attend a pow wow

I attended the Onion Lake Pow Wow in Saskatchewan, Canada with my mom. It was really cool to see all the native dancing and all the beautiful outfits. We felt a little out of place as we were practically the only white people there, but it was great to see such a fantastic native cultural event.

My sister whose husband (now her widower) is full-blood Cherokee, and I had a great time dancing. I was nervous because I’d never done it before and all the dancers in their regalia looked a little scary to me. But, she loaned me her prayer shawl and showed me how to wear it and how to step and it was very fun. Once I got in there up close to the dancers, many smiled and winked at me, and of course I saw they were just nice people. The drums and the fire and the colors and the beautiful smiling dancers of all ages… it totally filled up my senses and made me feel alive.

Well that was one of the last times I had with my sister before she got sick. Had I let my shyness keep me from making that memory with her I would still regret it bitterly. She left me that prayer shawl when she died. I haven’t been to a powwow since, but I think I should go to one this summer, and use the shawl. I can’t believe it’s been almost ten years since that night.

Go to one if you can and you enjoy cultural events. The dancing is so amazing, I could watch the dancing for hours.

The internet has calendars for the U.S. Check it out.

Yeah… this was one of the best times of my life… I would reccomend this to anyone and everyone!!

last Saturday. I always enoy going to a pow wow.

I went last weekend to Ardmore, OK and attended the high school’s fund raising pow-wow. It was well worth it.

My freshman year of college, I went to the pow wow held at the University of Arizona. There were many Native American girls in my residence hall, and they encouraged everyone to attend. It was very neat!

I attended one in Arizona when I lived there briefly in the mid-90’s. I loved Native American food and ate it every chance I got!

To find out about pow wows visit the “gathering of nations” website:
http://www.gatheringofnations.com/

To find out about the history and significance of pow wows:
http://www.meyna.com/powwow.html

Yet another website, this one offering a pow wow calendar:
http://www.powwows.com/

peace and blessings