A Letter from the Publisher

Vol. 1, Issue 35 March 19, 2014

Shekóli. “When people dance, they stay connected: (see “The Healing Pow Wow”). One earth, one Mother, moving to the heartbeat of the drum. It is said that the word ‘pow wow’ comes from As the article “Pow Wow Etiquette” relates, pow wow an Algonquian word pau wau, meaning, ‘he dreams.’ grounds are sacred and imbued with meaning. Pow The people have kept the dream alive since creation….” wows might look like mere entertainment to a specta- So begins “Every Step They Take,” a thoughtful exami- tor raised in the European tradition. But with their in- nation by Rodney Harwood of the historical meanings trinsic distinctions between the sacred and the profane, and connections of dance and pow wows in This Week pow wows are a living example of the bond between From Indian Country Today’s annual pow wow issue. the people and Mother Earth. We feel it and hear it, of There are limitless ways of looking at pow wows, as course, thanks to the power of the drum. In this year’s endless as the varieties and colors of a modern dancer’s issue, the fine drum group Northern Cree is profiled regalia. The most dedicated pow wow veteran will tell for its prolific and powerful performances. Founded in you that even after a lifetime of study and participa- 1982 in Nez Perce, the group has nearly 60 members tion, there are still revelations to be had. and has celebrated its sound from London to the high far lands of our most northern brothers and sisters in The accompanying pow wow companion to our newsletter con- the land now called Canada. tains, a listing of more than 400 pow wows for the 2014 season, beginning with the Denver March Pow Wow and continuing deep To quote Rodney Harwood again, “The modern-day pow wow is into winter. (Look to our online database at http://indiancoun- a connection to a time when the only footprints on the land were trytodaymedianetwork.com/pow-wow-list for news and updates made by moccasins. It is a time-honored tribute to ancient cer- throughout the year.) With each event, of course, comes a different emony, carrying the past into the future for generations to come.” purpose and perspective over time. For example, the Denver March Another season approaches, and we come full circle again. Pow Wow, featured in the story “Like A Big Hug From Grandma,” grew out of youth enrichment programs and is still dedicated to NΛ ki� wa, the development of right thought and actions among Native teens and kids. The Annual Mahkato Pow Wow is held where the Dakota traditionally met in large numbers prior to the tragic execution of 38 warriors during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862, and was created to gather together a people who were scattered in the ensuing years Ray Halbritter enn D aura aura L

Table of Contents 2 commentary 11 Baby Veronica’s Forum s,/ k 4 News 12 week in Photos ate Par ate t S 7 Key Thoughts From 13 tradewinds classifieds KeyBank 14 web, events, letters ational and ational N 8 Modest Proposals 16 car toon, news alerts edwood edwood

9 a Most Unusual ‘Mayor’ 17 uPcoming Pow wows R

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Moving From Sovereignty to that the U.S. constitutional recognition of paternalism of the U.S. government. In Autonomy Indian nations or its massive body of leg- case there is any doubt that paternalism Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville), research islation regarding them constitutes an au- still exists, all you need do is read a re- associate at the Center for World Indig- tonomy regime. But I believe an argument cent court decision whereby the BIA was enous Studies, considers the problematic can be made that under international law, ordered to decide who can be a member relationship of self-determination and the territories of indigenous nations (i.e. of one California tribe and how the tribal autonomy, especially as set forth in the reservations) in the United States can be government should be organized. United Nations Declaration on the Rights considered autonomous regions. To bring it all together, part of imple- of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP): To adopt the language of autonomy menting UNDRIP is the recognition Autonomy (or an autonomy regime) in represents a necessary conceptual shift in that the declaration officially “interna- international law is characterized princi- the way indigenous peoples in the United tionalized” the relationships between pally by ethnic/cultural distinctiveness, at- States are viewed, and is consistent with indigenous nations and their state gov- tachment to the state and self-government international legal regimes based on the ernments, enabling the possibility for of the people of an autonomous region. It U.N. Declaration and others. The shift is them to be elevated from the limitations derives from the internal constitution or a move away from the language of “sover- of colonial domestic law. This requires legislation of the state and the existence eignty,” especially as it is used by the fed- new language in order to reframe those of bilateral treaties, still in force. To my eral government—language that favors relationships to fit the new paradigm. knowledge it has never been legally argued subordination and the ongoing structural http://bit.ly/1oFp88I 0

Bloody, Bloody Andrew the “Great American Desert”. ty gave the Seminole a reservation in cen- Jackson This would have been a great place to tral Florida. Or it could have mentioned Stanley Heller, a semi-retired Connecti- explain that the Supreme Court ruled that that in 1835, when the Seminole resisted cut teacher, considers the skewed portrait Indian peoples were “nations” and talk Jackson’s ethnic cleansing by way of the of President Andrew Jackson in the text- about treaties between nations, which Indian Removal Act black ex-slave war- book The Story of the American Nation, are supposed to be solemn obligations. It riors stood alongside Osceola’s Seminoles which is used in his school district: should have been a place to use the word in defending their homeland. That would The textbook has a two-page section “racism” to explain why whites thought have helped explain why the U.S. fought called “Tragedy for Native Americans.” A they could just tear up treaties with “sav- a nine-year war inside Florida at a total section reads, “At Jackson’s urging, the gov- ages.” But the book doesn’t get into that. cost higher than the 1836 federal budget. ernment set aside lands beyond the Missis- The treatment of the “Seminole Wars” Jackson is summed up as a “man of sippi River and then persuaded or forced is just a few factual sentences ending many qualities”, a “complex” person who Indians to move there. Jackson believed that with, “The government forced the Semi- “dealt with his enemies harshly.” Why not this policy would provide land for white nole leaders and most of their people to say instead, “Many consider Jackson a bru- settlers as well as protect Native Americans leave Florida.” It might have mentioned tal racist and war criminal whose actions from destruction.” Nice guy. Give the whites that after the war and Spain’s agreement were imitated by government authorities the fertile southeast and stick the Indians in to give Florida to the U.S., an official trea- for generations”? http://bit.ly/1kqIaQg 0

In Defense of Tradition istic society presented to us by the colo- foods, we get diabetes and other illness- Mike Taylor, a student in the ALB nizers. es. When we depart from the red road program at Harvard University who Indians have admirable traditions. and follow the white man’s path, Indian hopes to serve as a physician on isolated Family orientation, courage, loyalty, sac- society pays with consequences like al- Indian reservations, and Amy Moore, an rifice, generosity, honoring elders, being coholism and suicides. When we aspire Indian language preservationist, offer a respectful to women, never interrupting, for what the mainstream society aspires, trenchant reminder of the wisdom of not being tolerant of all people whether they our social and moral fabric breaks down turning one’s back on the past: are gay or of some other race, not focus- and Indian families are ripped up by When we follow tradition, the spir- ing on material values, forgiving others, jealousy and material selfishness. its of our ancestors smile down on us. helping our fellow humans, being gentle The Great Spirit never told us to value Tradition helps. Tradition soothes. Tra- with children, giving thanks to the Cre- money and accumulate wealth; the me- dition heals. Tradition cures. Tradition ator every day, being kind to animals, dia tells us that. When we start valuing certainly does not mean rejecting mod- treating the Earth and the environment what the colonizers value, whether it is ernization and scientific progress. But it with utmost respect–these and more are casino wealth or financial gains from does mean recognizing that traditional all part of our sacred traditions. oil drilling on reservation land, we pay Indian values are vastly different from Indians are not made like the white with consequences one way or the other. the values of the shallow and material- man. When we eat the white man’s http://bit.ly/1hcCxSQ 0

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Interior Approves Kaw Nation Land for Gaming New McNary Dam tinction, lampreys have declined Passage Gives High By BRIAN DAFFRON from a former high of millions Hopes for Pacific 30 years ago to just about 4,000 The Interior Department has approved 21 acres in Kay Lamprey returning to the Snake, Clearwa- County, Oklahoma for gaming use by the Kaw Nation. The The Pacific lamprey, culturally ter and Salmon river drainages site will be used for a small casino in conjunction with a significant to the Umatilla and where they once teemed, said Kaw Nation-owned travel plaza already in use. other tribes, now has a shot at Aaron Jackson, lamprey proj- “The Kaw Project will provide significant opportunities making it past the McNary Dam ect leader for the Confederated for economic development for the Kaw Nation, and will to spawn. The U.S. Army Corps Tribes of the Umatilla Indian provide a means for the Tribe to improve the governmental of Engineers is supplementing Reservation. services it provides to its members,” said Assistant Secre- the fish ladder of the dam’s Or- Tribes in the Pacific North- tary-Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn. “The acquisition of egon shore with an additional west use the lamprey for food the site in trust is necessary to support these efforts.” structure that offers water veloc- and medicine, and the fish plays The approval process began on May 17, 2013 when ities more conducive to lamprey a key role in regulating inland Washburn issued a positive Secretarial Determination in migration. aquatic systems. They spend compliance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. This The structure would allow their first four to seven years of determination showed that a gaming facility on site would lampreys, which tend to move life acting as filters in freshwa- be in the best interests of both tribal members and the sur- along the river bottom in water ter sand and silt, then move to rounding community. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin that flows more slowly than the the ocean where they become concurred on May 23, with officials from the Town of Bra- upper levels preferred by spawn- parasites, latching onto various man and Kay County, Okla. supporting Kaw Nation efforts. ing salmon and steelhead, to ac- saltwater prey. After two to three The approval helps add a much-needed land base to cess the fish ladder and make it years, they return to their fresh- the Kaw Nation. Starting in 1825, the Kaw Nation—also upstream, the Walla Wall Union- water origins to spawn. known historically as the Kansa—saw at least 20 million Bulletin reported. The Army Corps of Engineers acres reduced to 2 million acres of land in present-day “We plan to conduct video work group that helped design western Kansas. By 1872, their reservation was reduced to monitoring to observe which and engineer the structure in- 80,000 acres in Kansas, ending with their forced removal to velocity is preferred by migrat- cluded tribal representatives, 100,137 acres in northern Oklahoma. ing lampreys,” said Mark Smith, the Union-Bulletin said. Built by The tribe’s land base eroded even more in the 20th cen- who managed the project for the Marine Industrial Construction tury, with the Kaw Allotment Act of 1902 ending its legal Corps, to the newspaper. “We of Wilsonville, Oregon under status. Although the Kaw Nation was federally reorganized anticipate this prototype struc- a $336,542 contract, was com- in 1959, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded their ture will help us learn quite a bit pleted in late February and is tribal jurisdiction in the 1970’s to create the Kaw Dam and about what’s best for lamprey the first such installation in the Reservoir on the Arkansas River, making the Kaw Nation passage.” mid-Columbia River. http://bit. landless. The approved site is approximately 21 miles from Though not in danger of ex- ly/1lWDchg 0 its former jurisdiction. http://bit.ly/1cTppj6 0

Cherokee Nation Study Seeks To Keep Expectant rently has 73 participating. sure, glucose and exercise regimens are Moms, Babies Healthier “National data shows that obesity is a recorded monthly. After delivery of the major health problem in the U.S. popu- child, the baby’s gender and weight and The Cherokee Nation is studying ex- lation, and it has been particularly dev- any complications during pregnancy and pectant mothers to test whether healthy astating for Native Americans,” said Dr. labor are also recorded. Findings from the diet and exercise can prevent excessive Sohail Khan, director of Cherokee Na- study will be available in the fall of 2015. weight gain and ultimately lower obesity tion Health Research. “If the outcome of Study participant Pam Jones, of Tahle- rates within the tribe. this pilot project is favorable, we plan to quah, said the classes helped her gain an The Nation’s Just Right Study aims to pursue a much bigger, multiyear grant appropriate amount of weight during prevent mothers and their Cherokee ba- and offer similar services to all expect- pregnancy and give birth to a healthy bies from gaining an unhealthy amount ant Cherokee mothers.” 7-pound baby girl this past August. “It’s a of weight during pregnancy. The multi- Study participants are divided into wonderful program and so beneficial for year study is being conducted jointly intervention and control groups. Those all of us who participated,” Jones said. “I with the University of Oklahoma Health in the intervention group are offered learned a lot and still use many of the rec- Sciences Center. The study will enroll frequent healthy cooking and exercise ipes from the classes, even with two picky about 80 pregnant women total and cur- classes. Mothers’ weight, blood pres- 5-year-olds.” http://bit.ly/1qx0s6b 0

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Agreement Between Oneida Nation and New York Gets Final Approval

Decades of contentious lawsuits and day Media Network, said in a statement reservation land for purposes of state animosity came to a close on March shortly after the announcement. and federal statutes; and that the state 4 when U.S. District Judge Lawrence Prior to Kahn’s approving signature, and counties will not oppose certain fu- Kahn approved a historic agreement the agreement was approved by the ture trust transfer of Nation land. between the Oneida Indian Nation and Oneida County Board of Legislators In addition, the Oneida Nation will the State of New York that resolves all on May 28, followed by the Madison share 25 percent of its net slot revenues disputes between the state government County Board of Supervisors on May to the state (which will be split between and the sovereign Indian nation over 30. The agreement was also approved Oneida and Madison counties as well) land rights, tax issues, gaming and law by the New York State Legislature. as a settlement payment for all of the enforcement. The agreement gives the Oneidas elements of the deal in full resolution of “After years of investing in local com- rights no more than 25,000 acres of all the disputes among the parties to the munities and developing enterprises that land within Oneida and Madison coun- Settlement Agreement. sustain thousands of jobs, we are pleased ties, while halting any lawsuits that may “March 4 will be remembered as the that the State of New York has become a have dealt with this or taxation. Among day when all the past tensions between formal partner in our continuing efforts many other provisions, it affirms that neighbors have finally been laid to rest,” to strengthen this region’s economy and no future property taxes would be as- said Oneida County Executive Anthony that we have settled all of our legal dis- sessed against Nation lands up to a cap Picente. “With this approval in federal putes between our peoples once and for of 25,370 acres; removes all existing tax court, the final hurdle has been cleared. all,” Ray Halbritter, Oneida Nation repre- liens on Nation properties; agrees that We are all partners as we work together sentative and CEO of Nation Enterprises, the Oneida Reservation was not dises- to grow this community; economically parent company of Indian Country To- tablished and that the Reservation is and culturally.” http://bit.ly/1i5oQrE 0

NCAI Celebrates One Year of Violence Against Women Act The National Congress of American Indi- Those tribes are the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Especially for YOU! ans celebrated the first anniversary of the of Arizona, the Tulalip Tribes of Washing- Violence Against Women Act on March ton, and the Umatilla Tribes of Oregon. 56th Annual 7 with reflection and a renewed pledge to They will be the first in the nation to be American Indi an develop working pilot programs that re- able to exercise criminal jurisdiction over Boy Scouting/Girl flect the tenets of the new law. certain crimes of domestic and dating vio- Scouting Seminar “Today is a day to celebrate what we have lence for Native and non-Natives alike, as achieved together and commit ourselves recently reported by Indian Country To- 12-17 year old Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to ensure the ongoing success of this im- day Media Network. portant law,” said NCAI President Brian Juana Majel Dixon, Councilwoman, Tribal and Indian Community Leaders Cladoosby. “It acknowledges that tribal Pauma Band of Indians and Co-Chair of American Indian, Native Alaskan or non-Indian youth and adults nations are the best equipped to ensure the NCAI Task Force on Violence Against public safety in our communities and pro- Women added, “To all our Native sisters Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troop vides the tools we need to protect Native throughout Indian country, we have giv- women.” en a decade of our lives’ work—and this July 19-23, 2014 “VAWA 2013 is a tremendous victory. could not have been done without all of I am grateful to those who have stepped you. We hold a sacred trust as sovereign Boise, Idaho up to take the lead in the implementa- Native women to our people.” Hosted by: Shoshone-Paiute Tribes tion phase,” said Terri Henry, Chairper- “VAWA 2013 does not mark the end of Duck Valley Indian Reservation son, Tribal Council of the Eastern Band our efforts to combat domestic violence Purpose: To make Boy Scout of Cherokee Indians and Co-Chair of the in Indian country, it is an important step and Girl Scout programs NCAI Task Force on Violence Against along the way,” said NCAI Executive Di- available to Indian youth. Women. “I want to congratulate the three rector Jackie Pata. “Tribal nations remain tribes participating in the Pilot Project steadfast in the important work of protect- Forms available online at: www.amerindscouting.org and remind everyone, we still have work ing our Native women and securing our to do.” communities.” http://bit.ly/1oFOWkZ 0

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Wolf Monitoring Grant for and development in their communities, host tribe’s community. Shoshone and Pai- Colville often including the design and construc- ute history and customs will be featured. Tribe receives government funds tion of buildings. Since 1938, DSGW has http://bit.ly/1giUj4K 0 provided services to more than 25 Native Wolves on the Colville Reservation in American communities throughout the Treasury Won’t Tax northwestern Washington are getting a Midwest over three decades of operation. Per Capita Distributions closer look thanks to a $187,000 grant First American Design Studio is owned Clarification issued to tribes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by Michael Laverdure, a registered archi- which will fund the monitoring of their tect and enrolled member of the Turtle Per capita distributions made to mem- whereabouts. The grant provides for the Mountain Band of Chippewa. http://bit. bers of Indian tribes from funds held in hiring of an additional biologist, as well as ly/1qzLSLb 0 trust by the Secretary of the Interior will DNA sampling from scat that can identify generally not be subject to federal income individual wolves, numbers of animals Walmart Honors Navajo Tech tax, the Treasury Department announced within each pack and their food consump- Variety of healthy cooking on March 10. The Department of the In- tion. Other research includes tracking and practices supported terior is responsible for holding in trust howling surveys, use of remote cameras, certain funds on behalf of federally rec- and trapping and collaring. In addition, The Walmart Foundation has awarded ognized Indian tribes. Under the Per old wolf collars that are about to expire Navajo Technical University’s Culinary Capita Act of 1983, tribes are authorized will be replaced. http://bit.ly/O7fOPQ 0 Arts program $75,000 to support a healthy to make per capita distributions from cooking project whereby students and in- these trust accounts directly to tribal AIANTA Wins Exhibit Award structors from NTU’s Culinary Arts de- members, subject to the approval of the Honored for visitor pavilion partment will travel to Bureau of Indian Department of Interior. The Treasury De- Education schools in New Mexico to pro- partment made its recent announcement The American Indian Alaska Native Tour- mote healthy cooking and eating habits. in response to feedback and requests for ism Association (AIANTA) was the only The project, known as Healthy Cooking clarification from tribal nations. http:// U.S. exhibitor to be honored by the inter- and Eating in Indian Country, will utilize bit.ly/PAL0rQ 0 national Cologne Business School with a NTU’s catering truck and mobile kitchen Best Exhibitor Award at ITB Berlin 2014, two days a week to train food preparation the world’s leading travel trade show. The staff at BIE schools in preparing and pre- AIANTA pavilion was named among the senting healthy Native foods. NTU will top 10 exhibitors in The Americas and The partner with the Navajo Nation Special Caribbean Category. Student officials of Diabetes Project at each demonstration the Cologne Business School visited more and provide intensive training sessions than 11,000 ITB booths, judging them on NTU’s Crownpoint campus for school Serving Indian Country for creativity, originality, service qual- staff to learn about nutrition and healthy for over 30 years. ity, sustainability and special effects. “The food preparation. http://bit.ly/1qAh9h3 0 changes we made in the exhibit to reflect the Native people and connect them to the Indian Scouts Prepare To destinations truly made an impact,” said Convene AIANTA Executive Director Camille Fer- Annual Seminar in Boise this year guson. http://bit.ly/1iFufbz 0 The American Indian Scouting Asso- Architecture Partners ciation will hold its Annual Seminar for In Minnesota youth and adults at Boise State University Offering support and mentoring in Boise, Idaho on July 19-23. The host tribes will be the Shoshone-Paiutes of A new Indian-owned firm that helps the Duck Valley Reservation in Owyhee, tribes plan building projects to sustain Nevada. Participants will include both Attorneys at Law their communities will receive mentor- Indian and non-Indian youth ages 12-17 ing and support from one of Minnesota’s and adults, who will explore strategies Baldwin, Crocker & Rudd, P.C. oldest and most established architecture for youth development and improvement www.bcrattorneys.com firms. The First American Design Studio of life in American Indian communities 307.332.3385 | Lander, WY will work with DSGW Architects, which through Girl Scout and Boy Scout pro- Wyoming does not certify any lawyer as a specialist or expert. has offices in Duluth, the Iron Range and grams and services. Members will share Anyone considering a lawyer should independently investigate the the Twin Cities, to assist tribes nation- tribal traditions through native dress, lawyer’s credentials and ability, and not rely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise. wide in planning for expansion, growth dancing, music, sports and a tour of the

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Key Thoughts share. All tribes cope with challenges such as the economic potential. 0 From KeyBank: responsibility for self-governance and protection The information and recommendations con- of sovereignty. Just as importantly, all tribes have tained here have been compiled from sources be- Economic Development Plans unique resources that cannot be duplicated, and lieved to be reliable and represent the best current Must Diversify to Sustainably as such have tremendous value. opinion on the subject. No warranty, express or Meet Community Needs Tribal leadership can create an integrated implied by KeyBank, is made as to the absolute cor- economic development strategy that is tai- rectness or sufficiency of the information contained. Many nations through- lored to the priorities of their tribe and their This is meant as general information only, particu- out Indian Country ben- people by empowering tribal members to be- lar situations may require additional actions. efit from single sources of come part of the solution and identifying im- revenue that help to miti- mutable challenges and unique resources with KeyBank is member FDIC. gate pressing community challenges. To have Mike Lettig lasting and significant change, Indian Country is striving to create communities that develop core infrastructure (stable government, health, education, and employment) and go beyond basic community services. The problem is better community services require sustainable revenue. Revenue (other than grant and contracts) is limited by the kinds of businesses that can be developed and attracted to Indian Country. A solution might be an economic growth plan that incorporates infrastructure development into each step of the ongoing services development. Proposed business ventures should include plans to improve community infrastructure. For guidance, Indian Country leaders could take a look at how corporations build business models to recruit top talent by reinforcing the connection between the community quality of life and employment opportunities. The following are examples of Indian Country integrated economic development: • Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the largest employer in La Plata County CO, creates and oper- ates new businesses off and on the reservation in a wide range of industries. The tribe’s Southern Ute Permanent Fund has Triple A rating and assets spread out over 14 states and the Gulf of Mexico. The Southern Ute Community Action Program offers a range of community services such as child and family development, public transit and job training. • The Pullayup Tribe of Indians in the Pacific Northwest has an economic development arm, Marine View Ventures, Inc., that boosts land assets and creates jobs. MVV manages assets including commercial real estate, industrial/port real estate, marinas, gas stations and billboards. Given tribal differences, it is not appropriate to mandate specific steps in developing an integrated economic development plan. That said, there are at least two characteristics all tribes

IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com March 19, 2014 8 Indian Country Today Modest Proposals

