Gourd Dancer, Jimmy Williams.
Dance competition on Saturday in four categories in adults and teen,
day money for tiny tots.
Contact: (901) 785-3160; cbell1 at memphis.edu; http://www.chucalissa.org/
April 20 - Choctaw Intertribal Powwow
Location: Student Activity Center, Southeastern Oklahoma State University,
North 1st and Dunlap, Durant, Oklahoma.
Notes: MC, Tim Tall Chief; Head Singer, Pay Oyebi;
Head Man, Michael Roberts; Head Lady, Patricial Bointy;
Head Gourd Dancer, Mark Wilson; Arena Director, Bill Takes Horse.
Dance contests: Mens Straight/Traditional (combined) and Fancy,
Womens Cloth/Buckskin (combined) and Fancy Shawl/Jingle (combined).
Vendor space available. Free admission, open to the public.
Gourd Dancing 3:30 pm and 7 pm, Grand Entry 8 pm.
Contact: (580) 924-9411; (580) 434-5875.
April 20 - Apache Tribal Princess Dance
Location: Apache Tribal Building, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-7695.
April 20 - Otoe Buffalo Clan Spring Dance
Location: Otoe Tribal Community Center, Red Rock, Oklahoma.
Notes: Host Drum, Yellowhammer; MCs, Tony Arkeketa and Aaron Gawhega.
Saturday 2 pm Otoe Elo'ska Tail Dancing, 5 pm supper and singing contest,
7 pm Tail Dancing, 8 pm Intertribal dancing and contests.
Dance competition for Boy's (6-17) Southern Straight and
Girl's (6-17) Southern Cloth; four age groups for each category.
Everyone welcome.
Contact: jiwere at yahoo.com.
April 20-21 - Three Rivers Intertribal Powwow
Location: Mitchell Hall, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Contact: Tracy Littlejohn (608) 785-8225, Hinuga1 at aol.com.
April 21 - Modesto Junior College Red Nations and Friends 4th Annual Powwow
Location: East Campus Quad Area, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California.
Notes: MC, Val Shadowhawk; Arena Director, Greg Jimenez;
Head Lady, Niko DeRoin-Davidson; Head Young Man, Marcos Ponce;
Head Young Lady, Marcy Avila; Head Southern Singer, Millard Clark;
Guest Southern Drum, Strictly Southern; Host Northern Drum, Spirit Ground;
Guest Northern Drum, All Nations Singers. Grand Entry Noon.
Contact: Eric Anthony Ivory (209) 575-6255, ivorye at yosimite.cc.ca.us,
rednationsmjc at hotmail.com.
April 25-26 - Indian Territory Days
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
April 25-27 - Nineteenth Annual Gathering of Nations Powwow,
Miss Indian World, and Indian Traders Market
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Notes: Over 3,000 Native singers and dancers and over 500 tribes from all
over the world come to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA to exchange culture
and tradition and sing and dance competitively and socially.
Everyone is invited. Visit the web site for information, photos, sound
and video clips, history, educational information, giveaways, free e-mail,
message boards, chat, free e-cards, and more.
Contact: e-mail web at gatheringofnations.com;
http://www.gatheringofnations.com.
April 25-27 - Talihina Indian Festival and Powwow
Location: Talihina School Gym, Talihina, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 567-2539.
April 26-28 - Native Way Indian Festival and Powwow
Location: Tobosofkee Recreation Area (Sandy Beach), Macon, Georgia.
Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings;
Native Way Productions, 8788 Gravel Hill Rd, Albany GA 31705,
e-mail Jerry at NativeWayProductions.com;
http://www.nativewayproductions.com/.
April 26-28 - Native Solutions Fourth Annual Intertribal Powwow
Location: Oxford Lake Park, exit 185 off I-20, Oxford, Alabama.
Notes: Friday 5 to 9 pm, Saturday 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
Grand Entry Saturday 11 am, Sunday 12 noon. Admission $5,
over 65 or under 10 free. Host Northern Drum, Greywolf Singers;
Head Southern Drum, Shadowwolf Singers; Head Man, Don Redbear;
Head Lady, Donna Dulaney; MC, Gary Smith; Arena Director, Buck Tucker.
Contact: Tony (256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373;
Vendors contact Mark or Ruth Davis (256) 820-6315,
ravenspiritwalker at yahoo.com.
April 26-28 - Second Annual Mantle Rock Intertribal Powwow
Location: Birdsville Campgrounds, US 60 and 137 N, Smithland, Kentucky.
Notes: Sponsored by the Southern Cherokees and the Ky Paint Clan.
Host Drums, Brothers of the Pine and Changes in Breeze; MC, Barry Brown;
Arena Director, Timithol Whitehorse.
Contact: (502) 969-7503; sbckamama at aol.com.
April 26-28 - First Intertribal Powwow
Location: Gilchrist County Recreational Park, 6 miles north of
Fanning Springs, Florida.
Notes: Admission $3, $1 ages 6-16 and over 60. Dancing, crafts, games,
story telling, auctions.
Contact: (352) 490-6198, (352) 250-4615.
May 2002
May 3-4 - Fifteenth Annual Indian Celebration and Powwow
Location: Farmer's Market, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Contact: (865) 579-1384, twdbear at aol.com.
May 3-5 - Thirty Sixth Annual Louisiana Indian Heritage Association Spring
Powwow
Location: Hidden Oaks Family Campgrounds, Robert, Louisiana.
Contact: Rose (504) 468-2145; Nita (800) 359-0940; andi4769 at aol.com">;
LIHA at lakota.net.
May 3-5 - Wild West Show
Location: PA Renaissance Faire, PA Turnpike exit 20, Lancaster, Pa.
Notes: Native American dancers, blue grass music, country music.
Vendor spaces.
Contact: Thomas Roy (717) 665-7021 ext 127.
May 3-5 - Third Annual Craven County Intertribal Powwow
Location: Craven County Fairgrounds, Hwy 70, 3 miles east of New Bern,
North Carolina.
Notes: Foods, crafts, artists, demonstrations. Day money for dancers.
Contact: Debbie Wayne (252) 244-4222.
May 4-5 - Ninth Annual Choctaw Apache Traditional Powwow
Location: Ebarb High School Ball Park, 53440 Hwy 482, Ebarb, Louisiana.
Notes: Head Man, Oosahwe; Head Lady, Lori Barham Gray;
Head Gourd Dancer, Herbert Johnson Sr.; Arena Director, Thomas Muskrat;
Host Drum, Drum Busters. All dancers and drums are welcome.
Contact: (318) 645-7392; fax (318) 645-2589; colton at cp-tel.net;
http://cate.50megs.com/Index.htm.
May 4-5 - Outdoor Indian Art Market
Location: Jacobson House, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 366-1667.
May 4-5 - Circle of the People Traditional Powwow
Location: Vanderburgh 4-H Center, US 41 six miles north of Evansville, In
Contact: Ruby Norris (812) 985-0963,
http://www.geocities.com/cotpevansville.
May 4-26 - Trail of Tears Art Show
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
May 9-10 - Annual Turtle Island Storytelling Festival
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
May 10-11 - Twenty Second Annual Augusta Powwow
Location: (Note: new location) - 3J Road, Augusta, Georgia.
Notes: Flyer and map on website.
Contact: Bill Medeiros (706) 771-1221; krazywilly at knology.net;
http://andersons-web.com/Flyer2002.gif.
May 10-11 - Second Annual Bill Miller Concert
Location: Laconia High School, Laconia, New Hampshire.
Notes: Sponsored by the New Hampshire Inter-Tribal Native American Council
All profits from the concert go to the Council's Scholarship Fund.
Contact: Bev (603) 528-3005, wathinas at hotmail.com.
May 10-12 - Circle of Sacred Children Powwow Second Annual Mary Jennifer
Marchand Memorial Event
Location: Omak Longhouse, Colville Reservaion, 5 miles east of
Omak, Washington.
Notes: Drum contest, dance competition in all categories,
Royalty competition, 2k and 5k fun runs, 3 on 3 basketball tourney.
All arts and crafts vendors welcome.
Contact: Dorothy Marchand (509) 826-6889;
Charissa Marchand or Walter Williams (505) 385-7579; n8ivecmg at hotmail.com.
May 10-12 - Seventh Annual Mother's Day Powwow
Location: Pasco County Withlacoochee River Park, 12449 Withlacoochee Blvd.
Dade City, Florida.
Notes: Head Man, Johnny McDonald; Head Lady, Susan McDonald;
MC, John Ferguson; Host Drum, Family Drum;
Contemporary Performers, Ken Keller and RedHawk.
Princess (12-16) and Jr. Princess (5-11) contests.
Hosted by the Withlacoochee American Indian Historical Society and
the Pasco County Parks and Recreation.
Proceeds benefit ongoing building projects within the historical villages
of the park.
Contact: Yvonne (727) 723-9345; waihs at hotmail.com; http://www.waihs.com/
May 11 - Ninth Annual Occoneechee State Park Native American Heritage
Festival and Powwow
Location: Buggs Island Lake, Occoneechee State Park, Clarksville, Va.
Notes: Native dancing, arts and crafts and food. Everyone welcome.
Contact: Julie West, Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce,
PO Box 1017, Clarksville VA 23927, (804) 374-2436, (800) 557-5582;
http://www.kerrlake.com/chamber/powwow.
May 11-12 - Comanche Little Ponies Annual Dance
Location: Museum of Great Plains, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 429-8229.
May 11-12 - Ninth Annual Mariposa Powwow
Location: Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Mariposa, California.
Notes: Sponsored by the American Indian Council of Mariposa County.
Contact: (209) 742-2244; http://www.visitmariposa.net/powwow/.
May 12 - Painted Horse Society's Elder Celebration
Location: Indian Territory Cultural Center, Wyandotte, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 678-2987.
May 14 - American Indian Cultural Society Lecture: Protecting Sovereignty
Location: Tribes Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 329-4442.
May 17-19 - First Annual Wolf Creek Intertribal Powwow
Location: Hwy. 59 Flea Market Grounds, Summerdale, Alabama.
Notes: Friday 9 am to 2 pm Children's Education Day. $1500 prize money.
Head Man, Charles Jones; Head Lady, Deborah Jones; MC, John Ferguson;
Arena Director, Michael Raven Crowdog; Contemporary Recording Artist,
Dave 'White Wolf' Trezak. Food vendors still needed [as of 1/3/02].
Contact: Chief Gene Griffith (251) 986-5433;
Tribal Office (251) 989-2714; standingbull at wolfcreeksoutherncherokee.com;
littlewolf at monacanindian.com;
http://www.geocities.com/wolfcreekband/home.html.
May 17-19 - Twenty Second De Anza Powwow
Location: S-Quad, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd,
Cupertino, California.
Notes: Dance, drum, switch and cradleboard contests. Open Gourd Dancing.
MC, Tom Phillips; Whipman, Steve Reevis; Head Man Judge, Gary Middle Rider;
Head Woman Judge, Iona Mad Plume; Head Man, Peter Joe Olney;
Head Lady, Rose Olney Sampson; Head Teen Boy, Gary Olney;
Head Teen Girl, Marie Olney; Host Northern Drum, Haystack Singers.
Automated information system: (408) 864-8355 plus extension 868
(directions), 871 (all about the powwow), 871 (general information),
872 (vendor information), 873 (dance and drum info), 874 (entertainment),
875 (film festival).
Contact: Gerri Parker or Leslie Berry (408) 864-5448,
parkergerri at fhda.edu, http://www.deanzapowwow.org.
May 17-19 - Kiowa Black Leggings Armed Forces Day Ceremonial
Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-3987.
