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April 12
8th Annual American Indian
Pow Wow
Red Wing Park, Virginia Beach, VA
Contact Debra Vick @ 757-427-2990
April 12-13
Haliwa-Saponi Pow Wow
Haliwa School
Hollister, NC
919-586-4017
April 26 & 27, 2008
10th Annual Inter-tribal Powwow Journey Home:
Join us for a special gathering on ancient ancestral grounds, where the cry of sea gulls blend with drums and beautiful songs to create a place where ALL can “journey home” in their hearts!
Location: Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center, Frisco NC
Rain or Shine Inclement weather location: Cape Hatteras Elementary School
252-995-4440
http://www.nativeamericanmuseum.org/powwow.htm
April 26
Alexandria American Indian Festival
Market Square on King Street
Alexandria, VA
Dana Padgett(202)316-8445
These have been gathered from several websites. I have not personally attended any of them, but, hope to check out a couple this year.
NOTE:
The date for Red Wing Park has been changed to April 26. Please make the changes on your calendars. Unfortunately it hits on the same weekend as Frisco.
Aho
Becky
how was that Virginia beach event?
I noticed in your profile that you have beading listed… 🙂
I’m just getting into beading….I just finished a odd count peyote stitch….I think I did ok…I might post a photo of it sometime today.
My next project is a Rosette..which I still have not figured out lol
Virginia Beach dates have been changed to this weekend…same as Frisco. Have never attended, but, hear it is pretty big.
Most of my beading has to do with making necklaces, earrings for family and friends…have not really gotten into the small beading…now Spilleddi can do some kinda beading.
oh cool….the virginia beach one sounds cool.
I started out with Pony beads…I made a medicine wheel necklace with the pony beads.
then I did my first thing with the smaller beads recently…..took me like a week to get one necklace/headband done with them lol
Becky and I are just back home from Frisco. On a scale of 1 to 5, it was a 5+.
Well worth the 13 hours we spent on the road. We will be attending next year. All dancers are most welcome and, on intertribals, members of the audience can dance without regalia. It don’t get any better than this one was.
You don’t really have “tribes” show up at pow wows. You have dancers that come to dance, drummers that come to drum….and the audience that comes to enjoy the dancing and the drumming.
If anyone is ever on the Outer Banks of NC, I recommend you take the time to stop in at Frisco and visit the Native American Museum….and Mr. Carl and his lovely wife….they are very hospitable. There are nature trails and lots of things to see…plus, the whole area is rich in history.
This was definitely one of those pow wows where you sit back on Monday and say……….WOW! The weather was fantastic…and the hosts were great….the drumming was outstanding….and you couldn’t have gathered a better group of dancers. Like dancing in your backyard and all your friends showing up….yep, this one will be on our list for next year with a footnote to stay over on Monday….it was a LONG drive home in the pouring rain.
Aho
Becky
Becky,
There is a pow wow held in Tipton, PA (just north of Altoona, PA) each year in late July. If you would like information so it can be posted here I will get it to you. It is a 2-day event and has dance competions for all ages with prize money. Ezra Fields, Pawnee, is the Master of Ceremonies.
Robin B.
Well people from various tribes show up….and dancers from various tribes show up…..thats what I meant 🙂 Alot of times they will name which tribe the dancers come from before they come out.
It’s a terrific pow wow. I know Ezra well and he talks a lot about the traditions, the dances, and the dancers. It is a very well run event and very well attended. I think there were over 80 dancers from many different tribes. I will try to get more information on it.
For the pow wows that I have attended, the only dancers whose tribe is announced are the ones holding the flags and eagle staff, then if there are chiefs from any tribes. The dancers are mainly announced as to their type of regalia…i.e. women’t traditional, women’s cloth, men’s traditional, men’s fancy.
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