Slight increase in Obama budget for Indian Country by vincent schilling

Bottom Line: Tribal leaders are welcom- on the lives of Native Americans.” structure improvements and water-con- ing the prospect of additional funding Kevin Brown, who is chief of the Pa- servation projects. that the White House has proposed this munkey Tribe in Virginia, which stands Within the constraints of the 2015 year for the Interior Department. on a promising threshold to become budget, the Interior Department is also federally recognized by 2015, said he is proposing revenue and savings legisla- President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 encouraged by the budget increase as a tion that is estimated to generate over budget request of $11.9 billion dollars for recognition of the importance of the vi- $2.6 billion in the next 10 years. the Department of the Interior represents ability of Indian Country. Specific initiatives in the budget geared an increase of 2.4 percent from 2014. “All of this sounds promising as well toward strengthening tribal nations in- That translates into an additional $33.6 as encouraging,” Brown said. “If I am clude a $34 million increase from 2014. million to support Indian country initia- not mistaken, I also believe there are line These monies provide support to fund tives. These initiatives include such items items in the BIA’s budget which allow for social services, economic development, as land and water conservation, strength- the allocation of funds of newly federally sustainable stewardship of natural re- ening tribal nation relations, renewable recognized tribes. I’d like to be able to se- sources and community safety in Indian energy development and expanding em- cure some of that funding. All of my time country. The budget also includes direc- ployment opportunities for Native youth. tives to improve educational outcomes in “The President’s balanced and respon- Indian country by providing $79 million sible budget strategy supports the pivotal for elementary, secondary and post-sec- role this Department plays as a driver of More money to support ondary education programs. The increas- jobs and economic activity in commu- es are $46 million in 2015 to support the nities across the country,” said Interior such initiatives as Bureau of Indian Education and its asso- Secretary Sally Jewell. “The budget en- conservation, tribal ciated programs. ables the Interior to carry out its impor- Improving and increasing access to tant missions and contains key proposals nation relations and health care in communities includes $4.6 to uphold our trust responsibilities to billion for Indian Health Service (IHS) American Indians and Alaska Natives, renewable energy with an additional Opportunity, Growth provide a new approach for responsibly development and Security Initiative that includes an budgeting for wild land-fire-suppression additional $200 million for the construc- needs, invest in climate resilience, and tion of IHS health care facilities. bolster our national parks and public There will also be a $5.23 billion bud- lands in advance of the National Park has been volunteered, my assistant chief get over the next 10 years to support the Service’s 100th anniversary in 2016.” volunteers as well as my secretary. I’d like training of 13,000 new residents in a Jewell also pledged that President to get broadband, and have a computer medical education program that incen- Obama will continue to support full, per- for the tribal office to get connected to tivizes physician training; $3.95 billion manent funding for the Land and Water the world.” will be budgeted over the next six years Conservation Fund, which she said was Federal funding for Indian Country is to scale up the National Health Services “one of the Nation’s most effective tools not one-sided, the Interior Department Corps to place 15,000 health care provid- for expanding access for hunting and said. The department’s programs and ers annually in the areas that need them fishing, creating ball fields and other activities contributed an estimated $371 most. places for children to play and learn, and billion to the economy in 2012 and sup- Additional budgeted monies include protecting Civil War battlefields.” ported another estimated 2.3 million jobs non-specified resources to support the Tribal leaders reacted with preliminary in the U.S. Affordable Health Care Act; $650 million optimism to the announcement. “We Interior also stated that its programs for the Department of Housing and Ur- are very pleased to see the administra- continue to generate an excess of reve- ban Development’s (HUD) Native Amer- tion’s continuing commitment to Indian nue for the American people monetarily ican Housing Block Grant program; $395 country in a time of tight budgetary con- above their annual appropriation. For million for Department of Justice (DOJ) straints,” said Bill Anoatubby, Governor 2015, the department estimates receipts public safety initiatives in Indian coun- of the Chickasaw Nation in an email to of nearly $14.9 billion. A portion of these try; and $352 million for Public Safety ICTMN. “We are hopeful that the pro- funds will be shared with state and local and Justice programs funded by the BIA. posed budget will have a positive impact governments for school funding, infra- http://bit.ly/1gbbSIj 0

IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com March 19, 2014 9 Indian Country Today A Most Unusual ‘Mayor’

Taking full advantage of a ceremonial position by richard walker

Bottom Line: Though Rocky Stone may provements on the allotments. But they speak?’” Gomez said. That’s when the not be required to do much as honorary are still seeking formal federal recogni- distinction was clear. He started the Pak- mayor of Whiskey Flat, he is determined tion, which would give the tribe author- anapul Language Program, Pakanapul to raise the Tübatulabal Tribe’s visibility. ity, among other things, to make and being one of three Tübatulabal bands. enforce laws, establish land use regula- The Tübatulabals broke away from the Rocky Stone was elected mayor of tions, and license and regulate activities KVIC and elected their own council in Whiskey Flat, California in February. within its jurisdiction. The tribe could 2006. “Our big goal is to raise awareness, But he doesn’t have a town budget to engage in initiatives to improve eco- to let people know there’s a tribe on the manage, he doesn’t have to preside over nomic, educational and housing oppor- other side of the lake – the aboriginal council meetings, he doesn’t have to tunities for its citizens. tribe of the valley,” Gomez said. tend to important municipal matters. Even though the Tübatulabal people’s In eight years, the Tübatulabal Tribe The post is honorary, the election ties to this place are as old as the river has been actively involved in water is- part of the lower Sierra Nevada town that flows through the valley, many peo- sues on the regional and state level, of Kernville’s annual Whiskey Flat Days ple are unfamiliar with the tribe—or at worked with neighboring tribal gov- celebration February 14-17. “Whiskey least the fact that it has its own govern- ernments on repatriation of ancestors’ Flat” was the name of the community remains and funerary objects and, with during the mid-19th century Gold Rush. the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, es- You win by raising the most money; past tablished a consultation process for the Whiskey Flat mayors have had names Lake Isabella Dam improvement project. like Dog Ear Dave, Moonshine Mike, ‘I’ve met a lot of The dam is located within Tübatulabal’s Calamity Carrie, Tenderfoot Tony, and usual and accustomed territory. Tübatu- Mean River Gene. people who are labal monitors will be on hand during But Stone is taking his election serious- the project to ensure cultural resources ly. He is the first member of the Tübatu- interested in and remains are not disturbed. Gomez labal Tribe elected Whiskey Flat mayor said that Stone is the right man to help in the 42-year history of the event. Run- helping us,’ said spread the word. ning as “Rango Rocky”—a reference to “He’s established himself over the the current drought—he out-fundraised Stone. ‘It’s kind of years,” Gomez said. “He helps in the com- his opponent Nicole Kent (aka “Nickel & munity, he’s known in the horse-riding Dime Nicole”) to win the mayoralty and community. [In the mayor’s race] the raise $30,188 for the tribe, 4-H, and the humbling.’ tribe helped out as we could, and he got a local chamber of commerce, which spon- lot of help from friends and family.” sors Whiskey Flat Days. Stone, 61, a util- Stone has made an auspicious start. ity technician for a mineral company and He participated in the Kern Valley an elected member of the Tübatulabal ment and office and services. According Hospital Foundation’s annual Jeanette Tribal Council, said the tribe will use the to Tübatulabal Chairman Robert Go- Rogers-Erickson Heart Walk on Febru- money he raised for office supplies and mez, that’s partly because, for years, few ary 22, to raise funds for Kern Valley “to keep the office open.” Kern Valley Indians made any distinc- Hospital. And since his election, the His goal for the year of his honorary tion among Kawaiisu, Paiute, Shoshone, drought-stricken valley has had some mayoralty? To raise awareness in the Tübatulabal, or Yokuts. “We were all just rain. “Rango Rocky” is not taking credit Kern Valley about the Tübatulabal Tribe, Indians from the Lake Isabella-Kernville for that, but anyone who saw the movie its history in the valley, and its efforts to area,” Gomez said. Rango must have thought about the establish a formal relationship with the Kern Valley Indians, including Tübat- film’s happy ending, when the citizens U.S. government. ulabals, banded together and organized of a parched town celebrate the return The Tübatulabals signed one of 18 the Kern Valley Indian Community of the water. treaties in 1851 that Congress failed to (KVIC) in the 1980s and petitioned the Stone is sure his mayoralty will end on ratify. Many Tübatulabals live on land federal government for recognition. a similarly happy note. “I’ve met a lot of allotted to them by the U.S., and the “Then in the 1990s, when I wanted to people who are interested in helping us,” council has worked with IHS to accom- start a language program, I went to our he said. “It’s kind of humbling.” http:// plish clean-water and wastewater im- elders and asked, ‘What language do we bit.ly/1cJpYBz 0

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Notes toward a definition of Native American veterans By ROB CAPRICCIOSO

Bottom Line: With last year’s congres- Any idea why Congress wanted the design. We’re looking at six figures at sional passage of the Native American memorial located within the museum? least just to conduct a design compe- Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act, Did they not really know how much tition because we can’t use any of our and President Barack Obama’s signature land would be available at the NMAI in federal staff to do this. It’s going to have of the legislation into law, American Washington? to be done entirely through contractors Indian advocates are now focusing on the I think that may have been part of it. I and through employees of the Smith- next steps in making the honoring place also think that any memorial of that type sonian trusts. Once we have a winning for Indian veterans a reality. Kevin Gover, may end up involving the National Capi- design, then we can start thinking se- the Pawnee director of the National tal Planning Commission and other re- riously about what it’s going to cost to Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) view boards that maybe they were trying build. The cost will be a factor in select- in Washington, D.C., where the memorial to avoid. ing the winning design. will ultimately be located, recently shared the background behind this long-awaited Is the fundraising process going to be plan. difficult? You know, you never know. It will require Were you surprised that legislation ‘I do believe that this a lot of effort, and we, as always, rely on allowing for the building of a Native the generosity of the Indian nations and American veterans’ memorial passed is going to be a very the people who believe in them. I do beat the end of 2013? lieve that this is going to be a very popu- I was surprised because we hadn’t heard popular idea, and that lar idea, and that we will be able to raise of any activity since the House committee the funds. hearing last spring. And then all of the we will be able to raise sudden, in a matter of days, it cleared the What are some of the philosophical committee, cleared the House, cleared the funds.’ challenges in building a memorial of the Senate, and then landed on the presi- this type? dent’s desk. I guess the powers that be got We really want the Native veterans’ together and had a plan for making this community to be on board and to help happen. us think through what it is that we’re Have you thought about where you’d memorializing. There are very complex The authorizing legislation for this me- like to see the memorial placed? issues around Indians who serve in the morial originally passed in 1994—why The first step is for us to get together with U.S. military. For example, what about did it take so long for this next step to NCAI and make a plan for how we are the Indians who fought the U.S. mili- happen? going to carry out this project. It’s still a tary? Is this a memorial to them as well? There were odd provisions in the autho- joint project, but NCAI has been relieved How do we think about that, and how rizing legislation that said the memo- of those fundraising responsibilities. do we ask a designer to capture those rial had to be within the structure of Clearly we need some sort of advisory kinds of complexities? We really need the museum and that NMAI could not committee consisting of Native leaders, the veterans to help us think about those raise money for it—only the National Native veterans, perhaps artists or ar- kinds of issues. Congress of American Indians [NCAI] chitects or engineers to advise us on the could do that. I can only guess that process going forward. I do walk around How long is all this going to take? maybe at the time, the thinking was that the grounds and sort of imagine what it What I said to Congressman Don Young NMAI had a lot on its plate, having just could look like, but we want to leave that (R-Alaska) when he asked that question opened a museum and cultural center open for a consultation process. We don’t is that I can’t imagine it taking less than in New York and then looking forward have a specific spot in mind; pretty much three years, and I certainly hope that it to building the NMAI on the National the entirety of the outdoor grounds is won’t take more than five. This project Mall, so maybe this was seen at the time available. is important to me. I have a lot of fam- as an extra challenge. Those two things ily that has served in the military. It’s a have now been accomplished, and we Do you know how much this is going labor of love in a lot of ways. So we will can really give a project like this a great to cost? go at it with great enthusiasm. http://bit. deal of attention. We won’t know until we have a winning ly/1kMEgDS 0

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Discussing a tortuous child custody case at Yale by christine rose

Bottom Line: The Veronica Brown case cide that?’” be terminated without expert testimony may have been decided against her father A team composed of members of the showing the child was in a harmful situa- last summer, but the legal fallout prom- National Congress of American Indians tion? And what was the meaning of “con- ises to echo far into the future. (NCAI) and NARF met daily before the tinued custody”? decision, and is still meeting regularly. Chung stated that the case turned on “Raise your hand,” said Joel West Wil- Pata said that a Children’s Agenda that the meaning of the ICWA phrase “contin- liams, Cherokee, staff attorney for the goes beyond ICWA and involves several ued custody,” which presumed pre-exist- Native American Rights Fund (NARF), other agencies is working “to see what we ing custody of the child. “We argued that “if you consider yourself one percent can do to affect Indian children across the language is not very clear,” Chung American, or 4/56 percent a citizen of the country. People are now paying at- said. Connecticut.” tention to issues with Indian children.” The legal team researched the intent of Williams was speaking at “Decon- Looking back at the Baby Veronica Congress, while the adoptive couple’s ar- structing the Baby Veronica Case: Impli- case, Pata said, “Everyone believed the gument was based in plain meaning. Be- cations for the Future of the Indian Child case was strong, not just on the ICWA cause Dustin Brown did not have custody Welfare Act,” a February 21 symposium side, but this was a military man who had of Baby Veronica at the time of adoption, at Yale Law School. His request was a the legal team looked at the law’s legis- reference to the first sentence in the Su- lative history, and the bill that mapped preme Court’s decision in the Baby Ve- it into law, which Chung said had gone ronica affair, which stated that Veronica through several revisions before it was is 3/256th Cherokee. ‘Our job is to help passed in Congress. “Right off the bat, it is a preposterous “Congress had used the term ‘parent- sentence,” said Williams. nurture. If we change child relationship,’ and only relatively late Williams and Jacqueline Pata, Tlingit, in the process did Congress exchange executive director of the National Con- how we communicate, parent-child relationship with custody,” gress of American Indians, were joined Chung said. “What Congress meant by by Yale law student Claire Chung in the engage and listen, ‘continued custody’ was a continuation panel discussion; all expressed concern of the parent-child relationship.” over the decision and its implications. we will have a better Regarding the word “continued,” The Supreme Court case was decid- Chung noted, “We consulted several ed 5-4 on June 25, 2013 in favor of the chance.’ dictionaries and found the word ‘con- white adoptive parents to whom enrolled tinued’ had a prospective element to it.” Cherokee citizen Dustin Brown lost cus- She also said that social service agencies tody of his daughter, Veronica. Williams were likely to regard Native extended characterized the decision as being “writ- family relationships as neglectful par- ten by someone who does not grasp the certain protections, but it wasn’t. This enting. foundational principles of Indian law child was being removed from a white “If the adoption had been followed and doesn’t understand tribal people and religious family and was going back to an to the letter of the law, the child never tribal communities.” Indian family, which no one was so sure would have been put up for adoption,” The ruling did not challenge the Indian about, and that was the underlying mes- Pata said. “Someone chose not to follow Child Welfare Act. However, Williams sage that was going out.” t h e l aw.” noted that in the last nine Supreme Court Pata said the NCAI/NARF team ad- As the symposium came to a close, cases, only one had been decided in fa- mitted their own media efforts came too Pata said, “I have a vision that Indian vor of the tribes. “I am very disturbed late, after the adoptive family had already country will have a philosophical shift; by that,” he said. To begin the Supreme been on the Dr. Phil Show. “We are not that every one of us will have a responsi- Court opinion with a statement of blood good about going out into the public to bility to reach out and touch every young quantum, he continued, “is a harbinger talk about ourselves,” she said. person’s life, no matter who we are. Our of things to come, of what we may see in According to Chung, who worked on job is to help nurture that next generation future Supreme Court decisions. It may the case as part of her Yale Law Clinic and if we change how we communicate, come down to, ‘Who is an Indian?’ ‘What work, the lawyers based their arguments engage and listen, we will have a better is an Indian tribe?’ and ‘Who gets to de- on two questions: Could parental rights chance.” http://bit.ly/O6gVzt 0

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TANF Program Coordinator MENTAL HEALTH The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians is seeking applications to hire for the position of TANF SISSETON Program Coordinator. WAHPETON OYATE COUNSELOR POSITION Summary: The TANF Program Coordinator is responsible for working with tribal departments, outside contractors, and staff members in the areas of Tribal TANF prevention, community and assistance APPELLATE COURT programs, including events that strengthen the pro-family initiatives. Other key responsibilities of JOB OPENINGS: University Counseling the TANF Program Coordinator include clearly writing grant proposals, applications, letters, budgets Center at the University of and presentations; grant compliance monitoring; and timely submission of all required reporting. Minimum Qualifications: The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Wyoming has an opening • Thorough knowledge of and sensitivity to the needs of the Native community. Inclusive of an Appellate Court is seeking to for a Mental Health awareness and respect for the respective values, customs and traditions of the local community. • Thorough knowledge of allowable services under Tribal TANF, as well as, other programs that can fill the following position(s): Counselor. be leveraged to enrich the Tribal TANF program, improving the services available to Native families. • Chief Justice • Prior advanced experience and proven track record in government grant writing, grant University of Wyoming is an management and grant compliance and reporting requirements. • Associate Justices (2) EEO/AA employer. • Must possess excellent analytical, communication (oral and written), and organizational skills. • Ability to interact effectively with tribal government, local, state and federal governments, and Closing date: March 21, 2014 Background investigations other organizations. at 4:30pm are conducted on all • Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in social services, social sciences, business or public administration or related discipline, and three years prospective employees. of increasingly responsible supervisory experience in administration and/or management of TANF All interested applicants and educational programs or other similar or related programs; OR please submit your resume, • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in social cover-letter, and 3 letters of Obtain more information services, social sciences, business or public administration or related discipline, and five years of and apply at: increasingly responsible supervisory experience in administration and/or management of TANF reference to: BillieJo Krpan, and educational programs or other similar or related programs. SWO Judicial Secretary at: https://jobs.uwyo.edu/ Position closes April 1, 2014. For complete Job Announcement and application go to WWW.PECHANGA-NSN.GOV. Send resume and application to [email protected] P.O. Box 509, Agency Village, Application deadline is Hiring Preference: SD 57262 or email The Pechanga Tribal Government is an equal opportunity employer. However, as permitted by March 16, 2014. applicable law, the Pechanga Tribal Government will at all times and for all positions give hiring, [email protected] transfer, and promotion preference to qualified applicants in the following order: 1) Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Members; 2) Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Spouses; 3) Other American Indians; and 4) all others.

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Education Hanna Skandera and opening Upcoming Events general sessions with motivational Steve Saffron, Reno Charette of Montana State Native American Contractors Against Identity Theft.” University Billings, and William Men- Association Annual Location: Soaring Eagle Casino and Re- doza of the White House Initiative on Reception March 19 osrt, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan AIAN Education. In addition to a trade Following the group’s two-day Spring show, awards luncheon and a social pow Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C., Federal Indian Policy wow, a closing keynote presentation will NACA will host its annual reception, this and Its Impact on St. Louis be made by traditional Navajo recording year with the theme “Celebrate Indian County March 25 artist Radmilla Cody. Country Economic Development.” The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Mem- Location: Sheraton Uptown, Albuquer- Location: Lavo Nightclub, Las Vegas, bership of the St. Louis County His- que, New Mexico Nevada torical Society will feature speaker Tadd Johnson, member of the Boi Forte Band 17th Annual Tribal 2014 Native American Critical of Chippewa and head of the American Environmental Summit Issues Conference March 20-22 Indian Studies Department at the Uni- March 26-28 Sponsored by the Michigan Indian Ed- versity of Minnesota-Duluth. A business Climate change, solid waste/recycling, ucation Council, “Strengthening Our meeting to elect the society’s board mem- emergency response, underground tanks, Communities Through Educational bers and officers will follow the lecture pesticides, community/educational out- Self-Reliance” will focus on using cul- and dinner. reach, enforcement training, and healthy tural knowledge and contemporary tools Location: St. Louis County Historical homes will be among the breakout ses- as a means to strengthen Native youth Society, Duluth, Minnesota sions conducted by Region VI adminis- communities in Michigan and for gen- trators of the Environmental Protection erations to come. Conference workshops Native American Conference on Agency and members of the Chickasaw, include “Establishing an Urban Indig- Special Education March 26-28 Muscogee Creek, Delaware, Pawnee and enous Curriculum,” “Guiding Groups to “Honoring Our Voices, Our Story and Cherokee Nations, among others. Consensus,” “Healing Our Bodies, Heal- Our Journey” will include a luncheon Location: Wyndham Dallas Suites, Dal- ing Ourselves,” and “Protecting Yourself with Secretary of New Mexico Public las, Texas letters to the editor Re “Kick Andrew Jackson Off the $20 Why not George Washington Carver? things that are Caesar’s, and unto God Bill!” (March 7): Why not Anne Hutchinson or Joy Harjo the things that are God’s.” I have given So, who would be better? Every single for that matter? Why must we continue up all hope that this country will ever president on Mount Rushmore is guilty to idolize rich white men in a country repent of its sins or atone for them. Let of the same things that Jackson did to that is supposedly a melting pot? them have their money. Your peoples’ the Indians (though perhaps to a lesser — Michael Madrid survival ultimately depends on reject- degree than Jackson). Why does it even Las Cruces, New Mexico ing all that the white men offer. have to be a President? Why not Geron- — Troy Hendrickson imo, or Crazy Horse, or Chief Joseph? Jesus said, “Render unto Caesar the Boone, Iowa

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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe seeks a full-time Human Resources Director. The Human Resources (HR) Director is responsible for the administration of human resources services, policies, procedures and programs. The Human Resources Director’s primary responsibilities of planning, organizing, directing and administering a comprehensive HR program for the MWT shall include but are not limited to: HR development; Sage HRMS (HR Management); employee relations; training and professional development; benefits and compensation; performance evaluation development/implementation; recruitment; drug testing and background checks, grievances and appeals; employee assistance program (EAP) development; personnel policies and procedures compliance under the direction of Not a the Tribal Administrator. The Director shall be part of the administrative team representing the MWT in all labor relations issues. Primary Duties and Responsibilities – The Director shall be responsible for all employment matters in close coordination with the Tribal Administrator Subscriber? Salary: $60,000 to $75,000 annually Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Human Resource, Business Administration, or other related field from a four-year college or university. Must have at least five (5) years of successful experience in human resource management, preferably in a tribal government environment. Get your own Successful working knowledge and experience in implementing a new HR department and This Week From Indian Country Today development of HR policies and procedures. Applications and full position description can be obtained by calling (508) 477-0208, or at www.mashpeewampanoagtribe.com. eNewsletter! The position will remain open until filled. Human Resources Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 483 Great Neck Road South Mashpee, MA 02649 Or [email protected]

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe seeks a full-time Housing Director. This position is responsible for the overall management, development and planning of all housing programs and housing projects for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in consultation with the Tribal Administrator and Tribal Housing Commissioner for direction on overall intent of Housing programs and projects. Salary: $58,000 to $73,000 annually Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or Business Administration is desirable; a minimum of 5 years of experience in a management role in housing development, community development or affordable housing. Working knowledge of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Applications and full position description can be obtained by calling (508) 477-0208, or at www.mashpeewampanoagtribe.com. Position will remain open until filled Human Resources Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 483 Great Neck Road South SUBSCRIBE NOW Mashpee, MA 02649 Or [email protected]

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ACCREDITATION FOR in U.S. District Court in Mis- formal letter sent to the museum million in February at Foxwoods SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN soula, Montana to prevent a last month, an umbrella group of while they wagered $525.8 mil- POLYTECHNIC state district and the Montana tribes requested the artifacts. Ce- lion at Mohegan Sun during that The Southwestern Indian Poly- Water Court from adjudicating cil Pavlat, a repatriation specialist period—a 4 percent increase technic Institute (SIPI), a Bureau cases that involve individuals with the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of and 4.5 percent decrease from of Indian Education-operated claiming personal water rights Chippewa Indians, said, “These February 2013, respectively. post-secondary institution of on the Flathead Indian Reserva- are human remains which should higher learning in Albuquerque, tion. The 45-page lawsuit, which be buried respectfully.” But a mu- SENATE OKAYS CHILD N.M., has been awarded “initial also names the Bureau of Indian seum curator, Hans Grunert, said CARE IMPROVEMENTS accreditation” status by the High- Affairs, Interior Secretary Sally the scalps are “part of history.” The Senate on March 13 ap- er Learning Commission (HLC) of Jewell, and three irrigation dis- proved a bipartisan measure the North Central Association of tricts on the reservation as de- FOXWOODS’ SLOTS UP; advanced by Jon Tester (D- Colleges and Schools. SIPI’s ac- fendants, asserts that water on, MOHEGAN SUN’S DOWN Montana) to improve childcare creditation status was upgraded under and flowing through the Slot revenues at one landmark facilities in Indian Country by from “candidate for accredita- reservation was reserved for the Connecticut casino increased in removing a restriction that limits tion” following a rigorous can- tribes by the federal government. February compared with a year funding if improvements made didacy and accreditation review ago, while those at another de- to the facilities temporarily re- process recently conducted by SCALPS WON’T BE creased. The Foxwoods Resort duced childcare services. Tester the HLC. The announcement was RETURNED Casino in Mashantucket reported said that the measure, added made by Assistant Secretary- The Karl May Museum in Rade- $39.34 million in slot revenue to the Child Care Development Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn. beul near Dresden, named for the last month, up two percent from Block Grant Act (S.1086), “is a author who started Germany’s February 2013. The Mohegan simple, common-sense amend- WATER RIGHTS SUIT fascination with Indians and the Sun in Uncasville, by contrast, ment that will improve the qual- IN MONTANA Old West, has declined a request experienced a 4 percent slot de- ity of life in Indian Country for The Confederated Salish and to return 17 scalps it acquired cline, or a total of $43.86 million. our future generations.” The Kootenai Tribes have filed suit when it was founded in 1928. In a Altogether, visitors bet $479.3 bill now goes to the House.