May 18-19 - Eighth Annual Tamworth Campground Powwow
Location: Tamworth Family Campgrounds, Depot Rd off of Rte 16,
Tamworth, New Hampshire.
Notes: Sponsored by the New Hampshire Inter-Tribal Native American Council
No dance contests. Grand Entry Saturday Noon and 7 pm, Sunday Noon.
Potluck dinner Saturday evening. All drums and dancers welcome.
Contact: Bev (603) 528-3005; Sandy (603) 539-5015; bbear13 at prodigy.net,
wathinas at hotmail.com; Campground information (800) 274-8031.
May 24 - Apache Tribal Youth Track Meet
Location: Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-7695.
May 24-26 - Delaware Powwow
Location: Falleaf Dancegrounds, Copan, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 531-2526.
May 24-26 - Vietnam Veterans Celebration and Powwow
Location: Wichita Tribal Park, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-2425 ext 133.
May 25 - Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
May 25-26 - Ohio Valley Powwow
Location: Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio.
Notes: Grand Entry 1:30 pm and 7 pm Saturday and Sunday.
Gourd Dancing on request. Head Man, Dave Burns; Head Lady, Nina Dukes;
Head Veteran, Grant Nell; Head Southern Singer, Mel Hoefling;
MC, Ed de Torres.
Contact: Ray Baker (740) 592-5322;
Vendors contact Don Hibbard (740) 698-3512.
May 25-26 - Honor the Earth Powwow
Location: Welles Park, Madison between 1st and 2nd Streets,
El Cajon, California.
Notes: Food, vendors, exhibition and competition dancing.
Contact: Eric Runningpath (858) 621-6748 or Charlie Silverwater,
silverwr at gte.net.
May 25-26 - Fourth Annual Gathering of Veterans Powwow
Location: 710 Apperson Drive, Salem, Virginia.
Notes: Host Drum, Otter Crossing Singers (Head Singer, Ben Sanchez).
Contact: Steve Roragen (540) 989-5449.
May 26 - Annual Wheelock Spring Festival
Location: Wheelock Academy Grounds, Millerton, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 746-2139.
May 27 - Memorial Day Dance
Location: Pawnee Nation Reserve, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
May 31-June 1 - Annual Miami Nation Powwow
Location: Ottawa County Fairgrounds, Miami, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 542-1445.
May 31-June 2 - Fifty Second Annual Tulsa Powwow
Location: O'Brien Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Contact: Jack Anquoe (918) 743-3628.
June 2002
June-September - David Fitzgerald Cherokee Photograph Exhibit and
Cherokee Communities Exhibit
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
June 1-2 - Fourth Annual Native American Indian Traditional Veterans Powwow
Location: Matthiessen State Park, La Salle, Illinois.
Notes: Includes benefit motorcycle ride to park, call for info.
Contact: (708) 493-0321, Fastbank45 at msn.com.
June 6-8 - Celebration 2002
Location: Juneau, Alaska.
Notes: "Celebration is a monumental biennial gathering of Alaska Natives,
which exemplifies the dynamics of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimpshian cultural
activities including singing, dancing, storytelling, and visual art and
encourages thousands of individuals to participate in positive activities
highlighting traditional singing and dancing, arts and crafts, and Native
languages."
Contact: Jayne Dangeli, Sealaska Heritage Foundation,
One Sealaska Plaza Suite 201, Juneau AK 99801; (907) 463-4844;
fax (907) 586-9293; jayne.dangeli at sealaska.com; http://www.sealaska.com/
June 6-9 - Osage Tribal Dance
Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Fairfax, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 287-4622.
June 7-9 - Red Earth Cultural Festival
Location: Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 427-5228.
June 8 - Good Medicine Society Summer Sobriety Dance
Location: Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 943-7953.
June 8 - Cherokee Chase
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
June 10-July 12 - American Indian Theatre Arts and Media Institute
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
June 11-12 - Apache Tribal Youth Camp
Location: Apache Dancegrounds, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-7695.
June 13-15 - Mowa Choctaw Annual Powwow
Location: Calvert, Alabama.
Notes: All dancers and vendors welcome. $5000 prize money.
Contact: (251) 944-2789, (251) 829-5500, chatawarrior at aol.com.
June 14-15 - Twenty Fourth Annual American Indian Cultural Association of
North Carolina Powwow
Location: Van Hoy Family Campground, Union Grove, North Carolina.
Notes: Head Man, Paul Gowder; Head Lady, Kelli Gowder;
Head Gourd Dancer, Dick Westfall; MC, Greg Vaught;
Arena Director, George Hoyt; Head Southern Singer, Mel Hoefling;
Host Northern Drum, Otter Crossing Singers (Head Singer, Ben Sanchez).
Southern Protocol powwow, Princess contest, craft contest,
Committee feeds in the evening.
Contact: Ed de Torres (828) 464-5579, exdt at webtv.net;
Vendors contact Karen Hoyt (704) 786-5705, kdh1993 at yahoo.com.
June 14-16 - Chalepah Blackfeet Society Celebration
Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-7695.
June 14-16 - Annual Iowa Tribal Powwow
Location: Powwow grounds, Perkins, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 547-1091.
June 14-16 - Creek Nation Festival
Location: Creek Nation Complex, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 756-8700.
June 15-16 - Cicott's Gathering Along the Wabash Powwow
Location: Independence, Indiana.
Notes: Head Man, Tom Johnson; Head Lady, Debbie Johnson;
Head Veteran, Bill Meanor; Arena Director, Little Hawk;
MC, Dave WhiteWolf Trezak; Host Drum, The Gunslingers.
Contact: Linda Klinger, 10333 E 375 N, Otterbein IN 47970,
(765) 762-2123, sklinger at tctc.com.
June 15-16 - Twenty Third Annual Homecoming of the Three Fires
Traditional Powwow
Location: Riverside Park, Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Notes: Presented by the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians and the
City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department. Public welcome,
free admission and parking. MC, John Bailey; Head Veteran, George Martin;
Arena Director, David Shananaquet. Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 6 pm,
Sunday Noon. Vendor space limited, preregistration required.
Pets prohibited per city ordinance.
Contact: Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, 1251 Plainfield NE, Suite B,
PO Box 2937, Grand Rapids MI 49501-2937,(616) 458-8759,fax (616) 458-9039,
grboi3fpw at yahoo.com.
June 15-16 - Eighth Annual American Indian Education Center
Competition Powwow
Location: Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio.
Notes: Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 6 pm, Sunday 1 pm.
Hours Saturday 11 am to 8 pm, Sunday 11 am to 6 pm.
Contact: (216) 341-0000, aiecinc at aol.com.
June 15-16 - Peoria Tribal Powwow
Location: Peoria Tribal Grounds, Miami, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 540-2535.
June 21-22 - Summer Solstice Walks
Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 962-2062.
June 21-23 - Rocky Fork Recreation Center Third Annual Traditional
Open Powwow
Location: Rocky Fork Recreation Center, Kimbolton, Ohio.
Notes: Host Drum, Mother Earth Beat Drum; Head Man, Bill Loretto;
Head Lady, Sandy Loretto. Admisison $2, under 12 free.
Vendor spaces open, please preregister.
Contact: Michelle Hill (740) 439-4359, rockyforkpowwow at excite.com,
http://www.rockyforkpowwow.freewebspace.com.
June 21-23 - Prince George Native Friendship Centre Powwow
Location: Massey Place Stadium, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
Notes: Dance and drum competitions.
Vendor spaces available (no selling of sweetgrass or sage).
Contact: Deanna Nelson, Prince George Native Friendship Centre,
1600 3rd Ave., Prince George BC, V2L 3G6, (250) 564-3568,
fax (250) 563-0924, dnelson at pgnfc.com.
June 21-23 - Annual Esa Rosa Whitewolf Celebration
Location: Whitewolf Ceremonial Grounds, Medicine Park, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-2671.
June 22 - Cherokee Games - Cornstalk Shoot
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
June 22-23 - Dancing by the Riverbank Traditional Powwow
Location: Louis Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing, Michigan.
Notes: Free admission. MC, Larry Plamondon; Head Veteran, George Martin;
Host Drum, Owashnitong Chung a Ming Grand River Singers.
Grand Entry Saturday 1 pm and 7 pm, Sunday noon.
Free parking at Lansing Community College ramp.
Free camping (no electric, no ground fires), showers nearby.
Contact: robin_menefee at yahoo.com; Vendors contact cole at ia4u.net.
June 22-23 - Second Annual Gentle Wind Powwow
Location: Tussey Mt High School Athletic Field, Front St., Saxton, Pa.
Notes: MC, Ron Snow Owl; Head Man, Cisco; Head Lady, Amy Half Moon.
Intertribal dancing, no competitions.
Contact: Ron Pawuk (814) 635-3385, rpawuk at hotmail.com.
June 25-28 - Osage Tribal Dance
Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 287-4622.
June 29-30 - Tecumseh 'Mending the Sacred Hoop' Traditional Powwow
Location: Cal Zorn Park, Tecumseh, Michigan.
Contact: Todd Harder (517) 264-1690, hardertodd3 at aol.com;
Richard and Karen Snake kesodawa at aol.com.
June 30-July 1 - Competitive Art Show
Location: Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 683-1701.
July 2002
July 1-4 - Kiowa Gourd Clan Ceremonial
Location: Carnegie Park, Carnegie, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 793-0958.
July 4-7 - Quapaw Powwow
Location: Beaver Springs Park, Quapaw, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 542-1853, (918) 673-2822.
July 4-7 - Pawnee Indian Veterans Homecoming and Powwow
Location: Memorial Field, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 762-4048.
July 5-7 - Gathering of Tribes Powwow
Location: Juneau, Alaska.
Notes: Salmon bake July 3, parade July 4. Limited vendor space.
Contact: Robert Joey (907) 586-3296; Juneau Pow Wow Club,
326 4th St, Apt. 306, Juneau AK; garfield_katasse at dot.state.ak.us.
July 5-7 - Second Annual Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow
Location: Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Contact: (907) 488-2436; http://www.mosquitonet.com/~standingbear/powwow.
July 6-7 - Second Annual Where the Two Rivers Meet Powwow
Location: Gladwin, Michigan.
Notes: Presented by the Metis of Michigan Lodge.
Contact: Shirley Sari (989) 426-7388; Robyn Vanderburg (231) 898-4421;
Sandy Zimmerman (517) 630-8114.
July 6-7 - Wagons Trails Powwow
Location: Wagon Trails Resort, 4051 SR 46, Jefferson, Ohio.
Contact: (330) 326-3248.
July 8-19 - Cultural Day Camp
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
July 10-13 - National Powwow 12
Location: Iroquois County Fairgrounds, Crescent City, Illinois.
Notes: Head Man, Emil Her Many Horses; Head Lady, Cathy Johnson;
Head Gourd Dancer, Carl Jennings; Head Little Boy, Beau Brown;
Head Little Girl, Sarah Orens.
Contact: http://www.nationalpowwow.com/.
July 11-14 - Sac & Fox Nation Powwow
Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Stroud, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 968-3526.
July 12-14 - Twelfth International Montour Powwow
Location: Western Idaho Fairgrounds, Boise, Idaho.
Notes: Please note new location for 2002.
Contact: James or Betty (208) 383-0125.
July 12-14 - Annual Tonkawa Tribal Powwow
Location: Fort Oakland, Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 628-2561.
July 13 - Indian Arts Appraisal Day
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
July 13-14 - Howard County Powwow
Location: Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland.
Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (410) 442-1022; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry at coastalnet.com.
July 18-21 - Standing Arrow Powwow
Location: Elmo, Montana.
