April 2002 NATIVE AMERICAN POWWOW CALENDAR
Apr 5-7: Aboriginal Student Council of the University of Alberta 1st Annual Competition Powwow
Location: Butter Dome, University Campus, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Event Details: Dance, drum, hand drum and iron man/iron woman contests. Drum money for non-placing and non-competing drum groups. All winners paid in Canadian funds. First Grand Entry Friday 7 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Contact: Shannan Awasis (780) 930-2026, smokinbuffalo1@hotmail.com
Apr 6-7: Florece Apr Fools Day Festival
Location: Florence/Laurderdale Coliseum, Florence, Alabama
Event Details: Grand Entry 10 am. All drums and dancers welcome. Head Man, Bill Jolly; Head Lady, Teresa Boduck; Host Drum, Whitehorse; Guest Drum, Redbird; Arena Director Bear; MC, Farron Weeks.
Contact: katydid30us@vallnet.com
Apr 7: Eleventh Annual Light the Lodge Powwow
Location: Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Event Details: All dancers welcome. No contests. All vendors welcome, but please preregister.
Contact: nacs01@aol.com
Apr 12-14: Tifton Intertribal Powwow
Location: Friendly City Park, E.B. Hamilton Complex, Tifton, Georgia
Event Details: Princess contest
Contact: Jerry Laney (229) 787-5180 evenings; Native Way Productions, 8788 Gravel Hill Rd, Albany GA 31705, e-mail Jerry@NativeWayProductions.com
Apr 19-21: Apache Rattlesnake Festival and Powwow
Location: Apache, Fairgrounds
Contact: 580-588-2880
Apr 19-21: Old Fort Days Heritage Festival
Location: Fort Gibson, Fort Gibson Historic Site
Contact: 918-478-4780
Apr 19-21: Musical Echoes, A Native American Cultural Event & Flute Gathering
Location: The Landing, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
Event Details: Flute, drum, tipi contests
Contact: (850) 243-4405
Apr 20: Apache Tribal Princess Dance
Location: Anadarko, Apache Tribal Building
Contact: 405-247-7695
Apr 20: Bacone College Pow Wow
Location: Bacone College, 2299 Old Bacone Rd., Muskogee, Oklahoma 74403
Event Detail: Dance Contest, Cash Prizes, Vendors Welcome-$25 Setup Fee, Master of Ceremonies- Mr. Mannie King
Contact: Wade McGee, phone: 918-781-7344, email: mcgeew@bacone.edu
Apr 20: Native American Gathering
Location: Beardall Center, Delaney and Gore, Orlando, Florida 32801
Event Details: Drum KD Edwards and the Red River Singers
Contact: Chris, phone: 407-826-2136, email: Erni47@nativeculture.com
Apr 20-21: Three Rivers Intertribal Powwow
Location: Mitchell Hall, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Contact: Tracy Littlejohn (608) 785-8225, Hinuga1@aol.com
Apr 25-27: 19th Annual Gathering of Nations Powwow, Miss Indian World, & Indian Traders Market
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Event Details: Over 3,000 Native singers and dancers and over 500 tribes from all over the world come to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA to exchange culture and tradition and sing and dance competitively and socially. Everyone is invited. Visit the web site for information, photos, sound and video clips, history, educational information, giveaways, free e-mail, message boards, chat, free e-cards, and more.
Contact: e-mail web@gatheringofnations.com
Apr 26-28: Native Way Indian Festival and Powwow - NOTE: EVENT CANCELED
Location: Tobosofkee Recreation Area (Sandy Beach), Macon, GA
Apr 26-28: Native Solutions Fourth Annual Intertribal Powwow
Location: Oxford Lake Park, exit 185 off I-20, Oxford, Alabama
Event Details: Friday 5 to 9 pm, Saturday 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Grand Entry Saturday 11 am, Sunday 12 noon. Admission $5, over 65 or under 10 free. Host Northern Drum, Greywolf Singers; Head Southern Drum, Shadowwolf Singers; Head Man, Don Redbear; Head Lady, Donna Dulaney; MC, Gary Smith; Arena Director, Buck Tucker.
Contact: Tony (256) 835-0110; Cindy (256) 831-9373; Vendors contact Mark or Ruth Davis (256) 820-6315, ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com
