2010 South Eastern Pow wows

Nansemond Indian Tribal Powwow

Aug. 21-22, 2010

Lone Star Lakes Park

1 Bob House Pkwy.

Suffolk, VA

This is a two day cultural celebration honoring the Tribe’s heritage. The pow wow features music, dance, authentic crafts, and food.

http://www.suffolk-fun.com

Chickahominy Powwow-Fall Festival

Sept 25-26, 2010

Chickahominy Tribal Grounds

8200 Lott Cary Rd

Providence Forge, VA

Native Americans from throughout the country will join the Chickahominy Indian Tribe as they celebrate their annual fall festival on the tribal grounds in Charles City, VA.

Ground open 10 am, grand entry Saturday at 12 noon/Sunday at 1 pm. Featuring NA dancers, drummers, singers, and crafters, traditional crafts and skills demonstations, flute music, historical information displays and food. Family event, bring lawn chairs, no pets, free parking/no gate admission.

http://www.chickahominytribe.org

Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe

Ft. Story, Virginia Beach, VA

Nov. 19-20, 2010

http://www.cheroenhaka-nottoway.org

Will publish more info on this as it is published. We danced this one last year and had a good time at the fort. Dancers-keep in mind it is in November and the fort is right on the water. I almost froze my bloomers off last year, even had on long johns. There are craft vendors and food vendors available. We could not find anyone selling any hot drinks, however, so I will be carrying a large thermos of coffee and hot chocolate. There is a bit of a walk from the parking area to the dance circle, so plan on that, too. This is a good time to sightsee in Virginia Beach as the summer crowd is gone. There are a few restaurants open all year.

http://www.redflowersilver.com

Cheroenhaka Nottoway Powwow and Green Corn Festival

Our Annual Powwow and Gathering, “Ke-to-ok-neh” (a celebration of the Green Corn Harvest) is always on the fourth weekend of July at the Southampton County Fairgrounds, in Courtland, Virginia. The Powwow is unique to our traditions and culture in that it is our time to dance and praise the Creator. Here we renew old friendships and create new ones. Come, join us and enjoy the Drum, Songs, the Dance and, of course, our Native American Cuisine.

I threw this in here so some of you could plan ahead. I have no dates yet, but, assuming it is on the same weekend, that would be July 24 & 25, 2010. As I get information, I will post it here. This pow wow usually closes at suppertime. There are many hotels in Franklin, VA and a few in Courtland.

We danced at this powwow this weekend….it was hosted by the NASA (Native American Student Alliance) at Duke University. They really went all out for the dancers and other participants. I will definitely put it on my list for next year….we were fed two meals, day pay, T-shirt, and actual bathrooms/dressing rooms/hospitality room, very gracious hosts. The weather was beautiful…and the dancing was great!!

We danced at Spartanburg, SC with Ms.Mabel and had a really good time. It is my understanding that it will not be held there again next year, but, I am hoping to keep up with where it goes so we can attend. Ms. Mabel treats her dancers to good eats and usually has camping on the grounds. This was a small powwow but had good feeling to it. Burke Lemons and Brenda Bowlin were the head dancers. Had a couple of food vendors and about 10 craft vendors with lots of different things ( I almost bought a shawl that had red, white, and blue).

It was good to see friends from Saponitown at the powwow on Saturday. My granddaughter, Maecyn, thoroughly enjoyed herself dancing even though she’s only 20 months. There were quite a few vendors selling a bit of everything. We really enjoyed the flute music and hearing about the birds of prey. And time spent with family and friends can’t be measured….