Contact: Richard Nichols (406) 849-6018 days.
July 18-21 - Otoe-Misouria Annual Powwow
Location: Tribal Dancegrounds, Red Rock, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 723-4466.
July 19-21 - Missouri State Powwow
Location: Sedalia, Missouri.
Notes: Camping available, free to participants. Intertribal dancing.
Stomp Dance after evening dances.
Contact: Robert Woolery, 3222 S Washington, Sedalia MO 65301
(660) 826-5608; Ea Wollery, 103 E. 28, Sedalia MO 65301 (660) 826-4145.
July 19-21 - Comanche Homecoming
Location: Sultan Park, Walters, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 492-3822.
July 20-21 - Seventh Annual Gathering of the People Powwow
Location: Vigo County Conservation Club, Grotto Rd, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Notes: Host Drum, Eagle Boy; Head Veteran, Larry Ross;
Head Man, Ross Davidson; Head Lady, Michelle Hite;
Arena Director, Albert Runningwolf. Camping and showers on grounds.
Limited vendor space.
Contact: Vicki Rainbolt (812) 877-4670;
camping and vendor info Ron Graham (812) 232-1493.
July 26-28 - Fourth Annual Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Sobriety Powwow
Location: Muckleshoot Ballfield, Auburn, Washington.
Notes: MC, Thomas Morning Owl; Host Drum, Thunder Child.
Starts Friday 6 pm.
Contact: (253) 804-8752.
July 26-28 - Ninth Annual Bitterroot Valley All Nations Powwow
Location: Historic Daly Mansion Grounds, Hamilton, Montana.
Notes: Contests and prizes in all categories.
All drums and dancers welcome, first ten drums paid.
Tiny Tots and Princess competitions. Vendor application on website.
Contact: (406) 363-5383, http://www.allnationsmt.homestead.com.
July 26-28 - Indian Hills Powwow
Location: 9300 N Sooner Rd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 787-2151.
July 26-28 - Kihekah Steh Powwow
Location: Skiatook, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 396-3736.
July 26-28 - Oh-Ho-Mah Lodge Ceremonial
Location: Indian City, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 588-2356.
July 27-28 - Wakichipi Richmond Powwow
Location: RIR Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Ave., Fairgrounds, Richmond, Va.
Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (804) 345-7223; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry at coastalnet.com.
July 27-28 -Four Feathers Festival and Powwow
Location: Riverbend Campground, Rt. 106, Leeds, Maine.
Notes: Traditional pow-wow with Auction for Make A Wish Of Maine.
Contact: (207) 872-5754; four_feathers at hotmail.com.
August 2002
August-September - Selections from the Collection Exhibit
Location: Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 683-1701.
August 1-5 - Second Annual Native American Powwow
Location: Wilder, Tennesee.
Dance contest. Looking for vendors, dancers, drums, and dance judges.
Contact: (931) 445-7180, softwolfeyes at yahoo.com.
August 2-3 - Ninth Annual Frank Liske Park Powwow
Location: Frank Liske Park, 4001 Stought Rd., Concord, North Carolina.
Notes: Traditional powwow, Southern protocol.
Contact: George Hoyt (704) 786-5705, 75 Scalybark Trail, Concord NC 28027
gehoyt at concordnc.com; Vendors contact Gene Hall (336) 236-1099,
115 Sindey St., Lexington NC 27292.
August 2-3 - Seventeenth Annual Bell Powwow
Location: Stilwell, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 696-4480.
August 2-4 - Kaw Nation Powwow
Location: Tribal Grounds, Kaw City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 269-2552.
August 2-4 - Oklahoma Indian Nation Powwow
Location: Tribal Gym, Concho, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 262-0345.
August 2-4 - Annual Apache Blackfoot Society Dance
Location: Apache Dancegrounds, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-7695.
August 3-4 - Fifth Annual All Nations BigTime
Location: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, 3325 Adobe Rd.,
Petaluma, California.
Notes: 10 am to 5 pm both days. Admission $3, $2 ages 6-12.
Dance demonstrations, arts and crafts, storyteller, flute player,
tours of site and archaeology tours.
Contact: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (707) 762-4871.
August 5-10 - American Indian Exposition
Location: Caddo County Fairgrounds, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 942-3837.
August 9-11 - Twenty Fifth Annual Intertribal Club's Powwow of Champions
Location: Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 836-1523.
August 13-18 - Third Annual Chikamaka-Cherokee Indian Festival
Location: Pony Meeks Auditorium, Grundy County Fairgrounds,
Tracy City, Tennessee.
Notes: Held in conjunction with the Grundy County Fair.
Admission charged. Dances will consist of Animal and Bird dances and
other social dances of the Southeastern culture. Limited camping space
for vendors and demonstrators only.
Contact: (615) 907-0308, (615) 366-8815;
vendors contact eagleheart47 at hotmail.com;
host hotels, Days Inn (931) 924-2900 and Budget Inn (931) 924-2221.
August 15-18 - Wichita Annual Dance
Location: Wichita Tribal Grounds, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 247-2425 ext 133.
August 17-18 - Ninth Annual Powwow by the Sea
Location: Memorial Coliseum, 402 S. Shoreline, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Notes: Sponsored by the Coastal Bend Council of Native Americans.
Contact: cbcna at worldnet.att.net; http://home.att.net/~cbcna/cbcna002.htm.
August 22-25 - Ponca Powwow
Location: White Eagle Park, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 762-8104.
August 23-25 - Ormond Beach Native American Festival
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida.
Notes: No contests. Admission $4, $3 ages 3-12. Educational field day for
local schools 9 am to 3 pm Friday.
Contact: Betsy Hooker (386) 676-3216;
Vendors contact Jim Sawgrass (386) 756-7900.
August 30-September 1 - Cherokee National Holiday
Location: Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 456-6007.
August 30-September 1 - Ottawa Celebration and Powwow
Location: Adawe Park, Miami, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 540-1536.
August 31-September 1 - Forty Second Annual Tecumseh Lodge Powwow
Location: Tipton County Fairgrounds, Tipton, Indiana.
Contact: (317) 745-2858, rlkmeyer at aol.com.
August 31-September 1 - Cheyenne-Arapaho Labor Day Celebration
Location: Colony, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 262-0345.
August 30-September 2 - Choctaw Labor Day Festival
Location: Tribal Capitol Grounds, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 924-8280 ext 2134.
September 2002
September 2 - Celebration of the Old West and Cowboy Gathering
Location: Sipokni, Reagan, Oklahoma.
Contact: (580) 384-5536.
September 6-8 - Wyandotte Nation Powwow
Location: Tribal Grounds, Wyandotte, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 678-2297 ext 244.
September 13-15 - Eastern Shawnee Tribal Dance
Location: Tribal Grounds, West Seneca, Oklahoma.
Contact: (417) 623-5987.
September 14-15 - Tenth Annual Four Winds Powwow
Location: Killeen Special Events Center, W.S. Young Dr., Killeen, Texas.
Notes: $15,000 prize money (no catagories combined),
Grand Entries at 1 pm and 7 pm with Gourd Dancing at 12 noon and 6 pm.
Admission $1.00 ages six and up.
Multi-cultural presentation during dinner hour on Saturday.
Contact: Paula Brock (254) 699-3167; e-mail Fourwinds1 at hotmail.com;
http://www.fourwindstx.org; Fourwinds Intertribal Society,
Box 10035, Killen, TX 76547-0035.
September 21 - TIHA Fall Powwow
Location: Robinson Park, Llano, Texas.
Contact: (512) 243-1931; vendors contact (830) 665-9309.
September 21-22 - Fourteenth Annual Everything is Sacred Powwow Gathering
Location: Bochard Park, 190 Reino Road, Thousand Oaks, California.
Notes: Free admission and parking. All drums and dancers welcome.
Presented by the California Indian Council Foundation.
Contact: (805) 493-2863; thewhitehawk at msn.com.
September 27-29 - Fourth Annual Last Chance Community Powwow
Location: Civic Center, Helena, Montana.
Contact: (406) 443-4880; pcfleming at in-tch.com.
September 28-29 - Adrian 'Lest Our Children Forget' Contest Powwow
Location: Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan.
Contact: Todd Harder (517) 264-1690, hardertodd3 at aol.com.
October 2002
October 5-6 - Abenaki Sixth Annual Mi-Te-Jo Campground Powwow
Location: Mi-Te-Jo Campground, Milton, New Hampshire.
Notes: Camping may be available, call ahead for reservations.
Grand Entry Saturday and Sunday noon, Saturday evening to be determined.
All drums and dancers welcome.
Contact: (603) 473-2746.
October 11-13 - Hagerstown Powwow
Location: Hagerstown Fairgrounds, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Notes: Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (301) 791-3246; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry at coastalnet.com.
October 31-November 3 - Fredericksburg Powwow
Location: Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Notes: Admission $6 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (540) 373-1776, (800) 678-4748;
Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383, now-cdcbarry at coastalnet.com.
November 2002
November 15-17 - Gread American Indian Exposition
Location: Richmond Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Tpke., Richmond, Va.
Notes: Over $10,000 in dance and drum prize money.
Admission $7 adults, $4 children.
Contact: (804) 225-8877; Barry Richardson (252) 257-5383,
now-cdcbarry at coastalnet.com.
December 2002
December 15 - Powwow Photograph Exhibit
Location: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma.
Contact: (405) 325-4712.
December 21 - Winter Solstice Walk
Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro, Oklahoma.
Contact: (918) 962-2062.
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Aboriginal Multi-Media Society
Aboriginal Community Events Listing
This page updated March 21, 2002
For more information on Powwows: the traditions and dances, check out
Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country.
To add your event to this listing please e-mail us at: market at ammsa.com
April 12-14, 2002
10th. Annual Shadow of the Eagle Pow-Wow
Forsyth, Missouri
At the Shadowrock Park
Booth spaces and camp ground are available
Information contact: Jamie Goodthunder at (417) 561-1667
E-mail: goodthunder at inter-linc.net
April 12 - 13, 2002
Northeastern State University Powwow
University Campus
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Phone: 918-456-5511 x 4351
April 12 - 13, 2002
Oklahoma University's Stomp Dance and Powwow
Lloyd Noble Center
Norman, Oklahoma
Phone: 405-325-3163
April 12-14, 2002
North Western Pa Gii Da Un Pow-wow
Kenora Recreation Centre - Kenora, Ontario
Contact Joseph Red Thunder Boy: 1-807-468-6623
Toll Free: 1-800-535-4549
Fax: 1-807-467-4645
Events Info Line: 1-807-467-4652
April 13, 2002
Aboriginal Student's Club of Grant MacEwan College
5th Annual Round Dance "Honouring Past & Present Students"
Canadian Native Friendship Centre,
11205-101 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Pipe Ceremony & Feast 5pm
with Round Dance to follow until midnight
Info. call (780) 497-5382
April 14, 2002
Lecture Series: "Mainstreet",
Cherokee Heritage Center
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Phone: (918) 456-6007
April 14 - 16, 2002
Tenth and Final Conference Believe in the Healing
Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 598-1039
canac's 10th annual conference
social justice: the essence of
hiv/aids
Apr. 14 - 17, Vancouver, BC (604) 682-2344
ext. 62084
April 19 - 21, 2002
Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow
Fairgrounds,
Apache, Oklahoma
Phone: (580) 588-2880
April 19-21, 2002
Sixteenth Annual
Arizona State University Spring Competition Pow Wow
Tempe, Arizona
Phone: (480) 965-5224
Email: pow_wow at asu.edu
Web site: http://powwow.asu.edu
April 19 - 21, 2002
Old Fort Days Heritage Festival
Fort Gibson Historic Site
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Phone: 918-478-4780
April 19 - 21, 2002
Sixteenth Annual Arizona State University Spring Competition Powwow
Tempe, Arizona
Phone: (480) 965-5224
April 20, 2002
Apache Tribal Princess Dance
Apache Tribal Building
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Phone: 405-247-7695
April 25 - 26, 2002
Indian Territory Days
Cherokee Heritage Center
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Phone: 918-456-6007
April 25 - 26, 2002
Aboriginal Oil & Gas Ventures: Opportunities & Strategies for Success
Edmonton, Alberta
Phone: 1-888-777-1707
April 25 - 27, 2002
Indian Festival & Powwow
Talihina School Gym
Talihina, Oklahoma
Phone: 918-567-2539
April 25 - 27, 2002
Gathering of Nations Powwow
Albuquerque, NM
Phone: (505) 836-2810
April 29-30, 2002
Band History Workshop Program 2002
The objective is to train at least one individual from each
First Nation to undertake band histories. Band histories are useful
documents for the interpretation and dissemination of First Nations
community histories.