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Shekóli. “When people dance, they stay connected: One Pow Wow”). As the important dos and don’ts list in the earth, one mother, moving to the heartbeat of the drum. article Pow Wow Etiquette relates, pow wow grounds It is said that the word ‘pow wow’ comes from an Algon- are sacred and imbued with meaning. What might look quian word pau wau, meaning, ‘he dreams.’ The people like mere entertainment to a spectator raised in the have kept the dream alive since creation….” European tradition, where there are distinc- So begins “Every Step They Take,” a thought- tions between the sacred and the profane, is ful examination by Rodney Harwood of the for pow wows a living example of the bond historical meanings and connections of dance between the people and Mother Earth. We and pow wows in this edition of This Week feel it and hear it, of course, thanks to the From Indian Country Today’s annual pow power of the drum. In this year’s issue, the wow issue. There are limitless ways of looking fine drum group Northern Cree are profiled at pow wows, as endless as the varieties and for their prolific and powerful performances. colors of a modern dancer’s regalia. The most Founded in 1982 in Nez Perce, the group has dedicated pow wow veteran will tell you that nearly 60 members and it has celebrated its even after a lifetime of study and participa- sound from London to the high, far lands of tion, there are still revelations to be had. our most northern brothers and sisters in the land now called Canada. This print companion to our website contains a listing of more than 400 pow wows We hope this magazine enriches your own for the 2014 season, beginning with this celebrations, prayers and enjoyment, and we week’s Denver March Powwow and continuing deep hope it does justice to the spirit of today’s pow wow. into winter. (Look to our online database for news To quote Harwood again, “The modern-day pow wow and updates throughout the year.) With each event, of is a connection to a time when the only footprints on course, comes a different purpose and perspective and the land were made by moccasins. It is a time-honored the permutations that come over time. For example the tribute to ancient ceremony, carrying the past into the Denver March Powwow, featured in the story, “Like A future for generations to come.” Another season ap- Big Hug From Grandma,” grew out of youth enrichment proaches, and we come full circle again. programs, and is still dedicated to the development of right thought and actions among Native teens and kids. NΛ ki� wa, The Annual Mahkato Pow Wow is held where the Dako- ta traditionally met in large numbers prior to the tragic execution of 38 warriors during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862, and was created to gather together a people who were scattered in the ensuing years (see “The Healing Ray Halbritter CONTENTS

DEPARTMENTS 1 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 4 POWER OF NORTHERN CREE TALKING DRUM 6 THE HEALING POW WOW 8 SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE AIRWAVES TONIGHT 9 KEY THOUGHTS FROM KEYBANK 10 THE POW WOW MC’S MC 12 ‘MAKE ME LIKE IT!’ 6 14 STORIES FOR THE SPIRIT 16 POW WOW ETIQUETTE 18 LIKE A BIG HUG FROM GRANDMA 20 THE CIRCLE OF LIFE 20 TOP FIVE TERMS YOU’LL HEAR AT A POW WOW 22 EVERY STEP THEY TAKE 24 DANCING FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 26 POW WOW LISTINGS 56 THE BIG PICTURE 8

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Power of Northern Cree feed the people. Then my dad would talk. Then out came the drum. If there were Talking Drum other kids there, we’d dance in the living room, and it was like magic.” by alysa landry Wood never dreamed he’d play some of those same songs for international Steve Wood likes to let his drum do the group now enjoys international success, audiences. “When I first started, people talking. Northern Cree had humble—and slightly weren’t inviting us to perform or flying us More than three decades ago, the drum humorous—beginnings. places,” he said. “We were driving around group Northern Cree made its unlikely Wood was 22 when he and his two locally, then we started going out a little and accidental debut in 1982 on Idaho’s brothers traveled to Lapwai, Idaho to bit farther.” Nez Perce reservation. The 53-year-old compete in a stick-game tournament. During a trip to Utah, the group met a Wood, a founding member, has seen the When they lost all their money the first representative from Canyon Records, the group grow from three members to nearly night of the tournament, the brothers Phoenix, Arizona-based company that 60, and its music now reaches audiences decided to sing in the pow wow to earn produces Native music. Canyon Records from London’s Trafalgar Square to the iso- funds to get home. produced all of the group’s albums, including its 37th album, which will be released in the spring. “The company looks for groups that perform traditional music ei- ther specific to a tribe or ‘pan-tribal,’” said Steve Butler, director of production at Canyon Records. Butler has worked with Northern Cree for more than 20 years. “We look for something that expresses Native American identity,” he said. “The root of that is the story of Native Ameri- cans told by themselves through music.” Wood credits the group’s success to the drumbeat, which speaks to everyone, re- gardless of their background, he said. “No matter where they come from, they’ve heard that song somewhere else before,” he said. “It was in the womb with their mother, and they can relate to it.” Wood has seen the drum connect with people all over North America and beyond. During pow wow season, which runs from May to September, the group Wood, far right, says, “It’s a gift to be touching people we’ve never even met.” plays almost every weekend. As the group continues to gain mo- lated villages of northern Canada. One of the brothers borrowed a drum mentum, Wood hopes the larger music Wood, who hails from the Cree vil- from a local museum and they performed industry is paying attention. “I think we’re lage of Saddle Lake, Alberta, watched the songs they learned from their father and opening doors and generations to come group win numerous awards in contests uncles. When the arena director asked for will have traditional musicians who can for Native American or aboriginal music. the name of the group, they looked down make a living at it,” he said. “Twenty to 25 The group has released 36 records over 22 at the drum, which read in faded letters, years ago, you couldn’t walk into a music years and was nominated six times for a “Northern Cree.” store and find traditional or aboriginal Grammy award. Something about the drum resonated music. Now they have entire sections.” And through it all, the one thing that with the brothers, Wood said. Some of his Wood believes the best part about remained constant was the drum. “My earliest memories are of visitors staying the Northern Cree is connecting with ecords real belief is that these things really have night at his house because his father was people. “It’s a gift to be touching people R life,” he said of the drum. “They have the organizing pow wows. “We didn’t have we’ve never even met,” he said. “When spirit to move people.” anyon television, but man, when I look back at you can help people feel better, it really C Wood, the group’s drum keeper, leads those days, we had much more fun than is a source of healing. It’s hard to put one of the world’s most commercially suc- kids have today,” he said. “When people this into words: We let our drum do the cessful Native drum groups. Although the came to visit, my mom would cook and talking for us.” 0 courtesy

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Dakota People reconcile the past with education and new ceremonies by tish leizens

he 41st Annual foods and Dakota language,” Mahkato Pow Wow said Brave Heart. was held at Da- Education Day was a re- Tkota Wokiksuye Makoce sult of a challenge made by (Land of Memories Park) in Lakota educator, writer and Mankato, Minnesota in late political activist Vine Delo- September. This was where ria, Jr. in 1987 to create “new the Dakota People had held ceremonies” for Dakota and many gatherings before the non-Dakota to reconcile and execution of 38 warriors dur- help build a shared history. ing the U.S.-Dakota War of Today, the Mahkato Mde- 1862. wakanton Association, a After that mass execution, non-profit organization that the Dakota People moved organizes the pow wow, said out of the area and scat- more than 16,000 children, tered to different parts of teachers, parents and Native the country. This pow wow American presenters have is an effort to bring them participated in the Educa- back to their homeland. A scene from the 2013 Dakota Healing Pow Wow tion Day program since “We have come a long way. 1987. The presence of the pow Some of the tribes that wow in Mankato was not participated were Lower embraced completely in the “Students attended 28 learning stations Sioux, Upper Sioux, Shako- beginning,” said Dave Brave pee Mdewakanton, Prairie Heart, pow wow chair. Four where they learned...storytelling, singing, Island, Santee Sioux, Flan- years after it was launched, dreau Sioux, Sisseton Sioux, in 1972, he said the Dakota building a tipi, various indoor and Yankton Sioux, Cheyenne people, non-Natives and city Sioux, Rosebud Sioux, officials realized how impor- outdoor games, traditional foods and Oglala Sioux, Standing Rock tant it was to honor the past. Sioux, Crow Creek Sioux, “The whole message of Dakota language.” Lower Brule Sioux, Devils the pow wow is reconcilia- Lake Indian Agency, Sioux tion,” Brave Heart said. “We Reserves from Canada, and have a number of groups members of Ojibwe, Ho that come in the name of Chunk and Omaha. reconciliation.” expanding their education program Beyond the pow wow arena, Brave Brave Heart, who is Oglala Lakota after its successful event in 2013. Heart said there is an ongoing conver- from the Pine Ridge Reservation and More than 650 third graders from the sation to develop a curriculum around Dakota from the Crow Creek Reserva- Mankato Schools participated in Edu- Dakota history, language and tradition tion, said Dakota families from South cation Day on the first day of the three- to be taught to students of the Mankato Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, day pow wow. “These students attended Area Public School. Wisconsin and even Canada came to 28 learning stations where they learned “It is important for kids to learn the celebrate with them. from other cultural teachers who share history of Minnesota and their land,” Education is a key component of the many things with them such as story- he said. “Schools don’t teach history. yearly pow wow. Organizers are already telling, singing, building a tipi, various We are open about providing education eyeing inviting more drum groups and indoor and outdoor games, traditional about Dakota history.” 0 Ron Hamm

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8 Indian Country Today Something Special in the Airwaves Tonight

Eddie Mahseet is rockin’ the mic, from pow wows to radio by brian daffron

n Saturday mornings, the 1970. Trained in radio communica- twang and heartache of coun- tion, he learned to transmit military try music snaking over south- phonetic alphabet as well as sea-to- “[My job] is to keep the Owest Oklahoma’s airwaves is switched ground and ground-to-air broadcasts. to the uplifting pounding of a drum. This training—as well as 26 major en- crowd moving, enter- After a few songs, Eddie Mahseet counters with the North Vietnamese Army—taught him about “not being tained and not being idle.” afraid to talk.” In the late 1980s, Mahseet started co- hosting and occasionally guest-hosting Indians for Indians, a Native-themed radio show that began on the University what they have in their arena. I respect of Oklahoma campus in 1941. When their culture.” Mahseet was brought into the pro- Mahseet says his first MC position gram by Kiowa MC Sammy “Tone-kei” came in the early 1980s at the request White, the show was broadcast out of of a brother-in-law, Clinton Youngbear Moore, Oklahoma, and they used vinyl of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes, who records. Eventually, the program moved asked Mahseet to fill in for him. “One to Anadarko, Oklahoma, and Mahseet day, [Youngbear] got sick. He said, ‘This inherited the program in 2000 from weekend, I’ll probably be in the hos- Jesse Hamilton. Currently, the show pital. I want you to stand in for me.’” airs for three hours on Saturday morn- Mahseet says that at first, he wasn’t sure ings with Mahseet and co-host Carla how to react. “But it was for my broth- Whiteman. er-in-law, and I said, ‘Sure, I’ll do it.’” After Mahseet signs off, most Satur- Since then, Mahseet has emceed from day afternoons and evenings will find Saskatchewan to south Texas. From the Mahseet says Indian love is tough love. him and his family driving to a pow speaker’s stand, he said the best time at wow somewhere to fulfill MC duties, a pow wow is when the crowd and the says, “Good morning! I hope you’re eat- where Mahseet says his job is to “keep dancers can “feel the music.” ing your biscuits and gravy and getting the crowd moving, entertained and not When not on the radio or on the mic, ready to pow wow.” The music comes being idle.” Mahseet also enjoys the “laid-back” at- back on: Gourd dance, tribal Christian It was in Mahseet’s formative years, mosphere of being a DJ for “oldies” hymns, Northern contest songs, hand- being raised among his grandmothers, dances, where he can play blues, rock game songs; and then, 49 songs, with where the roots of his MC work began. and R&B from the mid-1950s through Mahseet emphatically stating at the end, As an adult, he traveled to pow wows, the 1970s. Mahseet also enjoys carving “Indian love is tough love.” gaining experience, whether it was as alabaster sculptures. “I enjoy being on the radio,” says an arena director or sitting in with a He gives this advice for those in the t Mahseet, who is a Comanche Nation Northern drum such as “Mighty Good pow wow world who feel the urge to try ee ahs m

tribal member. “I’m not looking for any Music” (MGM) Singers. out the speaker’s stand: “Don’t be afraid e notoriety. I just enjoy what I do.” ddi “Whenever I’m invited, I respect of getting on that mic. Once you’re e

Mahseet’s involvement in radio be- their arena,” Mahseet says. “I don’t go in there, things come out that you may not sy e gan during his service as a corporal in and say ‘Down South, we do it this way; know you have. Get in there and help the U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to over here, we do it like that.’ I respect your people.” 0 Court

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Key Thoughts share. All tribes cope with challenges such as the economic potential. 0 From KeyBank: responsibility for self-governance and protec- The information and recommendations con- tion of sovereignty. Just as importantly, all tribes tained here have been compiled om sources be- Economic Development Plans have unique resources that cannot be duplicat- lieved to be reliable and represent the best current Must Diversify to Sustainably ed, and as such have tremendous value. opinion on the subject. No warranty, express or Meet Community Needs Tribal leadership can create an integrated implied by KeyBank, is made as to the absolute cor- economic development strategy that is tai- rectness or su ciency of the information contained. Many nations through- lored to the priorities of their tribe and their is is meant as general information only, particu- out Indian Country ben- people by empowering tribal members to be- lar situations may require additional actions. e t from single sources of come part of the solution and identifying im- revenue that help to miti- mutable challenges and unique resources with KeyBank is member FDIC. gate pressing community challenges. To have Mike Lettig lasting and significant change, Indian Country is striving to create communities that develop core infrastructure (stable government, health, education, and employment) and go beyond basic community services. e problem is better community services require sustainable revenue. Revenue (other than grant and contracts) is limited by the kinds of businesses that can be developed and attracted to Indian Country. A solution might be an economic growth plan that incorporates infrastructure development into each step of the ongoing services development. Proposed business ventures should include plans to improve community infrastructure. For guidance, Indian Country leaders could take a look at how corporations build business models to recruit top talent by reinforcing the connection between the community quality of life and employment opportunities. e following are examples of Indian Coun- try integrated economic development: • Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the largest employer in La Plata County CO, creates and oper- ates new businesses o and on the reservation in a wide range of industries. e tribe’s Southern Ute Permanent Fund has Triple A rating and assets spread out over 14 states and the Gulf of Mexico. e Southern Ute Community Action Program o ers a range of community services such as child and family development, public transit and job training. • e Pullayup Tribe of Indians in the Paci c Northwest has an economic development arm, Marine View Ventures, Inc., that boosts land assets and creates jobs. MVV manages assets including commercial real estate, industrial/port real estate, marinas, gas stations and billboards. Given tribal di erences, it is not appropriate to mandate speci c steps in developing an integrated economic development plan. at said, there are at least two characteristics all tribes

March 19, 2014 THIS WEEK FROM INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY 10 Indian Country Today

The Pow Wow How long have you been a pow wow and the United States. I don’t negotiate MC? for big dollars, if they are there, they are MC’s MC About 15 years. I am also a dancer and a there, if they are not, they are not. farmer. I come from a long line of brothers I enjoy life. I bring my family with me Howie Thomson just that farm. My dad farmed and ranched; if they want to come. If they don’t, it is a wants to make you laugh my in-laws are farmers, too. We had a lonely trip, but we have an extended fam- grain farm with horses and cattle, but we ily all over Indian country. I also have a by vincent schilling got rid of the horses and cattle; now we lot of non-Native relatives that I meet up just lease out our land. I’m from Saskatch- with. We sit and talk and tease. They tell ewan, Canada—it is easy to draw but hard me jokes, too. oward “Howie” Thomson is a to spell. popular pow wow MC from You travel all over the place. Is there a Carry the Kettle Nakoda (As- How did you get started as an MC? difference between pow wows in Cana- siniboine)H First Nation, located in Sas- As a tribal member, I was chairing meet- da and in the U.S.? katchewan, Canada. There’s a long line ings or I was an MC at a wedding or an The only difference between Canadian of pow wow tradition in his family, as Indian auction. Sometimes I would call pow wows and U.S. pow wows is that well as one in farming. Thomson says bingo. When I would do this, I would you get Canadian dollars at the Canadian that although he is a strong follower of be telling jokes. One day there was a pow pow wows and U.S. dollars at the U.S. pow traditional pow wow ways, it is impor- wow with a weak MC but they had a low wows. There are some different dances at tant to consider the healing nature of budget. I said, “Man, if I ever get ahold of different parts of different regions in the laughter. that microphone, I will liven up the spirit Canada and United States. “I love to work a pow wow with smiles of this pow wow. I’ll make this the way it The songs are all the same, we all dance and laughter. I love to hear and see differ- should be.” the same, we all pray the same way, we all ent song and dance,” Thomson says. “The I got started from there. People would honor the drum the same way and we go pow wow trail is a neverending trail of say, “Howie, have you ever done a pow to the same circle. I have never seen a dif- friendship and love.” wow?” I said no, and they asked me to ference, and if there is a difference, I’m go- His lighthearted approach has proved give it a try. I said, “I’ll give it a whirl; I’m ing to have to go back to rodeos. to be infectious. After emceeing for 15 kind of crazy,” And that’s how it is. I love years, Thomson is booked solid through- what I do. What keeps you busy outside of pow out each pow wow season and travels all wows? over the United States and Canada. What have been some of your favorite I do a lot of other work. I go into schools Thomson talked with ICTMN about pow wows? and emcee for different government levels his journey to become a popular pow wow My favorite pow wows are the traditional or different First Nation levels. MC, what he thinks are the greatest quali- pow wows. They treat everyone the same I am a ceremonial man and I will go to ties of a good MC, and his belief in the and there are no big political rules. Let’s sweat lodges or sun dances, and I will pay healing power of laughter. just have fun. I have been to pow wows my dues there. I give a lot of “thank yous” where they told me, “Who told you to there. Why are you so popular in Indian tell a joke?” Holy cow, I didn’t know the country? Creator gave you a frown. But I’m going What advice would you give to a The demand for a crazy MC is over- to turn it upside down before I’m done. young person who wants to be a pow whelming. If people want an MC that is Also, my very own [pow wows], be- wow MC? crazy, off-the-wall and keeps it clean, I am cause we can get crazy there and we know Stay in school, otherwise you will be an your man. I don’t lose a crowd. If I start to everybody. The other ones I love doing are MC. Another thing I would say is keep lose a crowd, I’ll throw a joke in there and those that I can drive a long way to. I drive dancing at pow wows. If you are good, you they will get back on track. Otherwise, it because I like the history of the land. I like will be a dancer, if you are not good you is too boring. seeing stuff you could not see from the air. will become an MC. I like to make people laugh. I use hu- When I fly all I see are clouds. I’d rather mor. Because in our ceremonies, they tell drive to get all of that information. It also What are some key qualities of a good us that humor is a natural healing element gives you time in between pow wows to pow wow MC? for the loss of anything. A lot of people, think of craziness or what I can do. The key is no dead air. Keep it going and when they are in mourning, they put the don’t stop talking. Keep to the agenda and pow wow away. But I encourage them Where do you MC? work with your time limit. Another thing to come back into the circle. Somebody I go all over North America. This year al- is to try not to repeat yourself, try not to might be sick, in pain; but they forget for ready I have been to Iowa City, Fargo, and repeat yourself, try not to repeat yourself. a nanosecond when they laugh. That is I recently went to Stanford University to [interviewer laughs] what it’s all about. do their pow wow. I go all over Canada I see you are enjoying this interview. 0

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Dancing hard and loving life on the pow wow circuit by julian brave noisecat

“Ride the bucking buffalo!” joke that brought our consumerism got everyone right into the pow wow Those were the words my dad’s old full circle. swing. buddy, Melvin Christopher, left me We pulled into the Greyhound Park With Ruben Little Head co-em- with when I dropped him off on my and Event Center around 5:30 in the ceeing, there were the usual drum roll way out of Canim Lake, British Co- afternoon, giving us enough time to call antics; and on Sunday each drum lumbia, on the road to the Julyamsh get registered, braid our hair and get group had to do their best rendition Powwow in Post Falls, Idaho. I didn’t dressed for a 7:00 grand entry that was of a Garth Brooks tune. Mikey Sioux, know Melvin was my dad’s friend, surprisingly punctual. In the world of who sang with Omaha Lodge, stole the but when I saw him and another big contest pow wows, Indian Time is show and the microphone for a two- Tsq’escenemc walking down the road, becoming more and more a thing of minute rendition of The Dance, even thumbs in the air, I did as walking out into the arbor I was obligated to do and to serenade the audience. gave them a ride. Throughout the week- What does it mean to end there were also special ride the bucking buffalo? With Ruben Little Head contests in women’s short Perhaps it means “Dance fringe, men’s war bonnet hard!,” which is the uni- co-emceeing, there were the usual and men’s horsetail that versal pow wow idiom and showcased unique outfits title to one of my favorite drum roll call antics; and on Sunday and dance styles not rec- Northern Cree CDs. Ex- ognized at every pow wow. cept “dance hard” is a com- The men’s horsetail dance mand—something parents each drum group had to do their best was particularly unusual as might tell their kids right it is just being brought back before a contest or the em- rendition of a Garth Brooks tune. into the pow wow circle cee might say during the in the Northwest. Colby grand entry, whereas “rid- White bucked his way right ing the bucking buffalo” into first place. sounds more like a way of life. At any the past. I guess even the time-hon- I competed in the junior men’s tradi- rate, next time I see Melvin, I’m go- ored traditions can change. There was tional category, dancing to five contest ing to ask him what the hell “ride the a horse parade before each session fea- songs over the weekend including foot bucking buffalo” means. turing riders and horses in traditional slides by Iron Boy and Northern Cree After dropping off Melvin and gas- regalia, which I missed because I was and a singer’s choice sneak-up in Sun- sing up in town, I went on down the at the car getting ready. day’s finals. I must’ve done something road, stopping in Lytton to pick up During drum roll call, I listened right, placing fifth in a tight contest my 9-year-old fancy-shawl-dancing intently to see what drum groups I and taking home a bit of money to get cousin and her mom, who was my co- was going to get to jam out to over me to the next one in Kamloops, Brit- pilot for the weekend. On the way to the weekend. The drum contest was ish Columbia. Post Falls, we stopped at four different stacked with Northern Cree, Stoney Riding the bucking buffalo is a way Wal-Marts within 24 hours, spend- Park and many other top-notch drum of life to many of us throughout In- ing last weekend’s winnings to stock groups. It was a pow wow that would, dian country. We travel throughout up on various pow wow necessities as the infamous pow wow emcee Ru- the United States and Canada to sing such as duct tape, scissors and water. ben Little Head says, “make me like and dance, to meet new people and see Wal-Mart pit stops are an age-old pow it!” old friends, to love and break up. But wow tradition, and although the first I danced hard in grand entry, and from pow wow hangover to heartbreak three visits were necessary, the fourth that night there was a round of regu- to “Hoka!,” there is always another. was more like the punch line to a bad lar contests and a jingle special that See you down the road. 0

