Pow Wow's?

[G.T. Smith]

Any of ya'll like going to native American pow wow's?
My wife and I love going to them and we just got back from Miami, or actually Quapaw Oklahoma where we attended the 139th annual inter tribal pow wow. It was great. Lots of vendors selling native crafts and jewelry and lots of other cool stuff. To her and me it is a very relaxing experience. We have been going to that particular one every year for about 10 or so years. We go to others around that area at different times of the year as well. What makes that area so nice is that my mother in law lives in Miami so we get to visit and enjoy our vacation that way, plus no hotel expense.
The only part that seems wrong for me is that they serve really good bratwurst with fried onions but no beer. Oh well.
Have a good one,
Gordon

 

[stonehorses]

Gordon, I would love to see pics if you have any available.

 

[wyo-man]

There is one held in my neck of the woods every year. It is in June.

Plains Indian Powwow, Cody Wyoming - AllCody.com

wyo-man

 

[Seneca]

Pow Wows

I have attended many Pow Wows and find them very inspirational as well as outstanding entertainment. As a veteran, I have been invited to join the ceremony during the part honoring veterans of any race or nationality. American Indians are very patriotic and have outstanding war records defending the USA.
I enjoy the Dance competition most. The outfits ( do NOT call them costumes ) that are worn are stunning and the music is very hypnotic. The food is great, too!
I encourage you to attend a Pow Wow if possible. You will be glad you did.

 

[anothermiller]

I enjoy them as well.We go to the one in Mohican State Park.

Great Mohican Pow-Wow


I always find myself sitting as close to the drums as possible,its uplifting.

 

[dave b]

I've been to one in S Dak and another in Green River Onterio. The one in Green River was pretty big, and had all kinds of activities and dancing. We also went to another one in S Dak, but were turned away at the gate because we were "White". They had their scariest warpaint on too. I guess they were planning some sort of "uprising". At least we were'nt scalped.

 

[palmetto99]

I haven't been to one since my teenage years. Do recall having a good time.

 

[handejector]

I attended one on the Rosebud Sioux rez in SD 30 something years ago with a Sioux friend. It was not yet a full blown tourist thing.
I had a chance to meet Dennis Banks, Russ Means, and Crow Dog, described as the Holy Man that was at Wounded Knee and did some time, and some others from the Knee.
It was very interesting, to say the least!

 

[slumpy]

My wife is half Cherokee/half Blackfoot, we usually go every year here in Missouri, fun times, great people. I'm German/Irish, so no beer with bratwurts, wow, somebody goofed. Can't beat the crafts.

 

[ladder13]

The American Indian ran things much better.

 

[mkk41]

No dedicated Pow-Wows , but I have been to a few Mountain Man Rendevous , that had a few 'Indians' present.

 

[old bear]

I must have attended the wrong pow-wow's, the two I attended here in NC were nothing more than a venue to sell food and crafts. There was very little information on the tribes history or current culture. SWMBO bought a dream catcher, as per usual I bought fried food stuffs.

 

[feralmerril]

Last one I was to was at tehatchipi california about 15 years ago. I was with a GF and we met jack palance. He lived in the area. GF had me take a picture of them together. She died not long after. If I dig around I may find the picture. I have also met iron eyes cody but later read he was relly italian, not indian! At those pow wows they had a old elder give a talk as how things used to be. Thats how they would keep passing down tribal storys as they had no written language. The ones I have been to they still attempted to carry on that tradition.

 

[Maximumbob54]

Went to a bunch of them with my Grandfather when he bought the RV. Toured America going to Pow-Wows in the summer months. I had a great time. I remember the food was amazing good and smiled through many people asking me if I wanted some "buffalo chips" and a few other things… I do remember the buffalo burgers and steaks were to die for good. The dresses that some of the women wore were amazing. I am so white I make white bread look like toast but we were still more than welcome to every single one that we went to. I always found everyone there to be very kind and welcoming. I don know if they offered you to taste something then you better try it like it or not. It was all kinds of fun. I doubt I could even afford the gas from the road trip at today's prices. That's a sad ending to that fun memory.

 

[jimmyj]

The American Indian ran things much better.

True, but not their open door immagration policy. Should have stopped those white eyes at Phymouth Rock.

 

[slumpy]

They definatley were to trusting at first, shouldnt have showed us how to pop corn to live thru the winter......

 

[LAKOTA169]

I've been to a few locally. These are usually in the late winter/early spring and take place indoors. It's good to see the children participating; learning and carrying on their culture. They put a lot of time and effort into their regalia (not outfits or costumes).

The first 3 pics are from the web, all the rest are my photos.

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[writerinmo]

I grew up in a small farm town on the edge of the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas, went to a few pow-wows with a couple of friends but since I wasn't Native it really didn't do much for me and things tended to get out of hand in the evenings a lot of the time, so after two or three I was content to stay away.

 

[will5a1]

I always thoroughly enjoyed pow wows, but had not been to one in years. Couple of weeks ago there was a small pow wow near Dayton, OH, at Sun Watch Village, and I decided to go. Thre were a few vendors there, not a lot, but an older lady and man were set up, and she had some nice stuff, none of interest to me except for one really very nice beaded hatband with no price on it. I looked at it for awhile, afraid to ask how much she wanted for it, finally I asked her and she said "just take it, put it on a hat and enjoy it." This hatband is nice, she had spent some time beading it, and I didn't want to insult her by not accepting so I thanked her for it. I have no idea why she gave it to me, a middle age white guy, but now I have an excuse to go to more local pow wows and try to find her and give her something nice in return.

 

[BADSBSNF811]

In my younger days I went to quite a few in New Mexico and Texas. I was in full costume to dance, sing and drum. Great times.