Best Western Inn, Saskatoon SK
Contact: Orenda Yuzicapi
Phone: 306-546-8449 (Regina)
Fax: 306-546-8436
Email: oyuzicapi at sifc.edu
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May 10-11, 2002
22nd Annual Augusta Pow-Wow
*NEW LOCATION*
3J Road Augusta, GA
Map: http://andersons-web.com/Flyer2002.gif
Contact Bill Medeiros at 706-771-1221
Email: krazywilly at knology.net
May 17, 18, 19, 2002
22nd Annual
De Anza College Pow Wow
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA
Contacts: Gerri Parker or
Leslie Berry
Phone: 408-864-5448
Email: parkergerri at fhda.edu
Website: www.deanzapowwow.org
May 18 - 19, 2002
Bkejwanong Community Cultural Celebration
Walpole Island First Nation
Promotes common-unity amongst First Nation people, creates alliances with
everyone attending and gives you the opportunity to
purchase authentically crafted items, and taste fine traditional cuisines.
Stacey Nahdee, Coordinator
Phone: (519) 332-6164
Fax: (519) 627-6074
Email: wifn at hotmail.com
May 26 - 29, 2002
23rd National First Nations Child & Family Services Conference
Edmonton, Alberta
Phone: (780) 481-7930 ext. 248
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June 14-15, 2002
24th Annual Powwow American Indian Cultural
Association of North Carolina - Traditional Powwow
Southern Protocol - Van Hoy Family Campground,
Union Grove, North Carolina -
Contact - Ed de Torres (828)464-5579
Email: exdt at webtv
Traders contact - Karen Hoyt (704)786-5705
Email: kdh1993 at yahoo.com
June 14-21, 2002
Community Economic & Social Development Spring Institute,
Algoma University,
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Info. contact Judy Syrette
705-949-2301 ext 218 or
web site: www.auc.on.ca
June 16 - 29, 2002
Native Researchers' Cancer Control Training Program
Portland, Oregon
Phone: (503) 494-2947
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July 25 - Aug. 4, 2002
2002 North American Indigenous Games
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Phone: 1-877-682-2002
July 25 to July 28, 2002
Moosehide Gathering
Dawson City, Yukon
Contact: Lue Maxwell
Special Events Coordinator
Box 599, Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0
Phone: (867) 993-5385
Fax: (867) 993-6553
Email: luene.maxwell at gov.trondek.com
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August 2-5, 2002
The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association
Fifth Reunion and Residential Gathering
1520 Queen St. East,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Algoma University CollegeI
Information: Theresa Turmel
Phone: (705) 949-2301 Ext. 217
Aug. 4 - 10, 2002
World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education
Calgary, Alberta
Phone: (403) 258-1775
August 9, 10, & 11, 2002
Red Pheasant First Nation's Competition Pow Wow 2002
Red Pheasant First Nation, Saskatchewan
Contact: Mike Peeaychew 306-937-3995
Email: rpfnpowwow2002 at hotmail.com
August 22 - 25, 2002
Schemitzun 2002
Grand Entry
Friday 12pm & 6pm
Sat. 12pm & 6pm
Sun. 12pm
Fri. , Sat., & Sun. Bonus Points will be given for Grand Entry.
Rodeo participant information call Rodeo Hotline (860) 396-6531,
after June 1, 2002
Contact: Christopher P. Pegram
Assistant Drum Coordinator
Cultural Resources Dept.
P.O. Box 3161
Mashantucket, CT 06339
Phone: 860-396-6188
Phone: 860-396-6290
Email: cpegram at mptn.org
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October 4 - 6, 2002
The Chisholm Trail 1st Annual Pow Wow Honoring Our Elders
Location: Hwy 19 North Altoon Florida at the Chisholm Trail Camp grounds.
Information: Marvin Taylor
(352) 326-9294
E-Mail: AltoonaPowwow at aol.com Tom wolfeyes cell: (352) 603-4070
E-Mail: magna700 at atlantic.net
Oct. 6 - 11, 2002
Native Researchers' Cancer Control Training Program
Tucson, Arizona
Phone: (503) 494-2947
October 12-13 2002
1th Annual "Honoring Tradition" Pow Wow
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
Contact: Jayna Vineyard
Email: LaCholaja at aol.com
December 5 - 8, 2002
The 6th Annual Aiokpachi Tashka Sepokni Pow Wow Held in Leesburg Florida
Location: Hwy 27 South of Leesburg Florida
Information: Marvin T. Silver Fox (352) 326-9294
E-Mail LeesburgPowwow at aol.com Tom Wolfeyes: cell (352)603-4070
E-Mail: magna700 at atlantic.net
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Updated Download: 28 March 2001
This page has been designed to help you find Native American Events.
We post information on Pow-Wows, Festivals, Rodeos, Art & Craft Shows,
Seminars and any other type of gathering that represents the Native
American Culture. Near the bottom of this page we have our contact
information and links to other sites that we know carry information on
Native gatherings. We hope you will use this site as your gateway to our
Native American Culture.
April 12 - 14, 2002: Tifton Intertribal Powwow, Friendly City park/ E.B.,
Hamilton Complex Tifton, Georgia. For more information call Jerry Laney
229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail: Jerry at NativeWayProductions.com You can
see us on the web at: http://NativeWayProductions.com
April 12 - 14, 2002: 10th. Annual Shadow of the Eagle Pow-Wow Forsyth,
Missouri, at the Shadowrock Park For more information please contact Jamie
Goodthunder at 417-561-1667 or e-mail her at: goodthunder at inter-linc.net
April 20 - 21, 2002: 12th annual HSU Powwow, Arcata, Ca. 95521. For
information call 707-826-4994
April 21, 2002: Red Nations 4th Intertribal Powwow in California. For any
information call 209-575-6255 or e-mail: ivorye at yosemite.cc.ca.us or
rednationsmjc at hotmail.com
April 25 - 27, 2002: Gathering of Nations Pow Wow Albuquerque, New Mexico.
For information see the web site at: http://www.gatheringofnations.
com/gonradio/index.htm
May 3 - 4, 2002: gPOWWOW at the spirit of the Suwannee music park and
campground in Liveoak, Florida. For more information contact: David Hogan
at 386-792-1777
May 3 - 5, 2002: 15th Annual Indian Celebration and Powwow Presented by
the East Tennessee Indian League at the Farmer's Market Knoxville,
Tennessee I-640, Exit 8. For More Information contact: 865-579-1384 or
email: TWDBear at aol.com
May 4 - 6, 2002: 2nd Annual Native American Festival in High Springs,
Florida. Located off I-75 & Hwy 441 between Gainesville and Lake City. For
more information call Night Eagle at 352-371-7981 or e-mail: vgator at juno.
com
May 10 - 11, 2001: The Augusta Pow Wow (new location see flyer) FLYER
CLICK HERE! Augusta Georgia . The flyer mentions a belt and pictures of
this belt. For more information call 706-771-1221 or e-mail:
krazywilly at mindspring.com
May 10 - 12, 2002: Mothers Day Pow wow in Central Florida at the
Withlacoochee River Park. For information call: 352-567-0264.
May 11, 2002: 9th Annual Occoneechee State Park Native American Heritage
Festival and Powwow. Location Buggs Island Lake, Occoneechee State Park,
Clarksville, Virginia. For more information call either 804-374-2436 or
800-557-5582 you can visit their web site at: http://www.kerrlake.
com/chamber/powwow
May 17 - 19, 2002: 1st Annual Wolf creek Intertribal Powwow being held on
the Hwy 59 Flea Market Grounds in Summerdale, Alabama. For more
information call 251-989-2714 or e-mail: littlewolf at monacanindian.com
May 25 - 26, 2002: 4th Annual Gathering of Veterans Pow Wow. 710 Apperson
Drive, Salem, Virgina for information contact Steve Roragen 540-989-5449
May 25 - 27, 2002: 8th Annual Memorial Day Powwow in Laredo, Texas,
sponsored by the Southern Sky Council of Native Americans. For more
information call: 956-727-0039 or e-mail: laredopowwow at yahoo.com Please
call or e-mail on this one as they only had "Memorial Day Powwow" on the
information sent me and I am guessing at the dates I have placed on this
notice! Editor.
June 1 - 2, 2002: Pistcataway Indian Tribe celebrating it's 20th year with
a very large pow wow at their reservation in Maryland. For more
information e-mail: TopcopinDC at aol.com
June 5 - 12, 2002: Pow Wow Cruise to Alaska, For any information on this
pow wow on the sea, call 1-877-369-2232 or go to their web site at:
http://www.powwowcruise.com This cruise will have stars on board with the
normal cruise attractions such as great food, Vegas style shows, a casino
and much more. The ship is a Carnival line ship.
June 14 - 15, 2002: 24th Annual AICA of North Carolina Powwow at the Van
Hoy Campgrounds in Union Grove, North Carolina. For more information
contact: exdt at webtv.net
June 15 - 16, 2002: CANCELLED! 4 Directions Intertribal Pow Wow Native
American Art Show Mineral Springs Park North Pekin, Illinois For more
information: Call: 309-925-2007 OR 217-352-2180 or E-Mail: btgurst at soltec.
net OR wbear at cypress.he.net Donna Mayer has e-mailed a notice that this
event is cancelled as of 3/24/2002! Rather than pulling the ad we felt it
best to leave it and explain what we know for those who may have already
downloaded information on this event.
July 10 - 13, 2002: Yes 2002! National Powwow 12. July, 2002 in Crescent
City, Illinois. The committee has changed the dates and location of this
gathering several times, but it does look like they are confirmed now. We
are sorry for the incorrect information we have had listed on this one.
See their Web Site at: www.nationalpowwow.com Please send input to: J.
Ford Griggs, Chairman, National Powwow 12, Rt. 3, Box 110, Bartlesville,
Oklahoma 74003, Telephone 918-662-5317, Fax 918-662-5317, or e-mail at:
FordGriggs at aol.com
August 2 - 4, 2002: Pow Wow at Frank Liske Park in Concord, North Carolina,
Ridgie Tucker will lead the host Southern Drum. There will be Gourd
Dancing. Jim Charlton and Amy Anderson will be the head dancers and Jim
Anderson will MC once again. The dates and place are still tentative but
it is expected to remain at the park and the dates will be very close.
Once the committee gets everything together for this one we will update
this notice. You should put this little dance on your calendar as it has
been outstanding the last few years. For more information contact George
Hoyt (704)786-5705 or e-mail him at: gehoy at concordnc.com
August 17 - 18, 2002: 22 Annual American Indian Hobbyist Pow - Wow at the
Flying W Ranch Star Rt. 2 Box 150 Tionesia, PA. 16353. Write for
information or call: 814-463-7663.