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14 Indian Country Today Stories for the Spirit

From Broadway to the lip Whiteman Generation, and together Robinson in January 1879. Although pow wow circle, story- with his partner, Lynette Two Bulls, he many escapees were killed, a few sur- released a CD, Spirit Seeker. vivors returned to their homeland in telling is a way of life for Whiteman will bring such “stories southeastern Montana’s Powder River Phillip Whiteman Jr. and songs for the spirit” to Denver, country, now home to the Northern where listeners will take part an ancient Cheyenne reservation. by heather steinberger oral tradition that shares wisdom about the horse, the torytelling is more than a vocation drum, the flute, grass danc- for Phillip Whiteman Jr. He says ing and life. it’s a way of life. “We tell stories that are SHe was raised in Lame Deer, Mon- about celebrating life and tana, and has been a grass dancer since facing adversity,” he said. childhood, traveling from the pow wow “These are encouraging, arena to Broadway to Wild West shows empowering stories. And to President Clinton’s inauguration as a the people, from youngest dancer. But he says storytelling is “deep- to oldest, come to listen as ly rooted in who he is.” we tell our stories through Whiteman, a member of the North- dancing, through singing, ern Cheyenne nation, will bring his through word. The stories traditional storytelling to the 40th Den- create sensitivity and integ- ver March Powwow, March 21 to 23. rity.” Whiteman and his family have been in- The Denver Powwow is volved with the Denver pow wow since important to Whiteman its inception in the 1970s. because it celebrates diver- His father, the late Phillip Whiteman sity—among Native nations Sr., was part of the Northern Cheyenne and between Native and Whiteman urges youth to reclaim and reconnect. Chiefs of the Council of 44 and was the non-Native peoples. drum-keeper for the Chief Society. His “All nations come together in this “With the run, we remind many drum group, the Lame Deer Singers, atone place,” he said over the phone. “And youth that it’s up to them to reclaim and tended Denver’s first pow wow gather- through diversity, we create unity. The reconnect to who they are,” Whiteman ings four decades ago. Phillip was the storytelling portion is very important, said. first recording artist for Indian Records. because through our stories we can cre- “We have a crisis of Mother Earth Whiteman’s mother, the late Flor- ate bridges and welcome all colors and right now, of her land, air and water,” ence Whiteman, was the last Warrior all nations. We create that bond, that he said. “To protect her, we need to re- Woman of the Elk Scraper Society. She unity, that shows we are all connected.” claim our culture, our language and our also was the last Cheyenne woman to be With this sense of connectedness in identity. Our children are hungry for married for a bride price of four horses, mind, Whiteman founded the Phillip knowledge and a sense of connection. in a traditional ceremony at age 14. Whiteman Jr. “Medicine Wheel Model We are in a perfect place today to return “Both of my parents played signifi- to Natural Horsemanship,” which is a back to oneness… to start our journey cant roles with the Northern Cheyenne, holistic Native approach to working home.” 0 and my grandparents on both sides were with and training horses. And he and chiefs and leaders at the Battle of the Two Bulls created the nonprofit Yellow Phillip Whiteman Jr. and Apsaalooke Little Bighorn,” Whiteman said. “Now, Bird, an affiliate of Seventh Generation storyteller Christian Takes Gun Parrish, I take on these roles. I grew up around Fund, and its Fort Robinson Outbreak also known as Supaman, will be per- horses, pow wows, traditional culture.… Spiritual Run, a 400-mile run from Fort forming at the top of the hour on March Whiteman, Jr. I was destined to fulfill these roles to the Robinson, Nebraska, to Busby, Mon- 21, 22 and 23 in the Denver Coliseum’s p teachings of my parents and grandpar- tana, that takes place in the frigid heart lower-foyer Denver Press Room. White- ents.” of a Great Plains winter. man also will release his new storytell- Whiteman remains active with his fa- The annual run honors the North- ing and song CD at the Denver March ther’s drum group, now renamed Phil- ern Cheyenne who escaped Fort Powwow. Philli Courtesy

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16 Indian Country Today Pow Wow Etiquette

The rules to follow in tural specialist at the National Museum when it comes to taking photographs. and out of the arena of the American Indian. “The seats closest Never shoot photos during prayers, gourd to the arena seem to be the best seats, but dances or flag songs, or when the Master that’s because the dancers stand up and of Ceremonies has prohibited it. by alysa landry immediately begin dancing.” Additional rules apply in specific cir- cumstances, Zotigh said. For example, hether you’re a novice or vet- 5. Pow wow grounds should be con- spectators should not take photos of eran attending a pow wow, sidered sacred places. A blessing is per- dancers in regalia without first asking certain behaviors are expect- formed ahead of time and your actions permission. Wed while you’re on the grounds or in the should show respect for this religious and “This is especially true for professional arena. Although customs may vary from sacred ceremony. photographers standing in the arena,” he tribe to tribe—and even from year to said. “Often dancers are wearing some- year—some basic rules remain the same. thing special or personally spiritual to Some breaches of etiquette are simply them. A lot of dancers don’t like their considered disrespectful while others may beadwork photographed because some- result in the offender being removed from one can see that and copy the design.” the arena. Here are some tips to make sure Another rule of thumb is to never your behavior is appropriate and your vis- shoot photos of a dancer being initiated it is memorable. or receiving a plume or feather. Doing so can disrupt the spiritual process, Anthony 1. Dress modestly. It is not appropriate said. to wear hats, swimsuits, extremely short “There’s a prayer being said for that per- skirts or shorts or halter tops. Do not son and by taking pictures, you’re disrupt- wear T-shirts or other items of clothing ing the connection,” he said. with profanity or inappropriate slogans. Anthony, left, with pals Steve Darden and If you plan to participate in dances Milton Yazzie 9. Pow wows are colorful and high-ener- that are open to the public, keep in mind gy events. Spectators should have fun but that some tribes require women to wear a “It’s like going to a church,” Anthony also keep in mind that participants are shawl or cover their shoulders. said. “If you’re going to a pow wow, you not simply entertainers. Especially during need to honor where the dances came contest pow wows, dancers, singers and 2. Always listen to the master of ceremo- from, the traditions and story behind drummers may be performing for money. nies or announcer. them.” “There are individuals who do this as “The MC will tell you when you can a way of life,” Zotigh said. “They take it photograph [and] he will tell you when 6. Refrain from negative thoughts or seriously because it’s their income.” you can dance,” said Leonard Anthony, a comments. The blessing that takes place Navajo gourd dancer and MC. “Usually beforehand sets the tone of the event and 10. Finally, be flexible. The most im- visitors or outsiders can dance during sanctifies the area, Zotigh said. Although portant rule is to be willing to change the inter-tribal dance, but you need to the blessing is usually not open to the your expectations and adapt to new listen for an announcement before you public, its spiritual nature should be taken situations. participate.” seriously. “I think the main rule of every pow “Our elders have taught us not to dance wow is that each one is different,” Zo- 3. Stand up during the grand entry. Un- or sing with negative karma,” he said. tigh said. “There is no standardization. less you are physically unable to stand, “That karma will expand and affect oth- Do as the host committee directs you to you are expected to show respect for the ers.” do. It may be against what you’ve been dancers and rise as they enter the arena. taught, but if you’re a visitor, do what 7. Do not bring alcohol, drugs or firearms they want.” 4. The seats nearest the dancing circle are to a pow wow. An exception is tobacco As younger participants join pow hony t reserved for singers, dancers and drum- used for blessings or as gifts. Smoking is wows, some of the old rules are changing. n mers. If you’re a spectator, do not sit here. considered disrespectful, Zotigh said. “The old rules are being redefined each A “A first-time visitor looks for the best year,” he said. “Things are changing, so be seats possible,” said Dennis Zotigh, cul- 8. Follow protocol and common sense flexible with it.” 0 Leonard

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Like a Big Hug boys, so they could earn the right to wear We didn’t just go to reservations and dis- their eagle feathers and plumes. By the appear. We are alive, well and thriving in From Grandma third year, people were calling about it.” America.” The pow wow’s growth had its challeng- At the 2013 Denver March Powwow, Denver March Powwow es, particularly when it came to maintain- more than 1,000 registered dancers rep- celebrates 40 years ing traditions. “The hardest part about resented 95 tribes from 35 U.S. states and organizing the pow wow is keeping it the five Canadian provinces, and the grand by heather steinberger same,” explained Gillette, who has served entry comprised more than 1,500 dancers. as its executive director since 1991 and Overall attendance was more than 50,000, rom March 21 to 23, members of was involved as a committee co-chair and with spectators hailing from 49 states and nearly 100 nations from more than volunteer prior to that. “Every year we get 25 countries. Last year, an impressive 38 30 states will gather at the Denver bombarded with requests and new ideas. drum groups registered. An interesting FColiseum in Colorado’s capital city for But we’ve seen other events get too com- footnote: 10 years ago, the Denver March the annual Denver March Powwow. This mercialized; they lose their initial intent. Powwow set an international record with year, the dancers, drum groups, artists and “This is the closest thing to a traditional a whopping 73 registered drum groups. spectators will do more than kick off a pow wow in an urban setting,” she said. Since the pow wow’s mission is to pre- new pow wow season, however. They also “That makes it unique.” serve and protect the traditional perform- will celebrate the 40th anniversary of an The Denver March Powwow also has ing arts of American Indian people, the event that has grown from modest begin- dance competition and music festival un- nings to become a major draw throughout derstandably attracts significant attention. Indian country. Yet Gillette is quick to mention that the According to Grace B. Gillette, the event also incorporates an arts and crafts Denver March Powwow’s executive di- show with more than 185 booths. It is, she rector, the event’s roots lie in the 1950s said, one of the largest Indian markets in Urban Indian Relocation Program. This the country. U.S. government encouraged those who Will there be anything special for the were living on reservations to move to 40th anniversary? “We maintain tradi- seven major urban areas around the nations, so there’s nothing different,” Gillette tion—and between 1950 and 1980, hun- said. “However, we are trying to reach all dreds of thousands did exactly that. “The 95 tribes were represented in 2013. the women who have been Denver March relocation program gave Denver its core Powwow Princesses. They’re our ambassa- base of Indians,” Gillette told ICTMN. made a concerted effort to focus on ca- dors, so we’d like to recognize them.” The not-for-profit Denver Indian Cen- maraderie over competition. In fact, Gil- Serving as head judges this year are ter was created to support young urban lette pointed out that the prize money for Clair Fox and Billy Komahcheet. Fox, Indians and their families through pro- adults is less than what teens win at other Arikara, Lakota Sioux and Chippewa grams that focused on self-determination, events. “The prize money other groups Cree from White Shield, North Dako- cultural identity and education. In the offer ensures that the competitiveness will ta, is a lifelong grass dancer and singer. early 1970s, the center started its Youth outweigh the camaraderie,” she said. “For In the Denver Coliseum’s lower-foyer, Enrichment Program. “The young people us, the money is not that important. Our attendees will find Northern Chey- wanted to learn to dance, to sing,” Gillette major goal remains providing an event for enne storyteller Phillip Whiteman said. “This really was a reaction to assimi- Indian children… a place to go, an oppor- Jr. and Apsaalooke storyteller Chris- lation. The center began offering classes tunity to see they’re not alone. We want to tian Takes Gun Parrish, aka Supaman. so they could learn to dance and to make give them a sense of pride and confidence Also on hand will be the 2013 Denver their own clothes.” in who they are. March Powwow Princess, Miss Symone The young people would host fashion- “Once, a reporter asked a participant Rheanne Paskemin. Finally, Lawrence show fundraisers so they could attend what the pow wow was like,” she con- Baker, grandson of the Denver March pow wows on the reservations during tinued. “The dancer responded that the Powwow’s first announcer, will serve as the summer months. There was so much feeling was like getting a big hug from a master of ceremonies. 0 interest from Denver’s children, Gillette favorite grandma. That’s what makes the said, that the center decided to develop Denver Powwow special.” The 2014 Denver March Powwow runs the Youth Enrichment Powwow. That Pow wow organizers also have their from March 21 to 23. Admission is $7 per way, the young people could participate sights set on the non-Native people who day, or $20 for a three-day pass. Children ourtesy DMPW ourtesy in a pow wow close to home. “They chose will be in the crowd of 50,000-plus spec- aged 6 and under are free, and those aged C March because it was spring break, and tators during the three-day event. “Our 60 and over will pay $3 per day or $9 for families could come,” she said. “They’d other goal is to educate as many people as a three-day pass. For more information, have naming ceremonies for girls and possible,” Gillette said. “We are not gone. visit Denver MarchPowwow.org. Grace/ Miss

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The Circle of Life “HAAAA!” American sport,” says museum commu- Davis and the other dancers were nications manager Debra Krol, Xolon/ It takes more than a lot judged on precision, timing, creativ- Salinan. “The rules are simple, the danc- of hoops to win become ity and showmanship. With a score of ers accessible, and you get to see a lot of 234 points out of 250, Davis came in different Native cultures represented.” world champion 14 points ahead of second-place fin- Arizonan Brian Hammill, HoC- isher Tony Duncan, who claimed the hunk, of Phoenix, won the Senior ast year, Derrick Suwaima Davis, title back in 2011. Lane Jensen came in Division,and Talon Duncan, Apache/ Hopi and Choctaw from Hote- third and Nakotah LaRance was a close Arikara/Hidatsa/Mandan, took top villa, Arizona, won Teen honors. Jaron Yazzie theL Heard Museum’s World hooped his way to the win- Championship in hoop ner’s circle in the Youth Di- dancing. And this year, for vision. the seventh year in a row, The two-day event fea- Davis was named the World tured 64 competitors from Champion Hoop Dancer at across North America, and the 24th annual contest at a crowd of several thousand the museum’s Scott Libby got to enjoy the color, pag- Amphitheater in Phoenix, eantry and athleticism of it Arizona. In addition to all. “I’ve been dancing hoops the accolades, he also got a since age 5 when my dad $3,500 cash award. taught me and all my broth- Using just five hoops, ers,” Duncan says. “Hoop Davis moved each hoop dancing has always been in from the ground to his foot, our family and I prefer it to around his body and far any other sport.” above his head in precise, Performers have used up rhythmic movements. At to 50 hoops in previous one point, he created a circle Davis won his seventh world hoop dance title in February contests, but the number of with four of the hoops and hoops is only one factor the jumped over it to applause. He ended fourth. Three-time world champion judges consider. “No matter how many the dance in the center of the arena, Dallas Arcand, Cree, from Calgary, you bring into the competition, you after jump-roping with one hoop and Alberta, finished fifth. have to use them all,” says Krol. “It’s not spinning several times before letting “This event is a way to get up close so much the number of hoops, but what out what sounded like a celebratory and personal with a truly unique Native you do with them.” 0

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elcome to Know Your Pow “Hocha!”: The equivalent of hyping the c Wow Lingo 101. Whether crowd, Hocha! is most often bellowed you grew up on the pow by the MC or a drummer to get pow t Produ h g wowW trail, been to one or two in your wow attendees excited about the danc- i lifetime or have never experienced the ers, a song or the like. Drop it like it’s Hocha! zard L pulse and pageantry of one of these joy- i /L ous gatherings, these five terms will help 49: The after-party. Commonly the lo- Oodles of Indians will end a jest with m you navigate the world of pow wowing. cation of the 49 isn’t known until the an “Aaaaaye,” so if you weren’t there that day of the shindig so as not to tip off the day when Uncle Walt did that thing Snag: To search for a date. Snag is a authorities (or Mom and Dad). that wassooofunny, his “aaaaaye” will noun and verb: “She’s my snag” or “I’m let you know that it’s time to appear going snaggin’.” “Aaaaaye”: This is your cue to laugh. amused. 0 Courtesy Heard Museu Courtesy

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Staying connected They traveled from as far as 100 miles for generations by horseback to dance, to sing, to remember the old ways and bring them into through dance a new time. Nations at the first Ponca dance included the Omaha, Ponca, Kaw, by rodney harwood Osage, Pawnee and Otoe-Missouria. The men’s warrior dances (helushka) were hen people dance, they stay showcased in the early Ponca Powwows connected: One earth, one as well. mother, moving to the heart- Despite the forced changes all around Wbeat of the drum. them, these events inspired cultural and It is said that the word “pow wow,” personal pride in American Indians. It comes from an Algonquian word pau allowed the tribes, families and indi- wau, meaning, “he dreams.” viduals to come together for feasting, to Great Omaha Pow-Wow dance, circa. 1891 The people have kept the dream alive hear their languages spoken, to sing and since creation. There is no exact record, dance. The people upheld tribal customs moves his foot forward, tapping it twice. but the pow wow is thought to have with dignity and honor. As his foot presses forward, the first tap is begun with the Pawnee Nation as a reli- The American flag took on new mean- lighter as he shifts his weight forward on gious ceremony filled with personal and ing at these gatherings. Ancient warrior the second step. It is said that the motion religious significance. society protocol began to reemerge to honors the animals with the imitation of It is said that the modern day pow honor the modern-day warriors. Service- their stride: two human motions per leg wow evolved from the Grass Dance Soci- men and veterans danced in a traditional give honor to the four-leggeds. eties that formed during the early 1800s. way. Even today, should an eagle feath- The men’s traditional dancers are the With the coming of the reservation sys- er fall from a dancer’s regalia during a protectors and preservers of the tra- tem, the people were forced to adapt it dance, only a veteran may retrieve it and ditional ways, with their double-eagle without sacrificing meaning. There was take to its rightful owner. feather bustles and their high-kicking a time when tribal customs and religious Since the beginning, it was passed steps. Each man tells a particular story ceremonies were outlawed by the gov- down from generation to generation that through his motions. As they dance, the ernment, but the grass dance was one of men did most of the dancing. But over steps taught to them by their fathers or the few celebrations allowed. It became a time, women have taken their place in grandfathers are deliberate, telling the way to maintain tribal customs that were the sacred circle. story of the hunt or an act of courage. slowly vanishing. The dance steps are ancient and time- Done properly, the audience can inter- Many of the Plains tribes formed alli- less. Some imitate an animal’s gait and pret and follow along with the move- ances. The songs, dances and ceremonies behavior. Others, like the grass dance, ment of each storyteller. by each nation were exchanged, laying mimic the wind blowing through the The dance regalia is personal. Danc- ss the groundwork for the “inter-tribal pow buffalo grass so prevalent on the plains. ers might wear eagle feathers, a roach, a

wow.” Each step has purpose. Each step honors breastplate or maybe carry a fan. They f Congre What began as a ceremony giving the Creator’s work. might also include a single back bustle O rary rary

thanks for a successful hunt or harvest, There are several styles of dance used with cloth trailers. b i L or preparation for upcoming battle or in competition: men’s and women’s The men’s grass dancers wear long, col- y reenactment of a brave deed, moved for- traditional; men’s fancy dance and orful fringes to honor the open prairies s ward with the same sense of cultural and women’s fancy shawl, the grass dance the buffalo hunters lived upon. Strands Courte personal pride. Onetime enemies or cul- (men only), and the jingle dress dance of yarn or ribbon, hanging from their tures not known to one another began to (women only). arms and waist represent grass in the come together as one. As with prayer, there is no one way to spirit world. Their graceful steps flow like At least 67 tribes have been historically honor the Creator. There is no one way the rippling prairie grasses. Montana/ City, associated with the modern-day state of to dance in the traditional manner. Tribal Some call the men’s southern tradi- s ./Mile

Oklahoma. It is said that the first inter- affiliation, personal preference and spiri- tional dancers the “southern straight s tribal pow wow in Oklahoma was the tual values come out through the steps of dancers.” They wear cotton, broadcloth Ponca Powwow in northern Indian Ter- each individual dancer. or buckskin pants, a shirt and a breast- ritory around 1879. The tribes united. In the men’s traditional, the dancer plate of bones. They also include a roach Wiley Bro

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headdress of porcupine hair and deer-tail with bead- or quill-work. Dancers might have used would include bird bones or hair. include shells, teeth or antler decora- deer hooves. As time went on, bullet It is not uncommon for a pow wow tions. The colors are subtle, more intoned cartridges or metal lids of Copenhagen MC to introduce a fancy dancer as Mr. with Father Sky or Mother Earth. tobacco cans were used. Electric because of the tremendous en- The southern traditional dancer’s step Personal presentation is important. ergy it takes for this particular style. The is a slow, graceful walk to the sound of The steps are slow, intricate, with con- fancy dance is a post-World War II ad- the drum. The motion of the shawl trolled footwork that mirrors the origi- dition, combining traditional with Wild nal style of the dance. West Show characteristics to both enter- Like the display of perpetual motion tain and express the raw energy of the put on by Mr. Electric, young women youth of today. Their regalia is brilliantly Each step has purpose. have proven they can step it up with the colored with double bustles on the back. best of them. The women’s fancy shawl is They have small bustles on the arms. The Each step honors the a dance of constant whirl of beauty and spinning, twirling driving energy of the grace. It is one of endurance and agility as dancer is contagious to those who sing Creator’s work. well as showmanship. and drum, as well as the audience. The dance features a fast pace and the In the old days, the pow wow was distinctive brightly colored shawl. The tribal-specific and no women were al- should be in harmony with the motion regalia utilizes designs of the past, as well lowed to actively participate. With the of the body and with the drumbeat. The as new materials like sequins, ribbon, changing times and the shared heritage, southern dancers wear cloth, ribbons, and fabric, giving each dancer a personal women took their respected place in the beads and silver-work in their various identity. sacred circle. styles of attire. The modern-day pow wow is a connec- Women’s Traditional involves a slow- It is said that the jingle dance is a gift tion to a time when the only footprints moving or non-moving bouncing step, from the Creator to the Ojibway for a on the land were made by moccasins. It rhythmically swaying to the beat of the healing ceremony. The dress features tiers is a time-honored tribute to ancient cer- drum. Their dresses are made of buck- of seven rows of jingle cones. Original emony, carrying the past into the future skin, wool or other material decorated noise-making materials dancers might for generations to come. 0 ss O f Congre y L i b rary s Montana/Courte s ./Mile City, Wiley Bro 24 Indian Country Today