August 23 - 25, 2002: The Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemaking
Pow Wow at 400 N. Hiawatha. Pipestone Mn. For more info call (507) 825-
3734.
September 14 -15, 2002: 10TH Annual Four Winds Powwow in the Killeen
Special Events Center, W.S. Young Dr. Killeen, Texas. For more information
call Paula Brock at 254-699-3167 or e-mail Fourwinds1 at hotmail.com You can
visit their web site at: http://www.fourwindstx.org
October 5 - 6, 2002: Painted Leaf Pow Wow Wytheville Community College,
Wytheville, Virginia. For information contact: Chris Bryant 276-223-0047
or e-mail: mtnempr57 at yahoo.com
October 25 - 27, 2002: Tifton Intertribal Powwow, Friendly City park/ E.B.,
Hamilton Complex Tifton, Georgia. For more information call Jerry Laney
229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail: Jerry at NativeWayProductions.com You can
see us on the web at: http://NativeWayProductions.com
October 25 - 27, 2002: Lower Muskogee Creeks Tama Whigham, Georgia we are
having a POWWOW everyone is welcome. For more information e-mail: cate_
esse at yahoo.com
November 9 - 10, 2002: Third Annual Clearfield Veterans Day Pow Wow
Clearfield Middle School Clearfield, PA. For more information e-mail:
pjcrow at hotmail.com or call Paul Snyder at 814-834-6452. See or website at:
http://clearfieldvdpw.homestead.com/clearfield.html
November 14 - 17, 2002: Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow, South Jackson Civic
Center (outdoors) Tullahoma, Tennessee. For more information call Jerry
Laney 229-787-5180 evenings or e-mail: Jerry at NativeWayProductions.com You
can see us on the web at: http://NativeWayProductions.com
A word of advice, no matter how hard we try, mistakes happen! Please try
to get in contact with the event staff and verify the important
information before leaving for it.
Anderson's
11372 Timber Lane
Brooksville, Florida 34601
e-mail: powwows at andersons-web.com
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April 19th, 2002
17th Annual Intertribal Pageant
Auditorium
Sherman Indian High School
9010 Magnolia Ave
Riverside, CA
Info: None provided for pageant
April 20th, 2002
17th Annual Intertribal Powwow
Ira Hayes Stadium
Sherman Indian High School
9010 Magnolia Ave
Riverside, CA
Info: (909) 276-6337 x 339 or (909) 359-6002 -
Dean Johnson, powwow coordinator.
Craft demonstrations - Sherman Museum open 11am - 4pm -
parking $3, programs $1, admission free.
Cultural performance contests: Open Dance contest, all drums welcome -
$500 winner take all drum contest.
Men's Jingle and Women's Grass switch dancing - $150 winner take all,
each contest. MC: Jim Red Eagle, Sioux/Assiniboine;
Arena Director: Winslow Bullchild, Blackfoot;
Northern Host drum: Badger Shield; Southern Host: Sooner Nation;
Head Man: Gene Webster, Chippewa. Head Woman: Vanessa Brown, Lusieno;
Head Gourd: Charley Narcomey, Creek/Potowatomi.
Fireside birdsinging 6pm-11pm - all birdsingers welcome!
April 21st, 2002
El Camino College 4th Intertribal Pow Wow
College track
El Camino College
16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Torrance, CA
Info: (310) 710-5194
Arts and Craft sales, contest dancing categories, food and drink booths.
MC: Saginaw Grant (Sauk `n Fox), Head Man: Ben Wolf (Kiowa),
Head woman Tawny Hale (Dakota/Navajo)
Free admission, parking free with E.C.C. parking permit, $2.00 otherwise.
Hours: 10am - 7pm
APR 26 - 28
U.C.I.'s 4th Annual Pow Wow
National Guard Armory in Guntersville, Alabama
old Creek Path Mission school site
Guntersville, Alabama
Head Man -Arturo Adrian -Kiowa Head Lady -Diana Mitchell -Cherokee
MC -Gina Williamson Arena Director -Butch Richardson
Inviting all drums Non-Competition Dancing
Friday, April 26th Children's Day - 8 AM til 3 PM
Grand Entry - 9:00 AM Bonfire Friday Night 7 til 9 PM
Saturday, April 27th Gate opens 8 AM Grand Entry - 10:00 AM
Bonfire 7:00 PM til 9 PM Sunday, April 28th
Grand Entry - 11:00 AM Gate open 10 AM til 5 PM http://www.u-c-i.org/
Info: Dan Wisner 256-593-0464
May 3rd-4th
2nd annual suwannee powwow
spirit of the suwannee music park and campground
3076 95th drive
liveoak fl.
event is held in conjuction with hot air balloon festival.
8,000 guest great vending opportunities.dancers needed.
dancers recieve weekend pass to event and $5 a night camping rate
www.musicliveshere.com
Info: 386-364-1683/david
May 4th - 5th, 2002
Hesperia Lake Powwow
Hesperia, CA
May 4th - 5th, 2002
Cupa Cultural Days
Pala, CA
May 4th - 5th, 2002
UCLA Intertribal Pow Wow
Los Angeles, CA
May 4th - 5th, 2002
7th Annual California Choctaw Gathering
Camp Okihi - Choctaw Valley
Bakersfield, CA
Info (661) 366-3863, email oklachahta at igalaxy.net or
http://www.oklachahta.org
RV spaces are available but must be reserved well in advance.
Tent camping available for $5.
May 11th - 12th, 2002
8th Annual Northern and Southern Winds Powwow
Athletic field
East Los Angeles College
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
(cross street Atlantic Blvd)
Monterey Park, CA
Info: (323) 241-0747, email: elacpowwow at hotmail.com
vendor info (323) 265-8753
Sponsored by Iron Circle Nation and M.E.X.A. - All drums welcome!
MC: Roy Track, Lakota; Head Man: Victor Guy, Caddo-Osage;
Head Woman: Tina Hummingbird, Cherokee-Apache;
Arena Director: Winslow Bullchild, Blackfeet;
Northern Drum: Red Sands, Polacca AZ;
Southern Drum: Outlaw Singers, Sacramento, CA;
Aztec/Mexica Dancers: Huehueteotl, Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Hours: 11am - 10pm Saturday, 11am - 6pm Sunday.
Grand entry 12:30pm both days.
Featuring intertribal dancing, indigenous music, food, arts & crafts.
Face painting, and Mother's Day Give-Aways!
Bring your own chairs and shading, no camping permitted.
MAY 17-19 2002
22ND.DEANZA COLLEGE POW WOWDE ANZA COLLEGE
21250 STEVEVS CREEK BLVD.
CUPOERTINO CA. 95014
CONTEST POW WOW: Dance/Drum/Switch/Cradleboard Open Gourd Dancing POW WOW
LOCATION: S-Quad
For further informatsion call the Pow Wow's
Info-Mania Lines 408-864-TELL (8355), then enter extension number
Getting to De Anza- ext. 868 (Northern California, in the San Francisco
Bay Area) All About the Pow Wow-ext. 870
Pow Wow General Information-ext. 871
Pow Wow Vendor Information-ext. 872
Pow Wow Dance & Drum Information-ext. 873
Pow Wow Entertainment-ext. 874
Pow Wow Film Festival-ext. 875 Gerri Parker, American Indian Studies Dept &
Pow Wow Com. Chairperson Leslie Berry, American Indian Studies Faculty/
Pow Wow Coordinator 408-864-5448 Vendor Applications/Further Information
For Further info call the Pow Wow's Info Mania Lines (408) 864-TELL (8355,
then enter ext. numbers Getting to De Anza ext. 868 Pow Wow general info.
ext. 871 Pow Wow vendor info. ext. 872 Pow Wow Dance & Drum
ext. 873 Pow Wow Entertainment ext. 874 Pow Wow Film Festival
ext. 875 Gerri Parker, American Indian Studies Dept & Pow Wow Com.
Chairperson Leslie Berry, American Indian Studies Faculty/Pow Wow
Coordinator (408) 864-5448 Vendor Applications/Further Information
Host Morthern Drum Haystack Singers (Jonathan Windy Boy)
Host Sourthern Drum TBA Master of Ceremonies Tom Phillips Kiowa
Whipman Steve Reevis Blackfeet Head Man Judge Gary MiddleRider Blackfeet
Head Woman Judge Iona Mad Plume Blackfeet
Head Man Dancer Peter Joe Olney Yakama
Head Woman Dancer Rose Olney Sampson Yakama
Head Teen Boy Dancer Gary Olney Yakama
Head Teen Girl Dancer Marie Olney Yakama
Head Little Boy Dancer TBA Head Little Girl Dancer TBA
Info: Call Gerri Parker (408)864-5448
May 25 and 26 2002
Intertribal
Oakbrook Park Chumash Interpretive Center
3290 Lang Ranch Parkway
Thousand Oaks,CA
Saturday 10am to 10pm
Sunday 10am to 6pm
deerclan at gte.net
Info: Bob Vann (805)492-8076
May 31st - June 2nd, 2002
Standing Bear Pow Wow 2002
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA
Info: (661) 589-3181
Admission $4.00, kids 12 and under free. All Drums and Dancers welcome!
MC: Saginaw Grant; Gourd Dancer: Alex Villava; Head Man: Mark Sanchez;
Head Woman: Samantha Sanchez; Host Northern: Red House;
Host Southern Drum: Hummingbird Singers; Guest Drum: Crooked Hat.
Contest dancing, arts and crafts, cultural awareness, native foods and
family fun! Hours: Fri: 5pm - 10pm, Sat: 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-6pm.
June 1st. and 2nd. 2002
HONOUR OUR ELDERS & WARRIORS 4th traditional Veterans Pow-wow
Matthissen State Park
2 miles south of Starved Rock State Park
Utica, Illinois
For more info for or for those that want to be part of the STARVED ROCK
WARRIORS MOTORCYCLE BENEFIT RIDE to the Pow-wow on June 1st.
call 708-493-0321
June 8th - 9th, 2002
6th Annual Inter-Tribal Powwow
San Luis Rey Mission Grounds
4050 Mission Ave.
Oceanside, CA
Info: (760) 724-8505 (Carmen) or email charlotte at slrmissionindians.org
or visit their website at http://www.slrmissionindians.org
All dancers and drums welcome! Food booths, arts and crafts booths,
contest dancing, opportunity drawings. Peon games at dusk!
Sponsored by the San Luis Rey Mission Indian Foundation.
June 8th - 9th, 2002
9th Annual Intertribal Gathering - Native Ways Intertribal
Rocketdyne Recreation Center
8900 Fallbrook Ave
West Hills, CA
Info: (805) 529-8428
MC: Daniel Tom; Head Man Xew Waghill; Head Woman Roberta Waghill;
Arena Director: Andy Jones; Host Drum: Wild Horse;
Invited Drum: Standing Brave
June 21st - 23rd, 2002
NAES College 10th Annual Powwow
Mather Park
2801 West Peterson
Chicago, Illinois 60659
For more information contact: Leonard Malatare NAES College
2838 West Peterson Chicago, Illinois 60659 773-761-5000
Info: Call Leonard (773)761-5000
June 22 & 23, 2002
7th Annual Two Sisters PowWow
Regatta Field
Rte 113, Pawtucket Blvd.