Dancing for ing called categories, we just all danced,” At a pow wow in Mankato, Min- Plass said. Then at night, we would wait nesota, Northrop remembered when a All the Right around until they would put a blanket young man came into the circle in a heavy, over the drum. My dad would call out, green, woolen blanket. “He went out and Reasons ‘Where are the kids? He would count danced with that and he danced really noses and give us each three to five bucks.” good. It was something to see,” Northrop From traditional to Dakota Vietnam War veteran Myron recalls. “My mom said, ‘That is how it’s commercialized doings, Williams said that when he was young, done.’ She was looking at him and say- the dancing was much less organized. ing he was really enjoying himself, and times have changed on “Back in ’92 and ’94, people would he didn’t have the big eagle bustle or the the pow wow circuit bring a lot of food,” Williams said. “Sing- bead-work, just the blanket. That’s what ers would come and go, dancers would it’s about. Just being with the people,” by christina rose come and go, families would honor their Northrop said. families and have giveaways. It could have “When I danced it was for a reason,” ow wows just aren’t what they used gone on for months.” Plass said. “There was no category or to be, according to a handful of el- Remembering a time when people trav- points.” ders across the Plains states. There eled a great distance simply to see their Plass recalled a time when a woman wasP a time, not too long ago, when a pow relatives, Pat Northrop, Dakota, said the came and sat next to him in the stands. wow was not about contests or fancy re- purpose of the pow wow was much dif- “‘Hey, I heard you used to dance,’ she galia, but was simply a gathering of family ferent. “Families were close. Maybe you said. I told her, yes, I used to dance, and and friends, with homemade food, give- didn’t see your uncle all year and then he she asked me, ‘fancy or traditional?’ I said, aways and unnamed dances. showed up and they shared whatever they no, I just danced. The attire is beautiful. Commercial is the word most often The craft work is great, phenomenal, used to describe today’s pow wows, as but it’s almost like a business. I have opposed to traditional, as they were seen people who make their kids dance called on Pine Ridge, South Dakota. and I was always taught if a young one In the 1960s, Lydia Bear Killer, Oglala cries and says they don’t want to dance, Lakota Tribal Council member, re- you don’t push them into it. members going with her grandmother. “If I want to dance today,” Plass said, “There were no contests, no categories, taking a breath, “I have been stopped at no concession stands.” Bear Killer said, the door because I don’t have a number, remembering that most people spoke so the mindset is different.” Lakota, and the children listened to the Most feel that the lack of job oppor- stories told by their grandparents. “The tunities on the reservation brought in grandmothers talked about medicines the contests and prize money, bringing they made. I used to see a root she had; Richie Plass and his father, James, in 1955. people in from two and three states it looked like a little human and I was away. Wilma Thin Elk, an Oglala elder scared on that,” she laughed. “It was bit- had,” Northrop said. “When you were all in Pine Ridge, said this about the prize terroot.” together you planned something special, money and craft industries: “Nowadays, Families camped there and ate to- a naming ceremony, honoring the person because of the hardship, people have to gether, Bear Killer said, adding, “All the who got their name. They wanted there find a way to make ends meet. Some have tiospaye [extended family] were together. to be some reverence. Now it’s overdone.” big families and they have to make a liv- It was time to visit.” From Bear Killer’s Even the Grand Entry is not tradition- ing.” perspective, pow wows are no longer the al, Northrop said. “Buffalo Bill brought Thin Elk is often seen at local pow relaxing events of times gone by. “Today that about, and rodeos. When he recruit- wows and fairs selling the crafts she makes it’s really fast. It’s more stress than relax- ed all the Natives to be in his troop, he at home. “The few dollars I make, if I ing,” she said. had the Grand Entry to show them off. make any, pays for my phone or electric. Richie Plass, founder of the Bitter- So that is what we have adopted—Buffalo But for the dancers, it’s like going to the sweet Winds Mascot Exhibit and Life- Bill.” casino. They travel and have to pay their time Achievement Award winner of the With so many contest pow wows these lodging, food, gas and meals to get there. 2013 Indian Summer Music Awards, re- days, Northrop misses the pow wow’s Some of the dancers may be top-notch, members being “a little fella” back when original intention. “Why create a feeling and they still don’t win. It’s like going to a pow wows were called “Doings” on the ichie Plass of competition? Not everybody dances casino with $100.” R Menominee Reservation. “We would the same. They dance how they feel,” she Some of the more aesthetic aspects don our attire and we would do all these said. “How do you judge something like of the pow wow have changed as well. different kinds of dances. There was noth- that? It’s beyond me.” When Bear Killer was a little girl, she said, courtesy

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“There was a lot of buckskin and those dance in one spot. their stories and that is getting kind of [cowry] shells. I most of all remember Northrop recalls regalia was handmade missed now.” the mazaska, the old coins, on traditional and often given as an honor. “Maybe aun- Williams also recalls more traditional ladies’ dresses. And then I saw a lot of the tie made a dress for a young girl. Every- times. “I would listen to my grandfather. grandmas using military casings; some thing didn’t all match, but the girl was I go back to those days when we enjoyed hung it on their belts with their bone honored and was proud. Now, that pride ourselves. We were just the common knives.” has gone, and they sew things on to get people, no titles, no positions. We were Eagle feathers are new to South Dako- the money. Even the little ones hurry up surviving, we didn’t know we were poor, ta’s pow wows. “When I was a senior in and get on line to get their pay,” Northrop we had a roof over our head, we had food high school, these guys from Oklahoma said. and clothes. But today, everybody wants came up with eagle bustles,” Williams For Plass, the very definition of a pow to be empowered and they go to extremes said. “We never had that in South Da- wow is a gathering of family and friends to find that empowerment. They have to kota, and then in the Eighties some guy to celebrate, tell stories, eat food, meet be better dancer, singer, better medicine started making bustles, and then all of a new friends and carry on what they were man. It’s become a contest.” sudden, the women were wearing eagle taught. “I am not saying one is right Williams laughed ironically. “For some plumes. If you look at the books, I don’t or one is wrong, but that’s the way it is. reservations, the pow was a ceremony think I have seen a woman with an eagle When I watch the dancers, I see them and a spiritual part of life. Now we have plume yet.” spinning, jumping, turning, and they pow wow medicine men who know ev- Williams marveled at today’s beaded aren’t even in rhythm with the beat,” Plass erything about everything. It’s kind of feathers and moccasins. “My sister asked said. “I will watch a dancer and wonder if comical. I have to keep from busting from me to carry her bag with her beaded dress they are doing it for the same reason we laughing. They now have so many rules and holy shit, this thing is heavy! How did. I wonder what his story is. I wonder about a feather and about the drum, I the heck you wear this thing?” Laughing, what that means, why did they turn that wonder how they get into the arena with Williams wondered if that’s why the girls way. Men and women dancing are telling all the rules...” 0 courtesy R ichie Plass courtesy

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14th Annual Nisqually Brigham Young High School [email protected] Wellbriety Pow Wow University Cedartree Social Pow Wow NatchezPowWow.com 3/21/14 – 3/23/14 Memorial Competition 3/29/14 Pow Wow 42nd Annual University Nisqually Youth and Westwood High School 945 of South Dakota Wacipi Community Center 1937 Lashi 3/28/14 – 3/29/14 West Rio Salado Parkway St. Northeast Wilkinson Student Center Mesa, AZ 3/29/14 – 3/30/14 Olympia, WA Ballroom 480-472-4497 Dakota Dome Nisqually-NSN.gov Provo, UT [email protected] North Dakota St. 801-422-3065 MPSAZ.org/westwood/ Vermillion, SD 605-677-5331 40th Annual Denver [email protected] or activities/clubs/native March Pow Wow [email protected] [email protected] or 17th Annual South [email protected] 3/21/14 – 3/23/14 multicultural.BYU.edu/content/ sites.USD.edu/tiospaye Denver Coliseum 4600 byu-cedartree-memorial- Central Foundation Gathering Humboldt St. competition-pow-wow 27th Annual Mole Lake’s Denver, CO 3/29/14 Youth TRAILS Pow Wow 303-934-8045 49th Annual Florida Dena’ina Civic Convention 3/29/14 – 3/30/14 denvermarchpowwow@comcast. Indian Hobbyist Center 555 West 5th St. Mole Lake Casino Lodge 3084 net Association’s Pow Wow Anchorage, AK Highway 55 DenverMarchPowWow.org and Family Gathering 907-729-4953 Crandon, WI 3/28/14 – 3/30/14 [email protected] Coeur d’Alene Casino 715-478-7519 or 715-622-0212 Savannas Recreation Center SouthCentralFoundation.com or 715-478-7616 Anniversary Pow Wow 1400 East Midway Road [email protected] 3/22/14 Fort Pierce, FL 27th Annual Carolina Coeur d’Alene Casino Event Indian Circle Pow Wow Facebook.com/ 722-464-7855 events/1455147438041465?_ft_ Center 7914 South Nukwalqw [email protected] 3/29/14 Worley, ID FIHA.info UNC Chapel Hill Campus University of Redlands 800-523-2464 Chapel Hill, NC Pow Wow 4th Annual Ida’ina 919-843-4189 [email protected] 3/29/14 – 3/30/14 Gathering CDACasino.com [email protected] University of Redlands 3/28/14 – 3/30/14 americanindiancenter. 40th Northland College 1200 E. Colton Ave. Dena’ina Civic & Convention UNC.edu/powwow Spring Pow Wow Redlands, CA Center 909-748-8878 3/22/14 22nd Annual East 600 W. Seventh Ave. [email protected] Kendrigan Gym Anchorage, AK Carolina Native American 1411 Ellis Ave. Organization’s Pow Wow Facebook.com/ 907-646-3115 events/1410831759159460 Ashland, WI [email protected] 3/29/14 715-682-1344 www.tebughnafoundation.com East Carolina University University of Nevada [email protected] Greenville, NC Reno Social Pow Wow Miss Junior Miss & Little Northland.edu 252-328-5390 3/30/14 Miss Indian Oklahoma [email protected] Joe Crowley Student Union 25th Central Michigan City Honor Dance Facebook.com/ University Celebrating 1664 North Virginia St. 3/29/14 events/776551479039997 Life Contest Pow Wow Reno, NV Shawnee Expo Center 775-682-6499 3/22/14 – 3/23/14 6th Annual Augsburg 1700 West Independence [email protected] Central Michigan University Shawnee, OK College’s Traditional Pow Wow UNR.edu/cultural- Event Center-McGuirk Arena 405-632-5227 diversity/events Bovee UC 110 [email protected] 3/29/14 Mount Pleasant, MI MissIndianOKC.org Si Melby Gymnasium 39th Annual Northwest 989-774-2508 715 23rd Ave. South Indian Youth Conference [email protected] Red River Intertribal Minneapolis, MN 3/31/14 – 4/4/14 CMich.edu/powwow Club Benefit Pow Wow 612-330-1144 CenterPlace Event Center 3/29/14 [email protected] 10th Annual American 2426 N. Discovery Place National Guard Armory 3701 Facebook.com/AISAPage Spokane Valley, WA Indian Disability Summit Armory Road 509-458-6569 26th Natchez Pow Wow 3/27/14 – 3/28/14 Wichita Falls, TX [email protected] Phoenix Airport Marriott 950-782-7747 3/29/14 – 3/30/14 SpokaneTribe.com/userfiles/ Phoenix, AZ redriverintertribalclub@yahoo. Grand Village of Natchez file/NWIYC%202014%20 602-264-6768 x 2206 com Indians, 400 Jefferson Davis Information.pdf [email protected] RedRiverIntertribal.org Blvd. AmericanIndianDisability Natchez, MS Cherokee of Georgia Summit.wordpress.com 11th Annual Westwood 601-442-0200 Spring Pow Wow

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4/3/14 – 4/5/14 [email protected] 4/5/14 24th Annual Washington Cherokee of Georgia Tribal CatawbaPowWow.com University of Minnesota-Morris, University in St. Grounds, 110 Cherokee Way 600 East 4th St. Louis Pow Wow Fort McDowell St. George, GA Morris, MN Casino Pow Wow 4/5/14 904-446-7223 952-992-9813 Washington University St. Louis [email protected] 4/4/14 – 4/6/14 [email protected] Field House CherokeeofGeorgia.us Fort McDowell Casino studentorgs.morris.UMN. 330 North Big Bend Blvd. Fort McDowell, AZ 46th Annual Montana edu/cnia/powwow.htm St. Louis, MO 480-789-4773 314-935-4510 State University [email protected] Chemawa Spring Billings Pow Wow [email protected] FortMcDowellCasino. Pow Wow buder.WUStL.edu 4/4/14 – 4/5/14 com/pow_wow.php 4/5/14 Montana State University- Chemawa Indian School 3700 7th Annual Benefit Billings, Alterowitz Gym 1500 Creighton University Pow Wow All Nations Pow Wow Chemawa Road NE University Drive Salem, OR 4/5/14 Billings, MT 4/5/14 503-399-5721, x225 V. Sue Cleveland High School Creighton University Kiewit 406-657-2144 [email protected] 4800 Laban Road Northeast Fitness Center 2500 California [email protected] chemawa.BIE.edu Rio Rancho, NM MSUBillings.edu/ Plaza 505-896-0667, ext. 127 americanindian/powwow/htm Omaha, NE 8th Annual Oklahoma federal-bilingual-and- 402-280-2459 City University’s Spring native-americ.RRPS.net 5th Annual Catawba [email protected] Contest Pow Wow Pow Wow calendar.Creighton.edu/ 4/5/14 Humboldt University 4/4/14 – 4/6/14 event?id=41631 Freede Wellness Center Big Time Pow Wow Winthrop Coliseum NW 27th Florida Ave. 4/5/14 1162 Eden Terrace 30th Annual Circle of Nations Indigenous Oklahoma City, OK Humboldt University Rock Hill, SC 405-512-9958 Arcata, CA 803-328-2427 ext 230 Association Pow Wow [email protected] 707-826-3364

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[email protected] groups/80588568624/ Facebook.com/ events/1431004233796033 Louisiana State University Native 43rd Annual San Diego American Student State University Iipay Organization Spring Mateyum Pow Wow Pow Wow 4/5/14 4/5/14 San Diego State University Louisiana State University 1897 Aztec Walk Parade Grounds San Diego, CA Baton Rouge, LA [email protected] 2nd Annual Dobson High Facebook.com/ School’s Social Pow Wow events/1381653948770334 4/5/14 Dobson High School Football Honoring the Field, 1501 West Guadalupe Elements Pow Wow Road & Drum Contest Mesa, AZ 4/5/14 480-334-5458 Pomona College [email protected] 295 East First St. Claremont, CA University of Science 909-706-5948 and Arts Oklahoma [email protected] Intertribal Heritage Facebook.com/ Club Spring Pow Wow events/226650374183216/ 4/5/14 University of Science and Arts Chattanooga Pow Oklahoma Wow on the River 1727 West Alabama Ave. 4/5/14 – 4/6/14 Chickasha, OK First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Reggie White Blvd. North Carolina State Chattanooga, TN University Pow Wow 423-240-7270 4/5/14 [email protected] North Carolina State University NAServices.org 2611 Cates Ave. Raleigh, NC Big Spring Pow Wow 919-513-3480 4/5/14 – 4/6/14 [email protected] Dorothy Garrett Coliseum 1001 sites.Google.com/a/ncsu. Birdwell Lane edu/ncsupowwow/home Big Spring, TX Facebook.com/BigSpringPowWow Rio Rancho Pow Wow 4/5/14 42nd Annual Dance for Rio Rancho High School 301 Mother Earth Pow Wow Loma Colorado Blvd. 4/5/14 – 4/6/14 Rio Rancho, NM Eastern Michigan University Facebook.com/ Convocation Center 799 North RioRanchoPowwow Hewitt Road Ypsilanti, MI Anadasgisi 989-400-3255 or 269-568-4221 4/5/14 [email protected] University of Tennessee- powwow.UMich.edu Knoxville 1331 Circle Park Drive New Faces of an Knoxville, TN Ancient People 931-302-3699 or 828-734-5727 Traditional Pow Wow [email protected], shicks17@ 4/5/14 – 4/6/14 utk.edu Mount Nittany Middle School https://www.facebook.com/ 656 Brandywine Drive

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College Township, PA San Juan County Fairgrounds Annual Celilo Wy- Cultural Festival [email protected] Farmington, NM Am Salmon Feast 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 powwow.PSU.edu 505-566-3321 and Pow Wow Chehaw Park [email protected] Albany, GA University of 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 SanJuanCollege.edu/ 229-430-5275 Wisconsin-Madison 206 Celilo-Wasco Highway pages/4162.asp Celilo Falls, OR Spring Pow Wow Chehaw.org/events-native- 541-980-8380 american-festival.html 4/5/14 – 4/6/14 39th Annual Montana State University YakamaNation-NSN. University of Wisconsin gov/events.php Southwestern Madison, WI American Indian University Native 608-265-3420 Council Pow Wow 31st Annual Lakota Traditions Pow Wow https://www.facebook. 4/11/14 – 4/12/14 Omniciye Wacipi 4/12/14 com/uwaisas Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 11th 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 Southwestern University 1001 Ave. and Grant East University Ave. 13th Annual Brown Black Hills State University Bozeman, MT Young Center Georgetown, TX University Spring 406-994-4880 1200 University St. 512-863-1342 Thaw Pow Wow [email protected] Spearfish, SD [email protected] 4/6/14 Montana.edu/wwwnas/ 605-642-6578 Pizzitola Sports Center club/powwow.html mary.mitchell@yellowjackets. 17th Annual University 235 Hope St. bhsu.edu of Wisconsin-Green Providence, RI Northeastern State Bay Pow Wow University Pow Wow BHSU.edu/Research/Centers/ 716-930-6068 AmericanIndianStudies/Events/ 4/12/14 [email protected] 4/11/14 – 4/12/14 tabid/576/Default.aspx University of Wisconsin- Facebook.com/pages/ Northeastern State University Green Bay Native-Americans-at-Brown- University Center Ballroom First Nations at the Kress Events Center NAB/335799555042 Tahlequah, OK University of Washington 2420 Nicolet Drive 918-444-4350 Spring Pow Wow Green Bay, WI San Juan College [email protected] 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 Contest Pow Wow Facebook.com/uwgbisc cts.NSUOK.edu/ HEC Edmundson Pavilion 4/11/14 – 4/12/14 NSUPowwow.aspx 3870 Montlake Blvd NE 21st Annual Saint Seattle, WA Cloud State University 208-818-6652 Pow Wow [email protected] 4/12/14 huskylink.Washington.edu/ St. Cloud State University organization/firstnations/ Halenbeck Hall calendar/details/340113 1000 Fourth Ave. South St. Cloud, MN University of North 320-308-4706 Dakota Indian [email protected] Association Wacipi StCloudState.edu/ 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 aic/calendar.asp University of North Dakota Hyslop Sports Center Pow Wow at Rocky Top Grand Forks, ND 4/12/14 701-777-4291 University of Tennessee UND.edu/orgs/ Humanities Amphitheater 1115 indian-association Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN Salt River Veterans 828-734-5727 Recognition Pow Wow [email protected] 4/11/14 – 4/13/14 Salt River Ball Field McDowell Native American and Longmore Road Heritage Festival Salt River, AZ 4/12/14 480-362-7740 Bisset Park [email protected] 23 Berkley Williams Drive SRPMIC-NSN.gov/ Radford, VA community/2014/ [email protected] 04/11/9045.asp VisitRadford.com/2014_Native_ American_Heritage_Festival.aspx Chehaw Native American 100th Annual

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University of Oklahoma Durham, NC Building 4/13/14 American Indian 930 Evashevski Drive District Seven Ball Park Student Association 22nd Annual Southern Iowa City, IA 8035 South 83rd Ave. Spring Pow Wow Oregon University’s 319-335-8298 Laveen, AZ Spring Pow Wow 4/12/14 [email protected] 520-430-4780 4/12/14 Lloyd Noble Center powwow.UIowa.edu Talihina Indian Festival 2900 South Jenkins Ave. McNeal Palivon 1250 Siskiyou Blvd. 36th Annual First Nations and Pow Wow Norman, OK University of Canada 4/13/14 405-325-1468 Ashland, OR 530-925-9521 Spring Celebration Talihina School Gymnasium [email protected] Talihina, OK OU.edu/aisa [email protected] 4/12/14 – 4/13/14 Brandt Center Evraz Place 918-567-2539 Native American 16th Annual Chumash Regina, Saskatchewan TalihinaCC.com/events/ Earth Festival Day Pow Wow and 306-790-5999 indian-festival-pow-wow Intertribal Gathering 4/12/14 [email protected] 12th Annual Southern Reed Canal Park 4/12/14 – 4/13/14 FNUniv.ca/pow-wow Miss Pow Wow Malibu Bluff s Park 2871 South Nova Road 4/17/14 – 4/19/14 24250 Pacifi c Coast Highway 22nd Annual Light the South Daytona, FL Payne Center. Corner of Malibu, CA Lodge Pow Wow 386-322-3075 Highway 49 and Hardy St. [email protected] 310-456-2489 4/13/14 Hattiesburg, MS SouthDaytona.org/eGov/ [email protected] University of Connecticut 601-466-0948 apps/events/calendar. MalibuCity.org Ratcliff e Hicks Arena [email protected] egov?view=detail;id=990 1376 Storrs Road 21st Anniversary MSHumanities.com/index. Storrs, CT Duke University University of Iowa php/event/12th_annual_ Pow Wow Pow Wow [email protected] southern_miss_powwow/ 4/12/14 4/12/14 – 4/13/14 5 Tribes Treaty of 46th Annual Kyi- Chapel Drive University of Iowa Recreation Peace Pow Wow Yo Pow Wow