Lowell, Mass
Hours 10-5 both days Host Drum: Walking Bear Singers,
Guest Drum: Seven Fires Public Invited Admission is Free
-- Traders by Invitation Only
July 5-7, 2002
Soaring Hawk Village & Cultural Society
Austintown Fitch High School
456 S. Raccoon Rd. #43
Austintown, OH
To honor our nations veterans. Gates open at 10:00,
Grand Entry at 12:00 closing at 6:00. MC is Danny Two Eagles,
Host drum is Mother Earth Beat.
Info: Call Cindy (330) 799-7962
July 12-14,2002
3rd Annual
Moosomin Arena
Box 98
Cochin, Sask
Over $34,000.00 in prize payouts. moosomin.band at sk.sympatico.ca
Info: Call Lena @ 1-800-252-4977
July 13th - 14th, 2002
13th Annual City of Angeles Kateri Circle Pow Wow and Health Fair
St. Joseph High School
5825 N. Woodruff Ave
Lakewood, CA
Info: (213) 637-7263
Sponsored by the American Indian Ministry of the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles 605 to South St. West to Woodruff, north on Woodruff.
Health fair, contest dancing, exhibition dancing,
Native American mass Sunday morning, food booths, arts and crafts.
Come celebrate the Feast Day of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha for the
first time in 13 years of Powwows ON her feast day, July 14th!
JUL 19-21, 2002
MO STATE POWWOW
MO STATE FAIRGROUNDS
SEDALIA, MO
GOURD DANCING, INTERTRIBAL, STOMP DANCING, SAT. MORN. CHILDRENS GAMES.
INDIAN FOOTBALL AVAIL.
E-MAIL: rhwoolery at socket.net
Info: CALL BOB AT (660)-826-5608
July 20 & 21 2002
7th Annual Gathering of the People Pow Wow
Vigo County Conservation Club
Grotto Road
Terre Haute, IN
Not a contest Pow Wow. Limited to 25 traders.
All Drums and Dancers welcome,
only host Drum and co-host Drum will be paid.
Camping on and showers on grounds.
Info: 812+877-4670
July 26th-28th, 2002
Bitterroot Valley All Nations Powwow
Historic Daly Mansion grounds
500 Eastside hwy
Hamilton, Montana
The 9th annual Bitterroot valley all nations Powwow
welcomes all dancers and rummers of all nations.
first 10 drums registered are paid, and we have competition
dancing as well. Special tiny tots competition for 5 and younger on
Sat. princess contest on sat afternoon. all girls wishing to compete
must be registered by noon on Sat.gates open on 26th at 5:00 Pm with
grand entry at 7:00PM.vendors welcome for arts market. contact us for
application http://allnationsmt.homestead.com
Info: Becky {406} 363-5383 or April { 406}961-3499
July 27th - 28th, 2002
2nd Annual Friendship Pow Wow
Hawaiian Gardens
Info: (562) 864-2351 or email: onelongbraid at yahoo.com
No camping available, staff TBA. Saturday 10am - 10pm, Sunday 10am - 7pm
August 17th - 18th, 2002
3rd Annual Intertribal Pow Wow
McAdams Park
Palmdale, CA
Info: (661) 435-0423 (Richard Cano) or (661) 246-2380 (Alex Bitolas)
Aug 22nd - 25th, 2002
Schemitzun 2002
Wintechog Hill
1/8 mile east of Foxwoods Casino off Rt. 2
North Stonington, CT
SCHEMITZUN 2002 ANNUAL FEAST OF GREEN CORN AND DANCE AUGUST 22-25
Head Staff MC Kenny Merrick Sr. ND MC Kenny Scabbyrobe Sr. WA
MC Hammond Mota OK MC Orville Kirk OK Head
Arena Director Alvin Windy Boy MT Arena Director Joe Bointy OK
Arena Director Darrel Goodwill SK Special Events Lance Gumbs NY
Special Events Bill Crouse NY Contemp Drum Coordinator Rod Hunter AB
Southern Drum Coordinator R.G. Harris Jr. OK
Northern Drum Coordinator Pete Gahbow MN
Southern Host: Southern Boys OK
Northern Host: Mystic River CT
Invited Drums: Battle River High Noon Mountain Soul Mandaree
Whitetail Cree Haystack Snake Island Blackstone Bear Creek Eyabay
Black Lodge The Boyz Seekaskootch Southern Cree Cozad Bad Medicine
Youngbird Yellowhammer Sizzortail Silvercloud Whitetail
Dance Contest starts on Aug 23rd @ NOON Golden Age Categories
(50 years & over) Mens: Northern Traditional, Southern Straight,
Grass and Fancy combined Women's; Eastern Blanket, Northern Traditional,
Southern Traditional Prizes; 1st...$ 2000 2nd...$1800 3rd ...$1600
4th...$1400 5th...$1200 6th...$1000 7th...$800 3 consolations of $400 each
Adult Dance Categories (18-49 years) Men's Eastern Straight
Southern Straight Northern Traditional Contemp Traditional
Chicken (open to teen boys) Old Style Grass Contemp Grass Southern fancy
Northern Fancy Smoke (open to teen boys) Women's Eastern Blanket
(open to teen girls) Smoke (open to teen girls) Northern Traditional
Southern Traditional Old Style Jingle Contemp Jingle Fancy
Prizes; 1st...$2000 2nd...$1800 3rd...$1600 4th...$1400 5th...$1200
6th...$1000 7th...$800 3 consolations of $400 each
Teen Dance Categories; (13-17 years) Boy's Northern/Southern Traditional
Combined Grass Fancy Girl's Northern/Southern Traditional
Combined Jingle Fancy Prizes; 1st...$500 2nd...$400 3rd...$300 4th...$200
5th...$100 6th...$90 7th...$50 No Consolations
Junior's Dance Categories (6-12 years)
Boy's Northern Traditional/Southern Straight Combined
Grass Fancy Girl's Northern/Southern Traditinal Combined Jingle Fancy
Prizes 1st $150 2nd $100 3rd $90 4th $80 5th $70 6th $60 7th $50
no consolations Tiny Tots (0-5 years) All Registered Tiny Tots Receive day
Money Grand Entry Friday 12pm & 6pm Sat. 12pm & 6pm Sun. 12pm Fri. ,
Sat., & Sun. Bonus Points will be given for Grand Entry.
Dance Registration $10 per dancer. Tiny Tots free
Thursday, August 22nd- Friday, August, 23rd 2002 From 10am-6pm at the
Schemitzun site No call ins. No exceptions
BUCK-A- RAMA 2002 MICHAEL T. GOODWIN MEMORIAL RODEO BULL AND BAREBACK
RIDING AUGUST 22- 25, 2002 All contestants must show tribal enrollment or
CDIB cards. Must have positive ID to receive any awards. This rule will
be strictly enforced. No exceptions. For Rodeo participant information
call the Rodeo Hotline (860) 396-6531, after June 1, 2002
Host Hotels Two Trees Inn; $65 + tax Code: 6065
Great Cedar Hotel: $90 + tax- Code 4584
Grand Pequot Tower: $125 + tax Code: 5897 1-800-PLAY-BIG
Discount Airline Rates Call Mashantucket Travel Agency at 1-800-678-0444
August 23-25, 2002
28th Annual Baltimore PowWow
Community College of Baltimore County
800 S. Rolling Road
Baltimore, Maryland
www.baltimorepowwow.com
Info: (410) 675-3535
Oct 5th - 6th, 2002
10th Annual Tukwut Pow Wow
California State University San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA
Intertribal Dancing, Native Foods, Native Arts and Crafts, Gourd Dancing,
Drum Contest.
website: www.csusm.edu/powwow; email: aisapowwow at yahoogroups.com
Info: Karin, 760-750-4056
Oct. 5 - 6, 2002
5th Annual Salmon Pow Wow
Mitchell Ave. Ball Fields
3rd & Mitchell Aves.
Oroville, CA
Drum, dance & flute contests, vendors,limited camping
(NO showers on site) NO Alcohol, drugs,weapons or smoking near dance arena
Info: salmonpowwow2002 at hotmail.com
Please note-all dates in this calendar are advisory in nature. Event times,
locations, dates etc change without notice. None of these events are
produced by us. Call ahead to make sure that this information is correct.
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APRIL 2002
12-13 Northeastern State University Powwow. Tahlequah, University Campus,
Info: 918-456-5511 x 4351
12-13 Oklahoma University's Stomp Dance and Powwow, Norman, Lloyd Noble
Center, 405-325-3163
12-14 10th Annual Shadow of the Eagle Powwow. Shadowrock Park, Forsyth,
MO. Info: (417) 561-1667 goodthunder at inter-linc.net
12-14 Fort Totten Spring Powwow. Berdick Arena, Devils Lake, ND. Info:
(701) 766-1998
12-14 Tifton Intertribal Powwow. Friendly City Park, E.B. Hamilton Complex,
Tifton, GA. Info: (229) 787-5180.
19-20 25th Annual Texas Gulf Coast Tia-Piah Powwow. Albert V.Sallas
County Park, New Caney, TX. Info: (713) 475-0221. Traders: (281) 448-8435.
19-21 Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow. Apache, Fairgrounds, Info:
580-588-2880
19-21 Old Fort Days Heritage Festival. Fort Gibson, Fort Gibson Historic
Site, Info: 918-478-4780
20 Apache Tribal Princess Dance. Anadarko, Apache Tribal Building, Info:
405-247-7695
20 Otoe Buffalo Clan Spring Celebration, Otoe Tribal Community Center,
Red Rock, Oklahoma, Unfo: Vernon Harragarra 303-980-0344, or 580-723-4488
20-22 Three Rivers Intertribal Powwow. Mitchell Hall, UW-La Crosse, La
Crosse, WI. Info: Tracy Littlejohn, 608-785-8225, Hinuga1 at aol.com
21 4th Annual Red Nations & Friends MJC Powwow. Modesto Junior College,
Modesto, CA.
25-26 Indian Territory Days. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
26-28 4th Annual United Cherokee Intertribal Powwow. Creek Path Mission,
Guntersville, AL. Info: (256) 593-0464. standingbear7 at aol.com
26-28 Southern Band Of The Cherokee 2nd Annual Intertribal Pow Wow,
Birdsville Campgrounds, Livingston County, KY. Info: Chief ManyWaters
1/502/969-7503or Cell # 1/502/216-6054. email: sbckamama at aol.com
26-28 Native Solutions 4th Annual Intertribal Powwow. Oxford Lake Park,
Oxford, AL. Info: (256) 835-0110.
26-28 4th Annual U.C.I Powwow. National Guard Armory, guntersville, AL.
Info: (256) 593-0464
25-27 Indian Festival & Powwow. Talihina, Talihina School Gym,
Info: 918-567-2539
27-28 11TH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN COUNCIL Spring Pow Wow. Boone County 4-H
Auditorium Lebanon, IN. Trading is by invitation only and must be pre-
registered. Info: Marda Malaterre 765/482-3315, Susie Deem 317/545-5057
Kathy Wamsley, 765/482-5630 e mail aicindiana at hotmail.com
MAY 2002
3-5 15th Annual Indian Celebration & Powwow. Farmer's Market, Knoxville,
TN. Info: (865) 579-1384. twdbear at aol.com
3-5 36th Annual Louisiana Indian Heritage Association's Spring Powwow.
Hidden Oaks Family Campgrounds, Robert, LA. Info: Rose [504]468-
2145/Nita [800]359-0940 e-mail: andi4769 at aol.com or LIHA at lakota.net.
4-5 Outdoor Indian Art Market. Norman, Jacobson House, Info: 405-366-1667
4-5 Traditional pow wow. Vanderburgh 4-H fair grounds, Evansville,Indiana.