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4/18/14 – 4/19/14 Davis Pow Wow Gathering of Nations Alabama.travel/upcoming-events/ Adams Center 4/19/14 4/24/14 – 4/26/14 united-cherokee-ani-yun-wiya- University of Montana University of California-Davis, University of New Mexico nation-american-indian- 32 Campus Drive Outdoor Quad 1 Shields Ave. Arena, “The Pit” pow-wow-and-festival Missoula, MT Albuquerque, NM Davis, CA Mobridge-Pollock School 406-243-2669 505-836-2810 (530) 752-7032 Spring Pow Wow [email protected] [email protected] GatheringOfNations.com Facebook.com/pages/Kyi-Yo- http://ccc.ucdavis.edu/ 4/25/14 – 4/27/14 19th Annual Enumclaw Pow-Wow/337255636055 powwow.html 1107 First Ave. East School District Pow Wow Mobridge, SD Rock Creek Pow Wow 15th Annual Tutxinmepu 4/25/14 605-845-9200 4/18/14 – 4/19/14 Pow Wow Enumclaw High School Gym [email protected] Rock Creek Longhouse 4/19/14 – 4/20/14 226 Semanski St. Mobridge-Pollock.k12.sd.us Rock Creek, WA Enumclaw, WA University of Idaho Musical Echoes Native 509-823-3564 360-802-7689 Moscow, ID American Flute YakamaNation-NSN. cathy_calvert@enumclaw. 208-885-4237 and Art Festival gov/events.php wednet.edu UIdaho.edu/ 4/25/14 – 4/27/14 14th Annual Red Eagle nativeamericancenter/ Sweetgrass Society Fort Walton Landing Lodge Intertribal tutxinmepupowwow Pow Wow 139 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE Pow Wow 4/25/14 – 4/26/14 Ft. Walton Beach, FL 4/18/14 – 4/20/14 21st Annual Seven Arrows Contest Pow Wow Montana State University 850-243-9807 3100 South Old Floral City Northern Gym [email protected] 4/19/14 – 4/20/14 Road Fort Cooper State Park Harve, MT MusicalEchoes.org Boise State University Inverness, FL 406-945-3637 352-419-5382 Jordan Ballroom Woodlands and High [email protected] 1600 University Drive Plains Pow Wow [email protected] MSUN.edu/stuorgs/ Boise, ID RedEagleLodge. sgs/powwow.aspx 4/26/14 org/?page_id=248 208-426-5950 Minnesota State University- mss.BoiseState.edu/pow-wow Spring Honor Dance and 28th Annual Pow Wow at Moorhead Pow Wow Celebration Arizona State University Art Under the Nemzek Fieldhouse 4/25/14 – 4/26/14 1711 Sixth Ave. South 4/18/14 – 4/20/14 Oaks Festival Minot State University Dome Moorhead, MN ASU Band Practice Field 4/19/14 – 4/20/14 400 11th Ave. NW 218-299-6806 6th St. and Rural Road Five Civilized Tribes Museum Minot, ND [email protected] Tempe, AZ 1101 Honor Heights Drive 701-858-3365 Facebook.com/pages/Woodlands- 480-965-5224 Muskogee, OK [email protected] and-High-Plains-Powwow- [email protected] 918-683-1702 Facebook.com/pages/ WHPP/126720620767390 powwow.ASU.edu [email protected] MSU-Native-American- American Indian Haliwa-Saponi Indian FiveTribes.org Cultural-Awareness- Pow Wow Tribe Pow Wow 44th Annual Idaho Club/176183315820239 4/26/14 4/18/14 – 4/20/14 State University 22nd Annual Ohlone Mount Trashmore Park Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School Spring Pow Wow “BIG TIME” Gathering 310 Edwin Drive Pow Wow Grounds 4/19/14 – 4/20/14 and Pow Wow Virginia Beach, VA 130 Haliwa-Saponi Trail ISU Reed Gymnasium 4/25/14 – 4/27/14 757-385-2990 Hollister, NC 936 Martin Luther King Drive, 252-586-4017 Tony Cerda Park [email protected] Building 45 400 West Grand Ave. VBGov.com/government/ [email protected] Pocatello, ID Haliwa-Saponi.com Pomona, CA departments/parks- (208) 282-4220 909-623-7889 recreation/special-events/ Sherman Indian High [email protected] [email protected] Pages/pow-wow.aspx School Pow Wow CostanoanRumsen.org 16th Annual Modesto 12th Annual Healthy 4/19/14 Junior College United Cherokee Pow Living Run/Walk Ira Hayes Football Stadium Intertribal Pow Wow Wow and Festival and Pow Wow 9010 Magnolia Ave. Riverside, CA 4/20/14 4/25/14 – 4/27/14 4/26/14 951-276-6326, ext. 120 Modesto Junior College, East National Guard Armory 3550 Ponca Tribal Gym [email protected] Quad 435 College Ave. Creek Path Road 1800 Syracuse Ave. sihs.BIE.edu/ Modesto, CA Guntersville, AL Norfolk, NE 209-575-6700 256-582-2333 402-438-9222 42nd Annual UC MJC.edu [email protected] [email protected]

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PoncaTribe-NE.org Lebanon, IN 225 Terrace Drive College Native 765-453-9025 Kent, OH American Student University of Nebraska- [email protected] or 805-713-5337 Association Pow Wow Omaha Wambli Sapa [email protected] [email protected] 5/2/14 – 5/4/14 Memorial Pow Wow AmericanIndianCouncil.com Facebook.com/nasa.kdu Sea View Gym 4/26/14 Redbud Trail Rendezvous 34th Annual Flagstaff 20000 68th Ave. West Sapp Fieldhouse Lynnwood, WA 4/26/14 – 4/27/14 High School Pow Wow University of Nebraska 425-640-1562 6001 Dodge St. Fulton County Historical 5/2/14 – 5/3/14 Society Grounds Flagstaff High School Gym 400 [email protected] Omaha, NE EDCC.edu/powwow 402-554-2248 Rochester, IN West Elm Ave. 574-223-4436 [email protected] Flagstaff, AZ Lumbee Tribe Dance FultonCountyHistory.org 928-773-8120 of the Spring Moon Annual Choctaw [email protected] Bison Blessing Pow Wow Spring Pow Wow Apache Pow Wow 4/26/14 – 4/27/14 8th Annual American 5/2/14 – 5/4/14 4/26/14 – 4/27/14 Wildlife Prairie State Park 3826 Indian Health Research Southeastern Agricultural Choctaw Apache Tribal North Taylor Road and Education Center Farmers Market Grounds Hanna City, IL Alliance Pow Wow 1027 US Highway 74 East Noble, LA 309-676-0998 5/2/14 – 5/3/14 Lumberton, NC 318-645-2588 WildlifePrairieStatePark. Johnson County Community 910-522-2217 [email protected] com/visit-todo-events. College, Gym Fieldhouse 12345 [email protected] Choctaw-Apache.org cfm?id=372&getdetails=yes College Blvd. doa.NC.gov/cia/calendar.aspx Overland Park, KS American Indian Council Native American Student Restoring Harmony 855-552-2424, ext. 1 Spring Pow Wow Association Pow Wow Pow Wow at Kent State University [email protected] 4/26/14 – 4/27/14 AIHREA.org 5/3/14 Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds 4/26/14 – 4/27/14 Tulsa Westside YMCA 1300 East 100 South Kent State University Commons Edmonds Community 5400 S. Olympia Ave.

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Tulsa, OK 30th Annual California 503-206-2886 33rd Annual Ben 918-382-2217 Indian Market and [email protected] or Calf Robe Traditional [email protected] World Peace Dance [email protected] Pow Wow TravelOK.com/listings/ 5/3/14 – 5/4/14 Facebook.com/uonasu 5/10/14 view.profile/id.19632 School Soccer Field 43rd Annual Stanford Commonwealth Community The Alameda 25th Annual University Pow Wow Recreation Centre San Juan Bautista, CA 11000 Stadium Road of Manitoba Traditional 831-623-4771 5/9/14 – 5/11/14 Edmonton, Alberta Graduation Pow Wow [email protected] Stanford University 780-944-2000 Stanford, CA 5/3/14 PeaceVision.net [email protected] 650-723-4078 Investors Group Athletic Centre Facebook.com/ 75 Sidney Smith St. 17th Annual Two [email protected] BenCalfRobeAnnual Winnipeg, Manitoba Nations Pow Wow powwow.Stanford.edu TraditionalPowWow 204-474-8850 5/3/14 – 5/4/14 Mount Airy Veterans Farmington Spring [email protected] Auburn Sportsmen Club Pow Wow UManitoba.ca/student/ 50 Elm St. Pow Wow 5/9/14 – 5/11/14 asc/events/traditional_ Auburn, MA 5/10/14 Veteran’s Memorial Park graduation_pow_wow. 508-523-1824 Farmington Indian Center 691 West Lebanon St. html#sthash.L5e8L3P3.dpbs AuburnsSportsmansClub.com Farmington, NM Mt. Airy, NC 505-327-6296 19th Annual Harvard Keepers of the Peace 336-749-0593 [email protected] University Pow Wow West Point Native TheVMF.org FMTN.org/indiancenter American Pow Wow 5/3/14 4th Annual Seminole Institute of American Radcliffe Admissions Quad 5/4/14 Okalee Indian Indian Arts Pow Wow Cambridge, MA Trophy Point Amphitheater Village Pow Wow 617-495-4923 West Point, NY 5/9/14 – 5/11/14 5/10/14 [email protected] WestPoint.edu/DEP/SitePages/ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and 83 Avan Nu Po Road hunap.Harvard.edu Forums/NAHF.aspx Casino Santa Fe, NM 505-424-2339 Portland State University 5716 Seminole Way [email protected] Naimuma Pow Wow 34th Annual Tuscarora Hollywood, FL Nation of North 954-797-5582 IAIA.edu/calendar/2013- 5/3/14 Carolina Pow Wow iaia-pow-wow Peter Stott Center 930 [email protected] Southwest Hall 5/9/14 – 5/10/14 SemTribe.com 20th Annual Native Tuscarora Nation Tribal Portland, OR 22nd Everett Community American Arts Grounds PDX.edu/events/naimuma- College Hibulb Festival and Mothers 288 Tuscarora Nation Road traditional-pow-wow-0?delta=0 Traditional Pow Wow Day Pow Wow Maxton, NC 5/10/14 – 5/11/14 American Indian 910-844-2036 5/10/14 Everett Community College Riverside Park Cancer Foundation [email protected] Grants Pass, OR Pow Wow for Hope TuscaroraNationNC.com Everett, WA 425-388-9281 541-531-6104 5/3/14 [email protected] Base Camp 201 Bloomington 39th Annual Edisto 46th Annual Comanche nativeartsfestival.WordPress.com Road Natchez-Kusso Pow Wow Little Ponies Pow Wow 9th Annual Noxen’s Minneapolis, MN 5/9/14 – 5/10/14 5/10/14 612-564-5060 Four Holes Indian Organization Comanche County Fairgrounds Mothers Day Pow Wow [email protected] Community Center 920 South Sheridan Road 5/10/14 – 5/11/14 PowWowforHope.org 1125 Ridge Road Lawton, OK Noxen Fire Company Grounds Ridgeville, SC 580-583-5279 3493 Stull Road 29th Annual University 843-871-2128 Noxen, PA of California-Los [email protected] EdistoNatchez-KussoTribe. Facebook.com/comanche.ponies 570-947-2097 Angeles Pow Wow com/38th-annual-natchez- [email protected] 5/3/14 – 5/4/14 kusso-powwow/ 21st Annual Spring University of California-Los Bear Pow Wow 25th Annual Cherokee Angeles North Athletic Field 47th Annual University 5/10/14 County Indian 220 West Plaza of Oregon Mothers 3333 Regis Blvd. Festival and Mothers Los Angeles, CA Day Pow Wow Denver, CO Day Pow Wow 310-206-7513 5/9/14 – 5/11/14 303-648-3414 5/10/14 – 5/11/14 [email protected] Matthew Knight Arena committee@springbearpowwow. Boling Park Facebook.com/ 1776 East 13th Ave. org 1200 Marietta Highway ms.uclapowwow1314 Eugene, OK SpringBearPowWow.org Canton, GA

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770-735-6275 N559 Liberty Road 484-941-1317 Birdsprings, AZ [email protected] Keshena, WI [email protected] 928-587-4852 RThunder.com 715-851-4748 Facebook.com/pages/ Ontelaunee- [email protected] [email protected] Powwow/ 154346537949911 Facebook.com/Annual. Chi-Tock-Non Kote-U-Pu BirdspringsGourdDance 5/10/14 – 5/11/14 Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow 5th Annual Susanville Mariposa County Fairgrounds 5/16/14 – 5/18/14 Indian Rancheria’s Stillwater Indian Mariposa, CA Chief Joseph Alcide Pierite Pow Memorial Pow Wow Education Pow Wow 209-742-2244 Wow Grounds 5/16/14 – 5/18/14 5/17/14 VisitMariposa.net/powwow 711 Paragon Place 195 Russell Ave. Highland Park Elementary Marksville, LA Susanville, CA Gymnasium Oakville Indian Mounds 800-946-1946 530-257-5449 400 South Drury St. TunicaPowWow.org Multicultural Indian Event [email protected] Stillwater, OK 5/16/14 – 5/17/14 22nd Annual Monacan SIR-PowWow.com 918-346-1571 Oakville Indian Mounds Pow Wow [email protected] Education Center 1219 County 29th In Honor of Our StillwaterSchools.com 5/16/14 – 5/18/14 Children Pow Wow Road 187 Route 130 West Danville, AL 5/17/14 United Native American Elon, VA Cultural Center 256.905.2494 434-946-0389 Kelso High School Gym 1904 [email protected] Allen St. 19th Annual Unity [email protected] Days Pow Wow OakvilleIndianMounds.com MonacanNation.com Kelso, WA Kelso.wednet.edu/Programs/ 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 25th Veterans of 7th Annual Ontelaunee IndianEducation/Powwow.aspx United Native American the Menominee Park Intertribal Pow Wow Cultural Center Nation Gathering of 5/16/14 – 5/18/14 5th Annual Honoring Our 29 Antietam St. Warriors Pow Wow Ontelaunee Park Warriors Gourd Dance Devens, MA 5/16/14 – 5/18/14 7344 Kings Highway Road 5/17/14 978-772-1306 Woodland Bowl New Tripoli, PA 580 South Navajo Route 6830 [email protected]

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UNACC.org Annual Grandmother 150th Anniversary Sand 970-563-0100 ext. 3624 or 970- Morning Dove Pow Wow Creek Anniversary New 779-8149 Honoring of the Elders 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 Beginnings Pow Wow [email protected] or Intertribal Pow wow 336 Nimble Hill Road 5/18/14 [email protected] 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 Newington, NH University of Denver 2199 S SouthernUte-NSN.gov Tamworth Camping Area 194 603-651-8769 University Blvd. 40th Annual De-Un- Depot Road Denver, CO nhinac.Weebly.com/annual- Da-Ga Pow Wow Tamworth, NH grandmother-morning- 720-935-6168 603-617-5852 dove-powwow.html [email protected] 5/23/14 – 5/26/14 [email protected] DU.edu/cme/powwow.html Custaloga Town Scout Eagle and Condor Reservation 21st Annual Drums on the Intertribal Pow Wow 33rd Annual University 7 Boy Scout Lane Pocomoke Pow Wow 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 of California- Carlton, PA 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 DeAnza Park Riverside Pow Wow 412-327-0372 Cypress Park Ontario, CA 5/23/14 – 5/24/14 [email protected] Pocomoke City, MD [email protected] University of California- Facebook.com/ groups/49877701793 302-381-3698 Facebook.com/EagleAnd Riverside Sports Complex 1000 CondorIntertribalPowwow [email protected] West Blaine St. Evergreen State College Riverside, CA AssateaguePeopleof Spring Pow Wow Tesoro Cultural Center 951-827-4143 DelMarva.org/ Indian Market and [email protected] 5/24/14 Contest Pow Wow Longhouse 13th Annual Big Sandy nasp.UCR.edu/events/Pages/ 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW Rancheria Pow Wow 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 UCR%20Pow%20Wow.aspx Tesoro Cultural Center 19192 Olympia, Washington and Gathering Highway 8 Leech Lake Memorial 360-867-5367 5/17/14 – 5/18/14 Morrison, CO Pow Wow [email protected] 37802 Jose Basin Road 303-433-7020 5/23/14 – 5/25/14 blogs.Evergreen.edu/powwow Auberry, CA [email protected] Leech Lake Veterans Grounds Spirit of the Children (559) 855-4003 ext 219 TesoroCulturalCenter. Cass Lake, MN E-mamawohkamatotan BigSandyRancheria.com org/Calendar.html 218-308-3120 or Intertribal Pow Wow 218-760-3127 Rod.Northbird@ 5/24/14 palacecasinohotel.com or Ecole Mission Central [email protected] Elementary LLOjibwe.com 7466 Welton St. Mission, British Columbia 6th Annual Spirit of 778-358-7913 the Wolf Pow Wow committee@e- and Annual Kiowa mamawohkamatotan.ca Gourd Dance Facebook.com/ 5/23/14 – 5/25/14 emamawohkamatotan.powwow Enitachopco Ceremonial Grounds 27th Annual Upper Ashland, AL Mattaponi Spring Festival and Pow Wow 13th Semi-Annual 5/24/14 – 5/25/14 Cherokees of Upper Mattaponi Tribal Alabama Pow Wow Grounds 5/23/14 – 5/25/14 13476 King William Road National Guard Armory King William, VA Highway 69 West 804-370-5249 or Arab, AL 804-360-7410 256-590-8109 [email protected] [email protected] UpperMattaponi.com Southern Ute Bear 5th Annual Native Dance Pow Wow Woodland Gathering 5/23/14 – 5/25/14 5/24/14 – 5/25/14 Sky Ute Fairgrounds Hall-Fawcett Park 200 East Highway 151 4595 CR 153 Ignacio, CO Zanesfield, OH

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937-441-1565 or 937-592-2412 Onamia, MN 11515 East US Highway 36 East Rock Summit loganhills.Homestead. 320-532-3632 Rockville, IN New Haven , CT com/gathering.html [email protected] 317-372-9457 203-215-1521 MNHS.org/millelacs [email protected] [email protected] 6th Annual Wolf Creek MNIGathering.com CTNAITUC.org Habitat’s Spring Native 9th Annual Taylorville American Gathering Blackhorse Pow Wow 24th Sycamore Shoals Drums Along the Hudson Native American Festival 5/24/14 – 5/25/14 5/30/14 – 6/1/14 Native American Festival Wolf Creek Habitat Christian County Fairgrounds 5/31/14 – 6/1/14 6/1/14 14099 Wolf Creek Road Taylorville, IL Sycamore Shoals State Histric Inwood Hill Park 218th St. & Brookville, IN 314-302-4095 Area Indian Road 513-312-9143 1651 West Elk Ave. [email protected] New York, NY Elizabethtown, TN [email protected] Freewebs.com/blackhorsepowow/ 212-627-1076, ext. 10 WolfCreekHabitat.org 423-543-5808 [email protected] Connecticut Native SycamoreShoalsTN.org Spring Planting DrumsAlongTheHudson.org American Inter-tribal Moon Pow Wow Worcester Intertribal Urban Pow Wow 28th Annual Red 5/24/14 – 5/25/14 Indian Center Pow Wow Earth Native American Marshfield Fairgrounds 5/31/14 – 6/1/14 5/31/14 – 6/1/14 140 Main St. East Rock Park Treasure Valley Boy Scout Cultural Festival Marshfield, MA New Haven, CT Reservation 6/5/14 – 6/7/14 617-642-1683 203-215-1521 394 Pleasantdale Road Remington Park [email protected] [email protected] Rutland, MA Oklahoma City, OK MCNAA.org CNAITUC.org 774-578-5385 405-427-5228 Wiiccenter.com/powwow.html 8th Annual Miami Indian [email protected] Memorial Day Pow Wow RedEarth.org 5/26/14 All Nations Gathering 4th Annual Founder’s Mille Lacs Indian Museum 5/31/14 – 6/1/14 Day Pow Wow Al-Anon Desert 43411 Oodena Drive Miami Indians of Indiana Land 5/31/14 – 6/1/14 Pow Wow

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6/5/14 – 6/8/14 Lakeshore Drive 32nd Annual Cedarville StewartIndianSchool.com Renaissance Esmeralda Resort Nett Lake, MN Band of Piscataway Indian Wells, CA 218-757-3261 Indians Pow Wow Prairie Band Potawatomi Pow Wow DesertPowWow.com [email protected] 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 BoisForte.com American Indian Cultural 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Miami Nation Tribal 158 Road & M Road Pow Wow Soap Lake Pow Wow Center 16816 Country Lane Mayetta, KS 6/6/14 – 6/7/14 6/6/14 – 6/8/14 Waldorf, MD 888-727-4946 ext. 7701 Ottawa Fairgrounds East Beach Park 240-640-7213 [email protected] Miami, OK Soap Lake, WA [email protected] PBPIndianTribe.com 918-542-1445 509-855-5085 PiscatawayIndians.org MiamiNation.com SoapLakePowWow.com Osage River Pow Wow 11th Annual National 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 46th Annual Pow Wow Occaneechi-Saponi Center for Great Lakes Tuscumbia Riverside Park Alabama-Coushatta Spring Pow Wow Native American Tuscumbia, MO Tribe of Texas 6/7/14 Culture Gathering of 573-369-2710 6/6/14 – 6/7/14 4902 Daily Store Road Great Lakes Nations [email protected] Alabama-Coushatta Reservation Burlington, NC OsageRiverPowWow.com Ballpark 571 State Park Road 56 336-421-1317 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 Tri-State Antique Gas Engine Livingston, TX [email protected] Heber Valley Pow Wow 936-563-1116 OBSN.org Association Grounds 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 1010 Morton St. [email protected] 2002 Olympic Drive Portland, IN Alabama-Coushatta.com 11th Annual Metis Soldier Hollow of Maine Gathering 765-426-3022 Midway, UT Gateway to Nations New and Pow Wow [email protected] 801-360-8960 York Native American 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 NCGLNAC.org HeberPW.com Heritage Celebration Yellow Feather Cultural Center Jim Thorpe Native Muddy River Pow Wow 6/6/14 – 6/8/14 105 Gould Road American Games Aviator Sports Complex Floyd Dayton, ME 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Bennett Field 3159 Flatbush 207-793-4801 6/8/14 – 6/14/14 Wild Rose Park Ave. MetisofMaine.org One Remington Place 28163 Willow Ave. Brooklyn, NY Oklahoma City, OK Farmington, IA 718-686-9297 33rd Annual Yuba- 405-208-9253 or 319-795-8802 or [email protected] Sutter Pow Wow 855-JTGAMES 319-208-4707 RedhawkCouncil.org 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 [email protected] [email protected] Beckwourth Riverfront Park JimThorpeGames.com Facebook.com/indianlakepark. Hon-Dah Casino Marysville, CA powwow?fref=ts Coushatta Pow Wow Social Dance and Pow 530-749-6196 Wow in the Pines [email protected] 6/13/14 – 6/14/14 15th Annual Intertribal 6/6/14 – 6/8/14 Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Gathering Hon-Dah Festival Grounds 777 22nd Annual Northside Coushatta Drive 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Highway 260 Aztlan Community Kinder, LA Fort Robinson State Park Pinetop, AZ Center Spring Pow Wow 337-584-1602 x1603 Crawford, NE 928-369-7623 or 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 [email protected] 308-430-4619 928-369-7559 Northside Aztlan Community CoushattaPowWow.com [email protected] [email protected] or Center 14th Annual Table Sac River/White [email protected] 112 Willow St. Mountain Rancheria River Bands of the Hon-Dah.com Fort Collins, CO 970-498-0290 Pow Wow Chickamauga Cherokee Tulalip Veterans [email protected] 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Nation Cultural Pow Wow FortNet.org/PowWow/ Table Mountain Pow Wow and Art Show 6/6/14 – 6/8/14 NCIPA_powwow.html Grounds 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Tulalip Resort 8184 Table Mountain Road Chickamauga Grounds 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd. Rogue Valley Friant, CA Bolivar, MO Tulalip, WA Veterans Pow Wow 559-822-2890 918-473-6677 360-716-4220 6/7/14 – 6/8/14 [email protected] [email protected] 8495 Crater Lake Highway Stewart Father’s NorthernCherokeeNation.com TulalipTribes-NSN.gov White City, OR Day Pow Wow 541-601-3627 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 2nd Annual Comanche Saa Gii Ba Gaa Pow Wow [email protected] Stewart Facility 5500 Snyder Boyz Fathers Day 6/6/14 – 6/8/14 Facebook.com/ Ave. Pow Wow Pow Wow Grounds 5344 roguevalleyveteranspowwow Carson City, NV 6/13/14 – 6/15/14