Info: Ruby Norris (812) 985-0963. Email; cotp at evansville; Web site;
www.geocities.com/cotpevansville
4-26 Trail of Tears Art Show. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
9-10 Annual Turtle Island Storytelling Festival. Tahlequah, Cherokee
Heritage Center, Info: 918-456-6007
10-12 11th Annual Mother's Day Pow Wow, Withlacoochee River Park, Dade
City, Florida. Pow Wow Princess pageant on Mother's Day. Contact Ken
RedHawk (727) 723-9345, Website: www.waihs.com or for additional info
e-mail: waihs at hotmail.com
10-11 22nd Annual Augusta Pow-Wow. "NEW LOCATION* 3J Road Augusta, GA.
http://andersons-web.com/Flyer2002.gif.
Info: Bill Medeiros at 706-771-1221 or email krazywilly at knology.net
10-12 2nd Annual "Circle of Sacred Children Powwow," Mary Jennifer
Marchand memorial event. Omak Longhouse, on the Colville Reservation in
Omak, Washington. Info: Dorothy Marchand at (509) 826-6889 or Charissa
Marchand at (505) 385-7579, or email us at n8ivecmg at hotmail.com.
10-12 31st Annual Stanford Powwow. Eucalyptus Grove at Galvez & Campus
Drive on the Stanford Campus, CA. Info: (650) 723-4078 or
email: stanford_powwow_2002 at hotmail.com
11-12 Comanche Little Ponies Annual Dance. Lawton, Museum of Great Plains,
Info: 580-429-8229
11-12 9th Annual Mariposa Pow Wow. Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Mariposa,
CA. Sponsored by the American Indian Council of Mariposa County. Info:
(209) 742-2244 Website: http://www.visitmariposa.net/powwow/
12 Painted Horse Society's Elder Celebration. Wyandotte, Indian Territory
Cultural Center, Info: 918-678-2987
17 - 18 1st Annual Wolf Creek Intertribal Powwow/ 59 Flea Market Grounds,
Summerdale,AL. Info: Chief Gene Griffith
standingbull at wolfcreeksoutherncherokee.com or Littlewolf at:
Littlewolf at monacanindian.com
17 - 18 22nd Annual De Anza Powwow & American Indian Art & Film Festival.
DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA. Info: (408) 864-5448. www.deanzapowwow.org
17-19 Kiowa Black Leggings Armed Forces Day Ceremonial. Anadarko, Indian
City, Info: 405-247-3987
17-19 Bear Mountain Powwow. Anthony Wayne Recreation Area, Harriman State
Park, Harriman, NY. Info: (718) 686-9297. redhawkarts at mindspring.com;
http://redhawkarts.home.mindspring.com
18 Cherokee Games - Blowgun Shoot & Stickball Making Class. Tahlequah,
Cherokee Heritage Center, Info: 918-456-6007
18-19 First Annual Spring Shawnee Woodland Powwow.Zane Shawnee Caverns,
Bellefontaine OH. Info: (937) 592-9592. www.zaneshawneecaverns.org or
shawneeurb at msn.com
24 -26 Delaware Pow-wow. Copan, Falleaf Dancegrounds, Info: 918-531-2526
24-26 Vietnam Veterans Celebration & Powwow. Anadarko, Wichita Tribal
Park, Info: 405-247-2425 x 133
24-27 28th Annual De-Un-Da-Ga Memorial Day Powwow. Custaloga Town Scout
Reservation, Carlton, PA. Info: (814) 833-3235
25 Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
25-26 The Gathering of Veterans Powwow. The American Legion Field,
Apperson Dr., Salem. VA. Info: Mel. Lineberry
White_Buffalo_Woman at Yahoo..com (540)674-1989
25-26 Ohio Valley memorial Day Powwow. Honoring All Veterans. Hocking
College, Nelsonville, OH. Info: (740) 592-5322; traders: (740) 698-3512.
25-27 Powwow at the OSU West Campus. Sponsored by the Native American
Indian Center Of Central Ohio. Info: Po Box 07705
Columbus,Ohio 43207-0705. phone-(614) 443-6120, fax-443-2651,
Email-naicco at aol.com, Webpage-naicco at tripod
26 Annual Wheelock Spring Festival. Millerton, Wheelock Academy Grounds,
Info: 918-746-2139
27 Memorial Day Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation Reserve, Info: 918-762-4048
May 31 - June 1 Annual Miami Nation Powwow. Miami, Ottawa County
Fairgrounds, Info: 918-542-1445
May 31 - June 2 Tulsa Powwow. Tulsa, Mohawk Park, Info: 918-743-3628
May 31 - June 2 Standing Bear Powwow 2002. Bakersfield College Campus,
Bakersfield, CA. Info: (661) 589-3181.
May 31st, June 1 - 2 Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park PowWow.
E-mail:grand_village at yahoo.com or call Bill Emmett - 309-962-2700 or
Dixie Thomas - 309-962 4106. PowWow site is The Grand Village of the
Kickapoo Park, LeRoy, IL.
JUNE 2002
1-2 4th Annual Native American Indian Traditional Veterans Powwow. Honor
Our Elders and Warriors. Matthiessen State Park, near LaSalle, IL.
Info: (708) 493-0321.
1-2 Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Association 10th Annual Contest
Pow-wow. Larimer County Fairgrounds; Loveland, Colorado.
Info: (970) 663-9240 or http://www.fortnet.org/PowWow/
8 Good Medicine Society's Summer Sobriety Dance. Oklahoma City, State
Fairgrounds, Info: 405-943-7953
6-9 Osage Tribal Dance. Fairfax, Tribal Dancegrounds, Info: 918-287-4622
2nd Weekend. Thunderbird Society of Missouri Powwow. Belle, MO.
Info:
(573) 859-3425.
7-9 Red Earth Cultural Festival. Oklahoma City, Myriad Convention Center,
Info: 405-427-5228
13-15 46th Annual TIHA Summer Powwow. Robinson Park, Llano, TX. Traders:
(830) 665-9309. Info: (512) 243-1931.
13-15 Mowa Choctaw Annual Powwow. Calvert, Alabama. $5000.00 prize money.
All vendors and dancers welcome. Info: 251-944-2789 or 251-829-5500
14-15 24th Annual Powwow American Indian Cultural Association of North
Carolina - Van Hoy Family Campground, Union Grove, NC. Info: Ed deTorres,
phone (828) 464-5579 - email exdt at webtv.net
14-16 Chalepah Blackfeet Society Celebration. Anadarko, Indian City, Info:
405-247-7695 14-16 Annual Iowa Tribal Powwow. Perkins, Powwow Grounds,
Info: 405-547-1091
14-16 Creek Nation Festival. Okmulgee. Creek Nation Complex,
Info: 918-756-8700
14-16 The 32nd Annual Delta Park Powwow and Encampment. portland, OR.
Sponsored by the Bow & Arrow Culture Club. Info:BowandArrowcc at aol.com
15-16 Peoria Tribal Powwow. Miami, Peoria Tribal Grounds,
Info: 918-540-2535
15-16 8th Annual American Indian Education Center Competition Powwow.
Edgewater Park, Cleveland, OH . Info: (216) 341-0000 or
email: aiecinc at aol.com
15-16 CANCELLED: Four Directions Intertribal Powwow & Native American
Art Show. Mineral Springs Park North, Perkin, IL. Info: (309) 925-2007
btgurst at soltec.net
21-22 10 Annual NAES College Powwow. Mather Park, Chicago, IL.
Info: (773)-761-5000
21-23 Annual Esa Rosa Whitewolf Celebration. Medicine Park, Whitewolf
Ceremonial Grounds, Info: 405-247-2671
21-23 Cumberland Plateau Powwow. Cookeville, Tennessee.
Info: (615) 874-1435 or e-mail: pbctsalagi at msn.com
21- 23 Rocky Fork Recreation Center's 3rd Annual Traditional Open Powwow,
Kimbolton, Ohio. Vendors must be pre-registered. Info: Michelle Hill
(740) 439-4359.
21-23 Rocky Fork Recreation's 3rd Annual Traditional Open Powwow.
Kimbolton, Ohio. Email: rockyforkpowwow at excite.com
Directions: www.rockyforkpowwow.freewebspace.com
22 Trail of Tears Drama Opens. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
22 Cherokee Games - Cornstalk Shoot. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
22-23 3rd Annual Saracen Memorial Powwow Regional Park Pine Bluff, AR
Info: 870 879-1396
22-23 2nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Powwow. Mt. Jackson, VA (20 min. N.
of Harrisonburg, VA), Interstate 81 to Exit 269. Turn West off the Exit.
Turn Right into the First Driveway. 540-477-9616
e-mail at: Sphoenix at shentel.net
22-23 Dancing by the Riverbank Traditional Powwow. Louis Adado River
Front Park, Lansing, MI. Info: cole at ia4u.net or robin-menefee at yahoo.com
22-23 2nd Annual Gentle Wind Pow Wow. Tussey Mt. High School Athletic
Field; Front St.; Saxton,PA.. Info: Pow Wow Coordinator, Ron Pawuk, 910
Norris Street, Saxton, PA 16678-1129; Phone: (814) 635-3385 or
Email: rpawuk at hotmail.com
22-23 7th Annual Two Sisters PowWow, Rte.113, Pawtucket Blvd., Regatta
Field, Lowell, Mass. info: Jackie Red Spirit Soaring at 978-459-7214 or
ARea142385 at aol.com
25-28 Osage Tribal Dance. Pawhuska, Tribal Dancegrounds,
Info: 918-287-4622
29-30 Tecumseh, Michigan Traditional Pow Wow. Presented by The Leh-Nah-Weh
Native American Organization, Cal Zorn Park, Tecumseh, MI.
Info: 517-264-1690, or E-mail hardertodd3 at aol.com
JULY 2002
1-4 Kiowa Gourd Clan Ceremonial. Carnegie, Carnegie Park,
Info: 405-793-0958
4-7 Quapaw Powwow. Quapaw, Beaver Springs Park, Info: 918-542-1853 or
918-673-2822
4 -7 Pawnee Indian Veterans Homecoming and Powwow. Pawnee, Memorial Field,
Info: 918-762-4048
5-7 Choctaw Intertribal Pow-Wow. Choctaw Reservation, Philidelphia,
Mississippi. Info: Dan (601)656-6617 (Day) or Harold (662)779-2672.
5-7 The Gathering of Tribes Pow Wow 2002. Elks Lodge, Juneau, Alaska.
Info: Robert Joey 907-586-3296 or write: Juneau Pow Wow Club, 326 4th St.
Apt. 306, Juneau, Alaska 99801 or e-mail garfield_katasse at dot.state.ak.us.
5-7 2nd Annual Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow. Tanana Valley
Fairgrounds, Fairbanks Alaska. Info: (907) 488 2436 or
www.mosquitonet.com/~standingbear/powwow
6 30th ANNIVERSARY CALICO DANCERS GOOD TIME POWWOW. Harry J. Betar Jr.
Recreational Park, South Glens Falls, New York, 12803.
Info: (518) 793-1693
6 - 7 Wagon Trails Pow-Wow. Wagon Trails Resort, 4051 State Route 46,
Jefferson Ohio. Info: 330-326-3248
July 6-7 The Gathering of Tribes" Pow Wow 2002. Juneau, Alaska. Info:
(907) 586-3296 Robert Joey or write to Juneau Pow Wow Club, 326 4th St.
Apt. 306, Juneau, Alaska 99801 or e-mail garfield_katasse at dot.state.ak.us
10-13 NATIONAL POWWOW 12. Iroquois County Fairgrounds, Crescent City,
Illinois. www.nationalpowwow.com
11-14 Sac & Fox Nation Powwow. Stroud, Tribal Dancegrounds,
Info: 918-968-3526
12-14 (2nd weekend) Annual Tonkawa Tribal Powwow. Tonkawa, Fort Oakland,
Info: 580-628-2561
11-12 An Evening of Native American Music and Dance. Salisbury City Hall
Auditorium, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Info: 01144 01255 880431.
12-14 Moosomin First Nation 3rd Annual Pow Wow. 20 miles north of North
Battleford, Sask. email: moosomin.band at sk.sympatico.ca.
Info: Lena @1-800-252-4977
13-14 Bison Farm Powwow. Bush Farm Bison Centre, West Knoyle, Wiltshire,
England. Info: 01144 01747 830261
14-15 24th Annual Powwow American Indian Cultural Association of North
Carolina - Van Hoy Family Campground - Union Grove, North Carolina -
Contact Ed deTorres, phone (828) 464-5579 - email exdt at webtv.net
13 Cherokee Games - Marble Shoot. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
18-21 (3rd weekend) Otoe-Missouria Annual Powwow. Red Rock, Tribal
Dancegrounds, Info: 580-723-4466
19-21 Comanche Homecoming. Walters, Sultan Park, Info: 580-492-3822
19-21 Quinnipiac Tribal Council's Annual "Return of Hobbomock"
Celebrationk, 2002 theme "Herbal Traditions" plus Rock-Art Symposium. Fort
Nathan Hal Park, New Haven, CT. Info: (203) 481-6533.
19-21 Intertribal Missouri State Powwow. Missiouri State Fairgrounds,
Sedalia, MO. Info: BOB WOOLERY, 660-826-5608 OR rhwoolery at socket.net.
20-21 7th Annual Gathering of the People Pow Wow. Vigo County
Conservation Club, Terre Haute, IN. Info: Vicki R. Rainbolt (812) 877-4670.
20-21 10th Annual Veterans Powwow. Veterans park, Broad Street, Salamanca,
NY. Info: (716) 283-0084. naiva2000 at yahoo.com
26-28n 9th Annual Bitterroot Valley All nations Powwow. Historic Daly
Mansion grounds, Hamilton, MT. Info: {406} 363-5383 or {406} 961-3499
email: doolittleranch at cs.com; http://allnationsmt.homestead.com
27-28 Indian Brave Campground Powwow. Zelienople, PA.
Info: (724) 847-2754. email: tumavisions at home.com
AUGUST 2002
2-3 17th Annual Bell Powwow. Stilwell, location varies, Info: 918-696-4480
2-3 9th Annual Frank Liske Park Powwoww. Frank Liske Park, Concord, NC.
Info: (336) 236-1099. gehoyt at concordnc.com
2-4 Kaw Nation Powwow. Kaw City, Tribal Grounds, Info: 580-269-2552
2-4 Oklahoma Indian Nation Powwow. Concho, Tribal Gym, Info: 405-262-0345
2-4 Annual Apache Blackfoot Society Dance. Fort Cobb, Apache Dancegrounds,
Info: 405-247-7695.
3-4 4th Annual Shawnee Woodland Powwow. Shawnee Caverns, Bellefontaine OH.
Info: (937) 592-9592. www.zaneshawneecaverns.org or shawneeurb at msn.com
5-10 American Indian Exposition. Anadarko, Caddo County Fairgrounds, Info:
405-942-3837 2nd Weekend. Thunderbird Society of Missouri Powwow.
Vandalia, MO. Info: (573) 859-3425.
9-11 25th Annual Intertribal Club's Powwow of Champions. Tulsa, Expo
Center, Info: 918-836-1523
10 Cherokee Games - Stickball. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
10-11 MIHSIHKINAAHKWA POW WOW. COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA AT MORSCHES PARK.
TRADITIONAL POW WOW WITH WOODLAND ETIQUETTE OBSERVED. NORTHERN & SOUTHER
STYLE DRUM AND DANCING. CHILDREN'S GAMES & STORYTELLING. LOVING HISTORY
VILLAGE DEMONSTRATIONS. DANCERS WELCOME, CAMPING AVAILABLE.
INFO: 260-625-4370 OR E-MAIL mianipowwow at kconline.com.
15-18 Wichita Annual Dance. Anadarko, Wichita Tribal Grounds,
Info: 405-247-2425 x 133
17-18 20TH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN COUNCIL TRADITIONAL POW WOW. Boone
County 4-H Grounds Lebanon, IN. Trading is by invitation only and must be
pre-registered. Info: Marda Malaterre 765/482-3315,
Susie Deem 317/545-5057.Kathy Wamsley, 765/482-5630 or
email aicindiana at hotmail.com
17-18 American Indian Hobbyist Powwow. Flying W Ranch, Kellettville, PA.
Info: Tom Mance (412) 331-6129. www.geocities.com/flyingwpowwow.
17-18 9th Annual Pow-wow By the Sea. At the Memorial Coliseum, 402 S.
Shoreline, Corpus Christi, Tx. Info: (361) 643-0399 or (361) 584-3591.
http://home.att.net/~cbcna/cbcna002.htm
22-25 Ponca Powwow. Ponca City, White Eagle Park, Info: 580-762-8104
23-25 The Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers Pow Wow. 400 N.
Hiawatha Ave. Pipestone Mn. Info: (507) 825-3734
23-25 Baltimore American Indian Center 28th Annual PowWow. The Community
College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD. Info: Dennis Seymour 410-675-
3535 dennis at baltimorepowwow.com or visit: www.baltimorepowwow.com
23-25 2nd Annual Spirit of the North Celebration. Shooting Star Casino &
Event Center, Mahnomen, MN. Info: (218) 846-9749 or tmas34 at hotmail.com
30-September 1 Cherokee National Holiday. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage
Center, Info: 918-456-6007
30-September 1 Ottawa Celebration & Powwow. Miami, Adawe Park,
Info: 918-540-1536
31-September 2 Cheyenne-Arapaho Labor Day Celebration. Colony, Citywide,
Info: 405-262-0345
30 - September 2 Choctaw Labor Day Festival. Tuskahoma, Tribal Capitol
Grounds, Info: 918-924-8280 x 2134
Aug 31-Sept.2,2002 Traditional Powwow at the Heimat Haus Grove City,Ohio
sponsored by the Native American Indian Center OF Central Ohio Po Box
07705 Columbus,Ohio 43207-0705. Info: (614)443-6120,Fax-443-2651,Email-
naicco at aol.com,webpage-naicco at tripod
31 & September 1. 42nd Annual Tecumseh Lodge Pow Wow, Tipton, Indiana.
Info: (317)745-2858 or rlkmeyer at aol.com
SEPTEMBER 2002
6-8 Wyandotte Nation Powwow. Wyandotte, Tribal Grounds,
Info: 918-678-2297 x 244
13-15 Eastern Shawnee Tribal Dance. West Seneca, Tribal Grounds,
Info: 417-623-5987
13-15 Gathering of he People Pow Wow. Sponsored by the Clark Family &
Friends, 5 miles east of conway, off of Hwy 64 EastConway, AR.
Info: Rebecca Clark @ 501-329-7067.
13-15 Indian Summer Festival. Bartlesville, Community Center,
Info: 918-337-2787
14 In Honor of the Eagle. This is a fund raiser to support the centers
birds of prey and other injured wildlife. Bay Village, Ohio. Contact Rick
or Daphne at 440-845-5276 or Brenda Black at 440 871-2900 ext. 212
14-15 2nd Annual Native American Festival. Ridley Creek State Park, Media,
PA. Info: (717) 284-3427 or trapperkirk at aol.com
14-15 10th Annual Four Winds Powwow. Killeen Civic and Convention Center,
Killeen , TX Southern Drum: Sizzortail, Northern Drum: Thunder Horse,
Emcee:Archie Mason, Arena Director: Thomas Muskrat, Head Man Dancer: Arby
Little Soldier, Head Lady Dancer: Lynn Sosi, Head Gourd Dancer: Cliff
Queton, Adm. $2.00 info: Paula Brock (254) 699-3167,
www.fourwindstx.org
20-22 Eastern Shawnee Tribal Powwow. West Seneca, Tribal Complex,
Info: 918-666-2435
20-21 Fort Sill Apache Annual Ceremonial. Apache, Ft Sill Apache
Dancegrounds, Info: 580-588-2314
21 TIHA Fall Powwow. Robinson Park, Llano, TX. Traders: (830) 665-9309.
Info: (512) 243-1931. Middle of Month: Powwow sponsored by the National
Museum of the American Indian on the mall in Washington, D.C. Info: Dottie
Tiger (202) 287-9702
27-28 Standing Bear Powwow. Ponca City, Standing Bear Park,
Info: 580-762-1514
27-29 Comanche Nation Fair. Lawton, Comanche Nation Games,
Info: 580-492-3822
28 Enid Intertribal Club Annual Powwow. Enid, Garfield Expo Center,
Info: 580-234-5261
27-29 4th Annual Last Chance Community Powwow, Civic Center, Helena MT.
Info: 406 443-4880 or pcfleming at in-tch.com
28-October 5 Chickasaw National Holiday & Festival. Tishomingo, Citywide,
Info: 800-593-3356
OCTOBER 2002
5 Creek Council House Art Market & Powwow. Okmulgee, Creek Council House,
Info: 918-756-2324
12 Cherokee Games - Chunkie Ball. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
12-13 11th Annual "Honoring Tradition" Pow Wow. Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, MI. Info: Jayna Vineyard LaCholaja at aol.com
18-20 Kanuchi Festival. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
19 Blow-gun Making Class. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
19-20 5th Annual Octoraro Native American Fall Festival. Camp John Ware,
Lancaster County, PA. Info: (717) 284-3427
24-25 Cherokee Heritage Days. Tahlequah, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Info: 918-456-6007
25-27 SouthEastern Indian Intertribal Powwow. Friendly City Park, E.B.
Hamilton Complex, Tifton, GA. Info: (229) 787-5180.
26 Intertribal Gourd Dance. Norman, Cleveland County Fairgrounds,
Info: 405-329-4442
31 Halloween Handgame & Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation Reserve,
Info: 918-762-4048
NOVEMBER 2002
2 White Bear Society Hethuska. Downer's Grove, IL.
2 Esa Rosa Thanksgiving & Anniversary Powwow. Apache, Comanche Community
Building. Info: 405-247-2671
6- 2 Handgames against the Crow Nation. Carnegie, Location varies,
Info: 580-654-2300
9-10 Third Annual Clearfield Veterans Day Powwow. Clearfield Middle
School, Clearfiled, PA. Info: (814) 834-6452 or pjcrow at hotmail.com
10 Native American Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, Carnegie, Red
Buffalo Hall, 580-654-2300
10-11 Comanche Indian Veterans Association Annual Dance.
Apache , Comanche Community Center, Info: 580-588-3795
11 Victory Club Veteran's Day Dance. Carnegie, Red Buffalo Hall,
Info: 580-654-2156 or 405-364-1206
11 Pawnee Veterans Day Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation Reserve
14-17 Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow. South Jackson Civic Center, Tullahoma,
TN. Info: (220) 787-5180
DECEMBER 2002
7 Cherokee Clothing Class & Adams Corner Christmas. Tahlequah, Cherokee
Heritage Center, Info: 918-456-6007
31 New Year's Eve Hand Game and Ghost Dance. Pawnee, Pawnee Nation Reserve,
Info: 918-762-4048
31 Good Medicine Society's New Year's Eve Dance. Oklahoma City,
Fairgrounds, Info: 405-943-7935
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