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287 Carrizo Canyon Road Colorado Springs, CO Mescalero, NM 719-964-2915 575-415-5467 [email protected] NMPWS.com/ calendar/june.html Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 29th Annual Sokaogon Potawatomi Pow Wow Chippewa Strawberry 6/19/14 – 6/22/14 Moon Pow Wow Pine Creek Reservation 6/13/14 – 6/15/14 Fulton, MI Mole Lake Pow Wow Grounds 269-729-5151 Mole Lake, WI NHBPI.com Tinker Intertribal 58th Annual Texas Indian Council Pow Wow Hobbyist Association 6/14/14 Summer Powwow Joe B. Barnes Regional Park 6/20/14 – 6/21/14 Midwest City, OK Bell County Expo Center 405-323-0268 Belton, TX [email protected] 972-255-6849 [email protected] University of Calgary Facebook.com/pages/Texas- Graduation Banquet Indian-Hobbyist-Association- Pow Wow TIHA/191395009943 6/14/14 University of Calgary Washunga Days Red & White Club Pow Wow Calgary, Alberta 6/20/14 – 6/21/14 UCalgary.ca/nativecentre/ Kaw Mission State Historic Site community/pow-wow Council Grove, KS 620-767-5413 Pow Wow by the Sea Wa s h u n g a .c o m 6/14/14 – 6/15/14 Pier Plaza Grand Celebration Seacoast Drive & Evergreen Pow Wow Imperial Beach, CA 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 619-423-6610 Grand Casino Hinckley Pow [email protected] or Wow Grounds [email protected] 777 Lady Luck Drive OneWorldBridge.org Hinckley, MN 320-384-4475 Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape [email protected] Indian Pow Wow GrandCasinoMN.com 6/14/14 – 6/15/14 Salem County Fairgrounds 17th Annual Peoria Pilesgroves, NJ Pow Wow Nanticoke-LenapeTribal Nation. 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 org/tribal-calendar-2/pow-wow/ Peoria Pow Wow Grounds 60610 East 90th Road 19th Annual Aboriginal Miami, OK Gathering 918-540-2535 6/14/14 – 6/15/14 [email protected] Peace River AIC Agricultural PeoriaTribe.com Grounds Peace River, Alberta Porcupine Paha PeaceRiverAIC.com Yamini Wacipi 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 1st Annual Colorado Pow Wow Grounds Springs Indian Shields, SD Center Pow Wow 701-422-2002 6/14/14 – 6/15/14 5225 East Platte Ave. White River Cheyenne

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Indian Days Pow Wanuskewin Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days 142nd Annual Wow and Horse Competition Pow Wow 6/27/14 – 6/29/14 Quapaw Pow Wow Races Celebration 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 Warm Springs Pi-ume-sha Fields 7/3/14 – 7/6/14 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 Wanuskewin Heritage Park Warm Springs, OR Beaver Springs Park White River Pow Wow Grounds Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 541-553-1196 5681 South 630 Road Busby, MT 306-649-1702 [email protected] Quapaw, OK 406-592-3252 andrew.mcdonald@wanuskewin. WarmSprings.com 918-724-6404 or [email protected] com 1-888-O-GAH-PAH, ext. 241 CheyenneNation.com Wanuskewin.com 55th Annual Eastern [email protected] Shoshone Indian Days QuapawTribe.com Muckleshoot Veterans Waa Wiye Gaa and Pow Wow Pow Wow Maag Pow Wow 6/27/14 – 6/29/14 68th Annual Pawnee 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 Wind River Indian Reservation Indian Veterans Muckleshoot Powwow Grounds 52156 State Highway Eagleview Fort Washakie, WY Homecoming Pow Wow 17500 SE 392nd St. Grounds 7/3/14 – 7/6/14 Auburn, WA Squaw Lake, MN 40th Annual Tonkawa Pawnee Memorial Park 253-876-3327 218-760-7955 Tribal Pow Wow Pawnee, OK grant.timentwa@muckleshoot. LLOjibwe.org 6/27/14 – 6/29/14 317-718-6154 nsn.us Tonkawa Tribal Pow Wow pawneeindianveteransorg@ muckleshoot.NSN.us/community/ 19th Annual Mattaponi gmail.com Pow Wow Grounds muckleshoot-powwow.aspx Tonkawa, OK PawneeNation.org 6/21/14 580-628-2561 Honoring Our Mattaponi Indian Reservation National Pow Wow 16 [email protected] Ancestors 10th Annual 1314 Mattaponi Reservation TonkawaTribe.com 7/3/14 – 7/6/14 Intertribal Pow Wow Circle Hendricks County 4-H 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 King William, VA 4th Annual Celebrating Fairgrounds Ashtabula Antique Engine Club 804-769-8783 All Life and Creation 1900 East Main St. 4026 US Highway 322 [email protected] Pow Wow Danville, IN Wayne, OH 6/28/14 317-718-6154 440-319-4483 Plains Indian Museum Pow Wow Plummer Park [email protected] [email protected] 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. NationalPowWow.com UELN.com 6/21/14 – 6/22/14 West Hollywood, CA Buffalo Bill Historical Center Northern Cheyenne 38th Annual Great Robbie Pow Wow Garden RedCircleProject.org Chiefs Pow Wow and Lakes Area Traditional 720 Sheridan Ave. Kanatsiohareke Rodeo Celebration Pow Wow Cody, WY Mohawk Community 7/3/14 – 7/6/14 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 307-587-4771 Strawberry Festival Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Woodland Gathering Grounds [email protected] 6/28/14 – 6/29/14 Pow Wow Grounds N15760 Hannahville B-1 Road CenteroftheWest.org/ 4934 State Highway Route 5 Lame Deer, MT Hannahville, MI explore/events/powwow Fonda, NY 406-592-3252 906-723-2270 Gathering at the 518-673-4197 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CheyenneNation.com Hannahville.net Heart of Niagara 6/21/14 – 6/22/14 MohawkCommunity.com 93rd Annual Mashpee 19th Annual Indian Goat Island 116th Annual Arlee Wampanoag Pow Wow Day Celebration Niagara Falls State Park Celebration 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 Contest Pow Wow Niagara Falls, NY 7/2/14 – 7/6/14 Barnstable County Fairgrounds 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 716-480-4418 Arlee Powwow Grounds 1220 Nathan Ellis Highway Fort Randall Casino [email protected] Arlee, MT Falmouth, MA Pickstown, SD Facebook.com/Gathering 406-249-9011 508-477-0208 605-487-7871, ext. 473 AtTheHeartOfNiagara [email protected] MashpeeWampanoagTribe.com FortRandall.com Muscogee (Creek) ArleePowWow.com 20th Annual Wildhorse Lake Vermilion Nation Festival Navajo Nation Pro Rodeo Pow Wow Traditional 6/26/14 – 6/29/14 Contest Pow Wow 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 6/20/14 – 6/22/14 Claude Cox Omniplex 7/2/14 – 7/6/14 Wildhorse Resort & Casino Lake Vermilion Traditional Pow 555 Tank Farm Road Navajo Nation Fairgrounds 46510 Wildhorse Road Wow Grounds Okmulgee, OK Window Rock, AZ Pendleton, OR To w e r, M N 918-732-7995 928-871-7052 800-654-9453 218-753-7862 [email protected] [email protected] WildHorseResort.com [email protected] CreekFestival.com NavajoNationFair.com [email protected]

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39th Annual Eastern Indian Days Band of Cherokee 7/10/14 – 7/13/14 Pow Wow Blackfeet Celebration Grounds 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 124 2nd Ave. NW Acquoni Expo Center Browning, MT Cherokee, NC 406-338-7406 828-554-6471 BlackfeetCountry.com [email protected] CherokeeSmokies.com Festival of Native Peoples Pow Wow 42nd Annual Oneida 7/11/14 – 7/12/14 Pow Wow Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 Cherokee, NC Norbert Hill Center 828-554-6471 N7210 Seminary Road [email protected] Oneida, WY RomanticAsheville.com/ 920-713-0608 or festival_of_native_peoples.htm 920-496-5311 [email protected] Strong Sun Pow Wow Oneida-NSN.gov 7/11/14 – 7/13/14 Ivey Redmond Sports Complex Leech Lake 4th of Kernersville, NC July Pow Wow 336-618-0561 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 [email protected] Leech Lake Veterans Grounds NearRiverDwellers.com Cass Lake, MN 218-308-3120 or 30th Annual Summer 218-760-3127 Great Mohican Pow Wow rod.northbird@palacecasinohotel. 7/11/14 – 7/13/14 com or [email protected] Mohican Reservation Camp & LLOjibwe.com Festivals Grounds 23270 Wally Road Abenaki Odanak Loudonville, OH Pow Wow 800-766-2267 7/4/14 – 7/6/14 powwow@mohicanreservation. Conseil de bande Odanak com Abenakis Band Council MohicanPowWow.com Odanak, Quebec 450-568-2810 Prairie Island Dakota CBOdanak.com Summer Wacipi Celebration Mother Earth’s 7/11/14 – 7/13/14 Creation Pow Wow Prairie Island 7/5/14 – 7/6/14 5634 Sturgeon Lake Road Pow Wow Grounds Welch, MN 2145 White Mountain Highway 651-385-4161 Center Ossipee, NH [email protected] 603-323-8181 PrairieIsland.org spiriteagle@ motherearthscreation.com Marcellus Norwest MotherEarthsCreation.com Veterans Pow Wow 7/11/14 – 7/13/14 16th Annual National Uyxat Pow Wow Grounds Pow Wow 9390 Highway 22 7/10/14 – 7/13/14 Grand Ronde, OR Vermilion County Fairgrounds 800-422-0232 Danville, IN [email protected] 434-316-9719 www.grandronde.org [email protected] NationalPowWow.com Midnight Sun Intertribal Pow Wow North American

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7/11/14 – 7/13/14 KahnawakePowWow.com US 2, 6 miles west of Deer River [email protected] or 2010 2nd Ave. Ball Club, MN [email protected] Fairbanks, AK World Eskimo 218-244-6474 or 218-244-2999 OneNationWT.org MidnightSunPowWow.com/ Indian Olympics LLOjibwe.org/powwow/schedule/ 7/16/14 – 7/19/14 miigwitchmahnomen.html Summer Moon Pow Wow 29th Annual Taos The Carlson Center 7/19/14 – 7/20/14 Pueblo Pow Wow Fairbanks, AK Robert Woolery Senior Endicott Park 57 Forest St. 7/11/14 – 7/13/14 907-452-6646 Memorial Pow Wow Danvers, MA Off Highway 64, Taos Pueblo [email protected] 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 617-642-1683 Taos, NM WEIO.org Missouri State Fairgrounds 1600 [email protected] 575-741-0181 South Limit MCNAA.org [email protected] Cow Creek Tribal Sedalia, MT TaosPuebloPowWow.com Pow Wow 660-826-5608 27th Annual Native 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 [email protected] American Arts Festival Sussex County Pow Wow South Umpqua Falls Facebook.com/pages/Robert- 7/21/14 – 7/22/14 7/12/14 – 7/13/14 Tiller, OR Woolery-Sr-Memorial-Pow- Pinetop-Lakeside Chamber of Sussex County Fairgrounds 541-672-3861 Wow/286601222675 Commerce 37 Plains Road [email protected] 102 W. White Mountain Blvd. Augusta, NJ CowCreek.com Children of Many Colors Pinetop, AZ 718-686-9297 Intertribal Pow Wow PineTopLakesideChamber.com [email protected] Kihekah Steh Pow Wow 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 RedhawkCouncil.org 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 Moorpark College 7075 20th Annual Native Javine Hill Road; west on 193 Campus Road American Celebration 21st Annual Howard Skiatook, OK Moorpark, CA in the Park Contest Pow County, Maryland 918-396-3702 805-217-0364 Wow and Festival Pow Wow [email protected] 7/24/14 7/12/14 – 7/13/14 24th Annual Nez Perce RedbirdsVision.org Liberty Park Howard County Fairgrounds Tamkaliks Celebration Salt Lake City, UT 1022 Fairground Road 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 Virginia City Treaty Days Facebook.com/ West Friendship, MD 70956 Whiskey Creek Road 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 nacippowwowfestival 252-532-0821 Wallowa, OR TBD [email protected] 541-886-3101 Virginia City, MT Pipestone Pow Wow and [email protected] 406-843-5555 Native Food Cook Off American Indian Festival WallowaNezPerce.org [email protected] 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 7/12/14 – 7/13/14 VirginiaCity.com Leon H. Moore Park Century II Expo Hall Comanche Homecoming 400 North Hiawatha Ave. 225 West Douglas 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 25th Annual Seneca Pipestone, MN Wichita, KS Sultan Park Veterans Pow Wow 507-825 3734 316-350-3341 129 East Colorado St. 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 [email protected] [email protected] Walters, OK Veterans Park PipeKeepers.org TheIndianCenter.org 580-492-3240 520 Broad St. ComancheNation.com Salamanca, NY Oklahoma City Indian Mount Kearsarge Indian SenecaPowWow.org Hills Pow Wow Museum 15th Annual 6th Annual Sacred 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 Intertribal Pow Wow Visions Competition Honor the Earth 9300 North Sooner Road 7/12/14 – 7/13/14 Pow Wow Homecoming Celebration Oklahoma City, OK Mount Kearsarge Indian 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 and Pow Wow 405-919-1572 Museum Big Bend Ranch 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 [email protected] 18 Highlawn Road Wadsworth, NV LCO Pow Wow Grounds 13394 Warner, NH 775-686-3257 or 775-240-8128 West Trepania Road Milk River Indian Days 603-456-2600 [email protected] Hayward, WI 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 [email protected] SacredVisionsPowWow.com 715-634-8934 x287 Junction of Highways 2 & 66 IndianMuseum.org Ft. Belknap Agency, MT Quileute Days Annual Colorado 406-399-1564 24th Annual Echoes of a 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 Springs Native American [email protected] Proud Nation Pow Wow LaPush, WA Intertribal Pow Wow 7/12/14 – 7/13/14 Facebook.com/quileute.days 7/19/14 – 7/19/14 16th Annual Onigum Kahnawake Mohawk Territory Freedom Financial Services Traditional Routes 132 & 138 52nd Annual Mii- EXPO Center 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 Kahnawake, Quebec Gwitch Mahnomen Days 3560 N. Nevada Ave. County Road 13; 13 miles east 450-632-8667 Traditional Pow Wow Colorado Springs, CO of Walker, MN [email protected] 7/18/14 – 7/20/14 719-559-0525 Onigum, MN

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218-547-2270 or 218-252-6484 Wiconi.com [email protected] LLOjibwe.com/powwow/ Cattashowrock schedule.html Town Green Corn Dance Pow Wow 36th Annual Thunderbird 7/26/14 American Indian Mid- Old Bridge Road Summer Pow Wow 27345 Aquia Path 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 Courtland, VA Queens County Farm Museum 757-334-5510 73-50 Little Neck Parkway [email protected] Floral Park, NY Cheroenhaka-Nottoway.org 718-347-3276 [email protected] 19th Annual Vallejo QueensFarm.org Contest Pow Wow 7/26/14 – 7/27/14 Annual Saginaw Service Club Park Chippewa Pow Wow 298 Mare Island Way 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 Vallejo, CA Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe [email protected] Campground 7525 East Tomah Road 35th Annual Grand Mount Pleasant, MI River Pow Wow 989-775-4000 7/26/14 – 7/27/14 [email protected] Chiefswood Tent and Trailer SagChipPowWow.com Park, Brant County Road 254 Ohsweken, Ontario Julyamsh Pow Wow 519-445-4061 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 [email protected] Greyhound Park GRPowWow.com Post Falls, ID 800-523-2464, ext. 7273 Kamloops Pow Wow [email protected] 8/1/14 – 8/3/14 Julyamsh.com Secwepemc Pow Wow Grounds Kamloops, British Columbia 2nd Annual Wolf 250-828-9782 Creek Indian Village [email protected] Intertribal Pow Wow Facebook.com/pages/Kamloopa- 7/25/14 – 7/27/14 Pow-Wow/102158952676 Old Bland County Fair Grounds Bland, VA Upper Sioux Pejuhutazizi 336-618-0561 Oyate Wacipi NearRiverDwellers.com/ 8/1/14 – 8/3/14 Powwow_Info.htm Upper Sioux Community Pow Wow Grounds 147th Winnebago Granite Falls, MN Veterans Pow Wow 320-564-6040 7/25/14 – 7/28/14 Winnebago Veterans Memorial 48th Annual Menominee Park Nation Contest Pow Wow Winnebago, NE 8/1/14 – 8/3/14 402-878-3218 Woodland Bowl WinnebagoTribe.com Keshena, WI 715-799-5114, ext.1267 Richard Twiss Memorial [email protected] and 9th Annual Living Waters Pow Wow Rocky Boy’s Annual 7/26/14 – 7/26/14 Pow Wow 7790 Marion Road SE 8/1/14 – 8/3/14 Turner, OR 31 Agency Square 360-546-1867 Box Elder, MT [email protected] 406-395-4478

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Lac La Biche Bear Mountain Pow Indian Encampment 701-421-6548 Pow Wow Days Wow 8/2/14 – 8/3/14 8/6/14 – 8/10/14 [email protected] 8/1/14 – 8/3/14 Anthony Wayne Recreation Stampede Arena LittleShellPowWow.com Area, Harriman State Park 401 Omak Ave. 10307 101 St. 51th Annual Shoshone- Lac La Biche, Alberta Harriman, NY Oma k , WA Bannock Festival 877-623-9696 718-686-9297 [email protected] LacLaBicheRegion.com [email protected] OmakStampede.org 8/7/14 – 8/10/14 RedhawkCouncil.org Pow Wow Grounds Exit 80 9th Annual Prophetstown 100th Meskwaki Fort Hall, ID Pow Wow 21st Annual Suscol Indian Pow Wow 208-478-3967 or 208-380-3506 Intertribal Council 8/2/14 – 8/3/14 8/6/14 – 8/10/14 [email protected] Prophetstown State Recreation Pow Wow Meskwaki Indian Settlement SBTribes.com/festival/ 8/2/14 – 8/3/14 Pow Wow Grounds Area 20th Annual Sacramento Prophetstown, IL Yountville Veterans Home Tama, IA Contest Pow Wow 815-441-0148 Yountville, CA 641-484-4678 [email protected] 707-256-3561 MeskwakiPowWow.com 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 ProphetstownPowWow.com [email protected] O’Neil Park SuscolCouncil.org 93rd Annual Intertribal 715 Broadway 44th Annual Sierra Indian Ceremonial Sacramento, CA Mono Museum Indian 54th Annual 8/6/14 – 8/10/14 916-804-7326 Fair Days & Pow Wow Cultural Festival TBA [email protected] 8/2/14 – 8/3/14 8/2/14 – 8/4/14 Gallup, NM SacPowWow.org North Fork Recreation Center Rabbit Island 505-863-3896 Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Grand Portage 33507 Road 230 Rendezvous Days North Fork, CA Island Little Shell Celebration Celebration Pow Wow 559-877-2115 705-859-2385 8/7/14 – 8/10/14 [email protected] WikwemikongHeritage.org TBD 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 New Town, ND Grand Portage National SierraMonoMuseum.org Omak Stampede

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Monument Stillaguamish Festival of 170 Mile Creek Road the River and Pow Wow Grand Portage, MN 8/9/14 – 8/10/14 218-475-0123 River Meadows County Park [email protected] 20416 Jordan Road NPS.gov/grpo/planyourvisit/ Arlington, WA special_events.htm [email protected] Ponca Tribe of Nebraska FestivaloftheRiver.com Annual Pow Wow Robert Canada Friendship 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 Pow Wow Pow Wow Arena 8/9/14 – 8/10/14 88915 521st Ave. Furgeson Elementary School Niobrara, NE 22215 Elaine St. 402-857-3519 Hawaiian Gardens, CA [email protected] 562-420-2641 PoncaTribe-NE.org HGCity.org Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 11th Annual Roanoke Island Fair and Pow Wow American Indian Cultural 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 Festival and Pow Wow High Elk-Rencountre-Ziegler Pow Wow 8/9/14 – 8/10/14 Grounds 410 Airport Road Lower Brule, SD Manteo, NC Nesika Illahee Pow Wow 757-477-3589 [email protected] 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 NCAlgonquians.com Pauline Ricks Memorial Pow Wow Grounds on Government Hill 39th Annual Wichita Tribal Dance 402 Northeast Park Drive 8/14/14 – 8/17/14 Siletz, OR Wichita Tribal Complex 541-444-8230 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1230 Anadarko, KS [email protected] 405-247-2425 ext. 117 ctsi.NSN.us beth.parker@wichitatribe Mihsihkinaahkwa Pow Wow WichitaTribe.com 8/8/14 – 8/10/14 20th Annual Mawiomi Morsches Park State Road 205 of Tribes Pow Wow Columbia City, IN 8/15/14 – 8/17/14 260-244-7702 or 260-609-7844 Spruce Haven [email protected] 214 Doyle Road MiamiPowWow.org Caribou, ME 23rd Annual Odawa 207-764-1972 Homecoming Pow Wow [email protected] Micmac-NSN.gov 8/9/14 – 8/10/14 LTBB Pow Wow Grounds Grand Ronde Contest Pow Wow 7500 Odawa Circle 8/15/14 – 8/17/14 Harbor Springs, MI Uyxat Powwow Grounds 231-242-1427 9390 Highway 22 [email protected] Grand Ronde, OR OdawaHomecoming.com 800-422-0232 Mother Earth’s Creation Pow Wow [email protected] GrandRonde.org 8/9/14 – 8/10/14 Pow Wow Grounds Shakopee Mdewakanton 2145 White Mountain Highway Sioux Community Wacipi Center Ossipee, NH 8/15/14 – 8/17/14 603-323-8181 Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community [email protected] Wacipi Grounds 3212 Dakotah Parkway MotherEarthsCreation.com Prior Lake, MN

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952-445-8900 LLOjibwe.com Pow Wow Thurmond Community Center [email protected] 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 Thurmond, NC Rosebud Pow Wow 2014.SMSCWacipi.org 342 Ulm/Vaughn Road 336-306-4656 Celebration Facebook.com/ SunWatch Flute Ulm, MT 8/22/14 – 8/24/14 406-590-1745 or 406-459-0638 events/207566225972467/ and Art Festival Rosebud Fairgrounds [email protected] or Ashland Labor 8/15/14 – 8/17/14 Rosebud, SD [email protected] 2301 West River Road 605-441-9258 Day Pow Wow Dayton, OH Choctaw Nation Annual 8/29/14 – 9/2/14 937-268-8199 21st Annual Potawatomi Labor Day Festival Ashton Pow Wow Grounds [email protected] Trails Pow Wow and Pow Wow Ashland, MT SunWatch.org 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 8/28/14 – 8/31/14 406-784-2883 or 406-784-6149 Shiloh Park Choctaw Capitol Grounds CheyenneNation.com Roasting Ears of 27th and Emmuas Corn Festival Tuskahoma, OK High Plains Pow Wow Zion, IL 580-924-8280 8/16/14 – 8/17/14 847-746-9086 ChoctawNation.com 8/30/14 Museum of Indian Culture [email protected] Carbon County Fairgrounds 2825 Fish Hatchery Road GoFlo.com/powwow Poplar Indian Days 523 Rodeo St. Allentown, PA Celebration Rawlins, WY Chippewas of Rama 610-797-2121 8/28/14 – 8/31/14 307-328-2740 First Nation Competition MuseumofIndianCulture.org American Legion Park education@ Pow Wow Celebration carboncountymuseum.org Poplar, MT Festival of the 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 CarbonCountyMuseum. Horse and Drum Seniors Gazebo Area 406-650-4694 org/index.php/events/ 8/16/14 – 8/17/14 5884 Rama Road 24th Annual Shawnee high-plains-powwow Kane County Fairgrounds Rama, Ontario Randall Road County Allied Tribes 54th Annual Tecumseh 705-325-3611 Traditional Pow Wow St. Charles, IL RamaFirstNation.ca/powwow Lodge Pow Wow 708-257-4300 8/29/14 – 8/31/14 8/30/14 – 8/31/14 [email protected] Métis of Maine Fall Lake Shawnee Tipton County Fairgrounds Festivalofthe HorseandDrum.com Gathering and Pow Wow 3315 Tinman Circle Tipton, IN 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 Topeka, KS 317-745-2858 Muckleshoot Skopabsh 105 Gould Road 785-554-0124 [email protected] Pow Wow Dayton, ME shawneecountyalliedtribes@ TecumsehLodge.org 8/22/14 – 8/24/14 207-793-4801 gmail.com or cchouteau2@aol. Muckleshoot Pow Wow com 6th Annual Kentucky Grounds Three Fires Homecoming ShawneeCountyAllied Tribes.org Native American 17500 SE 392nd St. Pow Wow Heritage Museum Wee Gitchie Ni Mi I Auburn, WA 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 Honoring Our Dim Leech Lake Labor 253-876-3327 New Credit Pow Wow Grounds Veterans Pow Wow Day Pow Wow grant.timentwa@muckleshoot. 2789 1st Line Road (Mississauga 8/30/14 – 8/31/14 nsn.us Road) 8/29/14 – 8/31/14 Phillips Farm muckleshoot.NSN.us/community/ Hagersville, Ontario Located by Palace Casino 4116 Cumberland Falls muckleshoot-powwow.aspx 905-768-3067 Cass Lake, MN Highway [email protected] 218-308-3120 Corbin, KY Klamath Tribes rod.northbird@palacecasinohotel. 606-528-6342 Restoration Celebration NewCreditPowWow.com com [email protected] 8/22/14 – 8/24/14 Ute Mountain LLOjibwe.org KNAHM.org 501 Chiloquin Blvd. Casino Pow Wow 44th Annual Barona Chiloquin, OR 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 Oceana County Pow Wow 800-524-9787 ext. 147 Ute Mountain Casino Intertribal Honoring KlamathTribes.org Towaoc, CO 8/29/14 – 8/31/14 Our Elders Traditional Barona Stars Baseball Field Pow Wow 33rd Annual Cha Cha 800-258-8007, ext. 212 1095 Barona Road 8/30/14 – 8/31/14 Bah Ning Traditional UteMountainCasino.com Lakeside, CA Oceana County Fairgrounds Pow Wow 4th Annual Ga-Lo- 619-443-6612 ext. 271 1025 South State St. 8/22/14 – 8/24/14 Ni Pow Wow [email protected] Hart. MI 21 miles north of Deer River, 8/23/14 – 8/24/14 Barona-NSN.gov 231-894-8361 MN, on Highway 46, Route Ditto Landing Road SE Foothills Native [email protected] County Road 35 (Inger Road) Huntsville, AL Inger, MN American Pow Wow 33rd Annual 218-659-2995 Little Shell Chippewa 8/29/14 – 8/31/14 Iroquois Festival

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8/30/14 – 8/31/14 Intertribal Pow Wow Contest Pow Wow Pow Wow Iroquois Indian Museum 8/30/14 – 9/1/14 9/5/14 – 9/7/14 9/6/14 – 9/7/14 324 Caverns Road 934 Elm St. Henry Maier Festival Park Nanticoke Pow Wow Grounds Howes Cave, NY Newport, ME 200 North Harbor Drive 27073 John J. Williams 518-296-8949 207-368-4944 or 207-368-4959 Milwaukee, WI Highway [email protected] [email protected] 414-604-1000 Millsboro, DE IroquoisMuseum.org [email protected] 302-945-3400 United Tribes Eufaula Indian IndianSummer.org [email protected] International Pow Wow Community Pow Wow NanticokeIndians.org 7th Annual White and Homecoming 9/4/14 – 9/7/14 United Tribes Technical Buffalo Pow Wow Annual Intertribal 8/30/14 – 8/31/14 College, Lone Star Arena 9/5/14 – 9/7/14 Pow Wow Eastside Ball Park 3315 University Drive Lou Yeager Lake Picnic Area #4 9/6/14 – 9/7/14 Eufaula, OK Plug Pond Sanders Road off 918-707-0361 or 918-617-7985 Bismarck, ND Litchfield, IL 701-255-3285 217-710-1950 or 217-556-7050 Mill St. [email protected] UnitedTribesPowWow.com [email protected] Haverhill, MA www.eufaulachamber 617-642-1683 ofcommerce.com WhiteBuffaloPowWow.org 6th Annual Intertribal [email protected] Totah Festival Pow Wow Pow Wow 14th Annual Akwesasne MCNAA.org 9/5/14 – 9/7/14 International Pow Wow 8/30/14 – 8/31/14 14th Annual Georgian Fischer’s Pine Lake 9/6/14 – 9/7/14 Farmington Civic Center Bay Native Friendship 3924 Maple Road A’nowara’ko:wa Arena 200 West Arrington Centre Sainte- Ashtabula, OH Akwesasne, Ontario Farmington, NM Marie Among the 440-319-4483 [email protected] 800-448-1240 Hurons Pow Wow FarmingtonNM.org/pages/ [email protected] AkwesasnePowWow.com totahfestival.html Ueln.com 9/6/14 – 9/7/14 37th Annual Nanticoke Highway 12 at Wye Valley Road North Country Indian Summer Festival Indian Association Midland, Ontario

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705-526-5589 NearRiverDwellers.com/ CabarrusPowWow.webs.com Watson Lake Park GBNFC.com Powwow_Info.htm Prescott, AZ Mahkato Traditional 928-890-4373 Miigwech Manomin 23rd Annual Fort Omaha Pow Wow [email protected] Pow Wow Intertribal Pow Wow 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 PrescottPowWow.org 9/6/14 – 9/8/14 9/13/14 Dakota Wokiksuye Makoce Nett Lake School Gymnasium Metropolitan Community (Land of Memories Park) 20th Annual Harvest 5344 Lakeshore Drive College Mankato, MN Pow Wow Nett Lake, MN 5730 North 30th St. 507-514-5088 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 (218) 757-3261 Omaha, NE [email protected] 523 South Webster St. [email protected] 402-457-2253 MahkatoWacipi.org Naperville, IL BoisForte.com [email protected] 773-585-1744 MCCNeb.edu/intercultural/ 52nd National [email protected] 38th Annual American powwow/default.asp Championship MidwestSoarring.org Indian Day and Pow Indian Pow Wow Wow Celebration 11th Annual Mill-Luck 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 Curve Lake Pow Wow 9/12/14 – 9/13/14 Salmon Celebration Traders Village 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 Saint Joseph’s Indian School 9/13/14 – 9/14/14 2602 Mayfield Road Curve Lake Cultural Centre 1301 North Main St. Mill Casino Hotel and RV Park Grand Prairie, TX 1024 Mississauga St. Chamberlain, SD 3201 Tremont Ave. 972-647-2331 Curve Lake First Nation, 605-234-3300 North Bend, OR TradersVillage.com/ Ontario STJO.org/powwow 800-953-4800 grand-prairie/events/52nd- 705-657-2758 [email protected] annual-national-championship- [email protected] Southern Ute Tribal TheMillCasino.com indian-pow-wow CurveLakeFN.ca Fair and Pow Wow 9/12/14 – 9/14/14 Mother Earth’s 16th Annual Battle Point FDR State Park Pow Wow Sky Ute Event Fairgrounds Creation Pow Wow Traditional Pow Wow 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 200 East Highway 151 9/13/14 – 9/14/14 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 FDR State Park Ignacio, CO Pow Wow Grounds County Road 73, six miles to 2957 Crompond Road 970-563-0100 ext. 3624 or 2145 White Mountain Highway Battle Point Drive, 20 miles east Yorktown Heights, NY 970-779-8149 Center Ossipee, NH of Walker Highway 200, left on 718-686-9297 [email protected] or 603-323-8181 MN 84 for 11.8 miles [email protected] [email protected] spiriteagle@ Battle Point, MN RedhawkCouncil.org SouthernUte-NSN.gov motherearthscreation.com 218-760-3127 MotherEarthsCreation.com [email protected] Nottoway Indian Tribe 25th Annual Wyandotte LLOjibwe.org of Virginia Pow Wow Nation Pow Wow Manito Ahbee Festival 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 9/12/14 – 9/14/14 9/13/14 – 9/14/14 Northern Cherokee Surry Parks and Recreation Wyandotte Nation Pow Wow MTS Centre Gathering Center Grounds Grounds 345 Graham Ave. 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 205 Enos Farm Road 64700 East Highway 60 Winnipeg, Manitoba Northern Cherokee Grounds Surry, VA Wyandotte, OK 204-956-1849 578 East Highway 7 757-686-8602 or 918-678-2297 [email protected] Clinton, MO 757-708-4364 Wyandotte-Nation.org www.manitoahbee.com 573-885-1070 or [email protected] 573-259-2263 NottowayIndians.org Welcome Home 10th Annual Bluff NorthernCherokeeNation.com Traditional Pow Wow City Pow Wow 30th Annual Fall Great 9/12/14 – 9/14/14 9/13/14 – 9/14/14 Tule River Pow Wow Mohican Pow Wow Saint Peter’s Church Grounds Rockpoint City Park 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 1405 Sibley Memorial Highway 928 Fairground Drive McCarthy Ranch Mohican Reservation Camp & Mendota, MN Rockport, IN 32657 Reservation Road Festivals Grounds 651-452-4141 812-459-8643 or Porterville, CA 23270 Wally Road [email protected] 812-459-8645 559-788 2779 or Loudonville, OH MendotaDakota.com [email protected] 559-782-5554 x2109 800-766-2267 [email protected] powwow@mohicanreservation. Lemuel Community Cabarrus Pow Wow or [email protected] com Center Pow Wow 9/19/14 – 9/20/14 TuleRiverTribe-NSN.gov MohicanPowWow.com 9/12/14 – 9/14/14 Camp Cabarrus 4827 Camp “Lemuel Community Center Cabarrus Drive Prescott Intertribal 39th Annual Trail 206, Highway #145 South” Kannapolis, NC Social Pow Wow: Elders of Courage Living Morven, NY 540-427-1246 Embracing Youth History Festival 336-618-0561 [email protected] 9/19/14 – 9/21/14 9/20/14 – 9/21/14

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Fulton County Historical [email protected] Society Grounds www.kauipowwow.com 37 East 375 North Rochester, IN 23rd Annual Comanche 574-223-4436 Nation Fair [email protected] 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 FultonCountyHistory.org Comanche Nation Complex Ground 2nd Annual Hawaii Island Lawton, OK All Nations Pow Wow 580-492-3240 9/20/14 – 9/21/14 ComancheNation.com Mooheau County Park Hilo, HI 21st Annual Standing 808-747-2903 Bear Pow Wow [email protected] 9/27/14 NicheHawaii.org Standing Bear Park Hwys 60 & Old 177 Last Chance Community Ponca City, OK Pow Wow 580-762-1514 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 [email protected] Lewis and Clark County calendar.PoncaCity.com Fairgrounds 98 Wes Custer Ave. Chemawa Back to Helena, MT School Pow Wow 406-439-5631 9/27/14 [email protected] Chemawa Indian School LastChancePowWow.com 3700 Chemawa Road NE Salem, OR Kaua’i Pow Wow 503-399-5721, ext. 225 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 [email protected] Kapa’a Beach County Park chemawa.BIE.edu Kaua’i, HI 808-482-0122 [email protected] 12th Annual Gathering: KauaiPowWow.com A Woodland Indian Celebration 14th Annual Buffalo 9/27/14 – 9/28/14 River Pow Wow 27174 Hull Prairie Road 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 Perrysburg, OH Pow Wow Grounds 419-381-7042 1690 Airport Ridge Road perrysburgpowwow@hotmail. Linden, TN com 931-589-9628 BlackSwampIntertribal [email protected] Foundation.com/woodland- indian-celebration.html Cedar River Pow Wow 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 36th Annual Council of Mitchell County Conservation Three Rivers American Center Indian Center Pow Wow 18793 Hwy 9 9/27/14 – 9/28/14 Osage, IA Council of Three Rivers 319-208-4707 American Indian Center, 23 [email protected] Acre Site 120 Charles St. 16th Annual 2014 Dorseyville, PA Kauai Pow Wow: 412 292 7683 or 412 292 9128 Rejuvenate Your Spirit [email protected] or 9/26/14 – 9/28/14 [email protected] Kapaa Beach Park 4-1464 Kuhio Hwy 15th Annual Permian Kapaa, HI Basin Intertribal 808-651-7733 Pow Wow

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9/27/14 – 9/28/14 [email protected] 10/7/14 – 10/12/14 Odessa College Sports Center Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds 201 West University Blvd. Sacred Springs Pow Wow Cherokee, NC Odessa, TX 10/4/14 800-438-1601 TransPecosAmerican IndianAssn.com Aquarena Center [email protected] 921 Aquarena Springs Drive VisitCherokeeEvents.com/ Indian Days Celebration and San Marcos, TX event/44521-cherokee-indian-fair Pabanamanina Pow Wow 512-393-3310 9/27/14 – 9/28/14 [email protected] San Manuel Pow Wow Paiute Palace Casino IndigenousCultures.org 10/10/14 – 10/12/14 2742 North Sierra Highway California State University-San Bernardino Dighton Intertribal Bishop, CA 5500 University Parkway Council Pow Wow 760-873-4150 San Bernardino, CA [email protected] 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 909-425-3450 PaiutePalace.com 979 Somerset Ave. [email protected] Dighton, MA SanManuel-NSN.gov San Geronimo Feast Day 508-967-8296 Lakota Dakota Nakota 9/29/14 – 9/30/14 Language Summit World Heritage Site 40th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Taos Pueblo, NM Pow Wow 10/10/14 – 10/12/14 575-758-1028 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 Rushmore Plaza Holiday [email protected] Thomas Square Park 505 North 5th St. Rapid City, SD TaosChamber.com 925 South Beretania St. Honolulu, HI 605-867-5193 3rd Annual Moore High 808-392-4479 or 808-392-9239 [email protected] School Pow Wow [email protected] Tuswecatiospaye.org 10/4/14 HonoluluIntertribal PowWow.com Oklahoma State University 300 North Eastern Ave. 13th Annual Cumberland Fall Contest Pow Wow Moore, OK Plateau Pow Wow 10/11/14 405-209-9156 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 Payne County Expo Center Putnam County Fairgrounds 4518 Expo Center East 155 Fairgrounds Road Stillwater, OK Cookeville, TN 405-744-0401 931-544-4908 [email protected] orgs.OKState.edu/nasa Harvest Moon American Indian Festival Rappahannock Pow Wow 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 10/11/14 31st & Troost 5036 Indian Neck Road, Route 623 Kansas City, MO Indian Neck, VA Facebook.com/harvestmoonamerican 804-769-0260 or 804-769-4205 indianfestival [email protected] RappahannockTribe.org 19th Annual Chumash Intertribal Pow Wow Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian Market 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 Live Oak Campground 10/11/14 Santa Ynez, CA Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park 805-688-7997 2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way [email protected] Berkeley, CA SantaYnezChumash.org 510-595-5520 [email protected] 12th Euharlee Veterans Pow Wow IPDPowWow.org 10/4/14 – 10/5/14 10th Annual Wolf Creek Habitat’s Frankie Harris Park Fall Native American Gathering Euharlee, GA 770-296-3097 10/11/14 – 10/12/14 [email protected] Wolf Creek Habitat NativeHeart.org 14099 Wolf Creek Road Brookville, IN Cherokee Indian Fair 513-312-9143

IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com March 19, 2014 Pow Wow Listings 53 [email protected] [email protected] WolfCreekHabitat.org SierraNativeAlliance.org/events Waccamaw-Siouan Tribal Pow Wow United Native American Cultural 10/17/14 – 10/18/14 Center’s Annual Fall Feast Waccamaw-Siouan Tribal Grounds 10/18/14 – 10/19/14 Bulton, NC United Native American Cultural Center 910-655-8778 29 Antietam St. [email protected] Devens, MA Waccamaw-Siouan.com 978-772-1306 [email protected] Native American Indian UNACC.org Association of Tennessee Pow Wow and Fall Festival 1st Annual Mekoce Shawnee 10/17/14 – 10/19/14 of West Virginia Raptor Long Hunter State Park Sanctuary Pow Wow Nashville, TN 10/18/14 – 10/19/14 615-232-9179 Sagebrush Roundup Bunners Ridge Road [email protected] Fairmont, WV NAIATN.org/powwow/ 304-376-5137 [email protected] 13th Semi-Annual Cherokees of Alabama Pow Wow 22nd Annual Land of Falling 10/17/14 – 10/19/14 Waters Traditional Pow Wow National Guard Armory Highway 69 West 10/18/14 – 10/19/14 Arab, AL Middle School at Parkside 256-590-8109 2400 4th St. [email protected] Jackson, MI 269-781-6409 Williston Basin Indian LandoftheFallingWaters.tripod.com Club Pow Wow 10/17/14 – 10/20/14 Meherrin-Chowanoke Pow Wow Upper Missouri Valley Fair Grounds 10/24/14 – 10/26/14 Williston, ND Ahoskie Recreational Complex 701-571-4375 Ahoskie, NC [email protected] 252-301-6081 meherrinchowanokepowwow @gmail.com Society for Advancement of Meherrin-Chowanoke.com/ Chicanos and Native Americans Tribal_Events.html in Science Pow Wow 10/18/14 31st Annual Roy Track Los Angeles Convention Center Memorial Mesa Pow Wow Los Angeles, CA 10/24/14 – 10/26/14 831-459-0170 Pioneer Park SACNAS.org 525 East Main St. Mesa, AZ Adai Caddo Indian 602-799-0260 Nation Pow Wow [email protected] 10/18/14 Adai Caddo Indian Nation Cultural Center 36th Annual University 4460 Highway 485 of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Robeline, LA Autumn Pow Wow 877-472-1007 10/25/14 [email protected] University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee AdaiCaddoIndianNation.com Ballroom 2200 East Kenwood Blvd. Auburn Big Time Pow Wow Milwaukee, WI 10/18/14 414-229-5880 Gold Country Fairgrounds [email protected] 1273 High St. aiss.UWM.edu Auburn, CA 530-363-8526 Trail of Tears Bells Route Walk

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10/25/14 918-687-3299 11/8/14 – 11/9/14 Adams St. [email protected] Clearfield County Fairground Expo II Fayetteville, TN Bacone.edu Building 931-937-4644 5615 Park St. FirstNationsPeople.org American Indian Heritage Day Clearfield, PA 11/1/14 814-594-2647 Red Clay Pow Wow Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum [email protected] 10/25/14 – 10/26/14 10515 Mackall Road clearfieldvdpw.Homestead.com/clearfield.html Red Clay State Park St. Leonard, MD 1140 Red Clay Park 410-586-8512 United Native American Cleveland , TN [email protected] Cultural Center’s 10th 423-240-7270 JefPat.org Annual Fall Bear Feast [email protected] 11/9/14 NAServices.org Red Mountain Eagle Pow Wow United Native American Cultural Center 11/1/14 – 11/2/14 29 Antietam St. Stone Mountain Park Indian Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Ayer, MA Festival and Pow Wow Community 978-772-1306 10/30/14 – 11/2/14 10115 E. Longmore Road [email protected] Stone Mountain Park Scottsdale, AZ UNACC.org US Highway 78 East 208-241-2175 Stone Mountain, GA [email protected] American Indian Science & StoneMountainPark.com/events/ Engineering Society National Indian-Festival-and-Pow-Wow.aspx 4th Annual Indiana University Conference Pow Wow Traditional Pow Wow 11/13/14 – 11/15/14 Bacone College Fall 11/1/14 – 11/2/14 TBD Pow Wow 2014 Indiana University, Alumni Hall 900 East Orlando, FL 11/1/14 7th St. 505-765-1052 Muskogee Civic Center Bloomington, IN AISES.org/news/events/2014- 425 Boston St. 812-855-4814 national-conference Muskogee, OK [email protected] Indiana.edu/~fnecc/ Annual Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Intertribal Corn Harvest Chemawa Veteran Pow Wow Fall Festival Pow Wow 11/8/14 11/14/14 – 11/16/14 Chemawa Indian School 3700 Chemawa Old Bridge Road 27345 Aquia Path Road NE Courtland, VA Salem, OR 757-562-7760 503-399-5721 x225 [email protected] [email protected] Cheroenhaka-Nottoway.org chemawa.BIE.edu 24th Annual The Great American Austin Pow Wow and American Indian Exposition and Pow Wow Indian Heritage Festival 11/14/14 – 11/16/14 11/8/14 Richmond Raceway Tony Burger Center 600 East Laburnum Ave. 3200 Jones Road Richmond, VA Sunset Valley, TX 252-532-0821 512-371-0628 [email protected] [email protected] AustinPowWow.net/austin-powwow 14th Annual Awi Akta District Cherokee Veterans 1st Annual Texas A&M Thanksgiving Pow Wow University Benefit Pow Wow 11/15/14 11/8/14 Gage Park Zoological Shelter House Sam Rayburn Student Center 1700 Highway 635 SW Gage Blvd. 24 Topeka, KS Commerce, TX 785-272-5489 214-797-5167 [email protected] [email protected] AwiAkta.org 15th Annual Clearfield 25th Annual Texas Championship Veterans Day Pow Wow Native American Pow Wow

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11/15/14 – 11/16/14 Atmore, AL Traders Village Houston 251-368-9136 7979 North Eldridge Road PoarchCreekIndians.org Houston, TX 817-860-9944 Indio Pow Wow [email protected] 11/28/14 – 11/30/14 TradersVillage.com/houston/ events/25th-annual-native-american- Cabazon Indian Reservation Special Event championship-pow-wow Center 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway National Native American Indio, CA Heritage Day Pow Wow 760-238-5770 11/16/14 Bridgewater State University Kelly Gym [email protected] 34 Park St. FantasySpingsResort.com Bridgewater, MA 617-642-1683 White River Christmas Pow Wow [email protected] MCNAA.org 12/25/14 – 12/27/14 Northern Cheyenne Tribal School Gym 10th Annual Native American Busby, MT Indian/Alaska Native Pow Wow 406-592-3252 11/22/14 Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center [email protected] College Park, MD CheyenneNation.com 301-405-5618 [email protected] 2015 omse.UMD.edu Bay Area American Indian 19th Annual American Indian Two Spirits Pow Wow Heritage Celebration 2/7/15 11/22/14 North Carolina Museum of History SOMArts Space 5 East Edenton St. 934 Brannan St. Raleigh, NC San Francisco, CA 919-807-7900 510-239-8708 NCDCR.gov [email protected] 48th Annual Louisiana Indian BAAITS.org Heritage Association Pow Wow 20th Annual University of Texas- 11/22/14 – 11/23/14 Lamar-Dixon Expo Center Arlington Benefit Pow Wow 9039 Saint Landry Road 2/28/15 Gonzales, LA E.H. Hereford University Center 985-796-5433 Bluebonnet Ballroom [email protected] 300 West 1st St. liha.Webs.com Arlington, TX

Pahrump Pow Wow [email protected] 11/22/14 – 11/23/14 UTA.edu/powwow Petrack Park 41st Annual Denver Corner of Highway 160 and Basin Pahrump, NV March Pow Wow 775-209-3444 3/20/15 – 3/22/15 [email protected] Denver Coliseum Facebook.com/PahrumpSocialPowwow 4600 Humboldt St. 44th Anniversary Poarch Creek Denver, CO Indians Thanksgiving Pow Wow 303-934-8045 11/27/14 – 11/28/14 [email protected] 5811 Jack Springs Road DenverMarchPowWow.org

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