January 2003 NATIVE AMERICAN POWWOW CALENDAR
Jan 4: Lakota Dancer's Pow Wow
Location: Elgin High School, 1200 Maroon Dr, Elgin, IL 60120
Event Detail: Free Admission. Doors open at noon. Grand Entries at 1:30pm and 7pm Meal break at 5pm For more info about the dance, see the website. Trader spaces available - contact us.
Contact: Linda Hayford, phone: 847-882-1644, email: lvh47@attbi.com
Event Website: http: //units.nwsc.org/users/crew476/powwow.htm
Jan 10-12: Ormond Beach Native American Festival
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida
Event Detail: No contests. Admission $4, $3 ages 3-12. Educational field day for local schools 9 am to 3 pm Friday.
Contact: Betsy Hooker (386) 676-3216; Vendors contact Jim Sawgrass (386) 756-7900
Jan 18: Morning Star Celebration
Location: John Carroll School, Bel Air, Maryland
Event Detail: Benefit powwow for the St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. Doors open at 11 am, Grand Entry 1 pm. Evening feed for participants, dancing resumes at 5:30 pm. MC, Don Hockeberry; Host Southern Drum, Cades Gap; Northern Drums, Oak Leaf Singers and Bum Kneez. Traders by invitation only.
Contact: Gary Scholl (410) 838-8333 ext 14; Vendors contact Linda Coates (410) 885-2800
Jan 18: Honor Dance for Floyd Blackbear
Location: Multipurpose Building, Watonga, OK 73772
Event Detail: 4 pm Gourd Dance, 5:30p Dinner, Dance to Follow. MC-Hammond Motah-Anadarko,OK; Co-MC- Lou WhiteEagle; HMD- Shawn Littlebear; HLD- Minnie Goodbear Moore; AD- Delbert Hail; Host- Viola Hatch; Co-Hosts - Bowstring Society, Watonga Veterens Assoc.
Contact: Doris Rogers, phone: 580-623-7499, email: walkej7@aol.com
Jan 18: 9th Annual Benefit Pow Wow
Location: Greenville High School, Greenville, TX 75402
Event Detail: Gourd Dancing 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m Grand Entry 7:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Scholarship Pow Wow - No Admission Fee.
Contact: 903-457-2589 or 903-455-2497, e-mail: shackelr@greenville.ednet10.net
Jan 24-26: The First Nations Winter Celebration
Location: Keystone Centre, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Event Detail: Admission fees. All categories and other events happening (hockey, bingo, etc.).
Contact: Sioux Valley Administrative Office, phone: 204-855-2671
Contact: 903-457-2589 or 903-455-2497, e-mail: shackelr@greenville.ednet10.net
Event Website: http: //www.keystonecentre.com/Entertainment.asp
Jan 25: Rainbow Dancers Winter Gathering
Location: Illinois Central College, Rt 150, East Peoria IL 61611
Event Detail: Gourd dancing at noon & 6pm, Grand entries at 1pm & 7pm. All drums & dancers welcome.
Contact: Butch or Connie McCamy, phone: 309-382-2779, email: walkhawk2@ntslink.net
Event Website: http: //www.powwows.2ya.com/
Jan 25: 1st Annual Shvonne Harvey Memorial Scholarship Benefit Powwow
Location: McLennan Community College Student Center, 1400 College Dr, Waco, TX 76708
Contact: Kimberly Roppolo or Chelleye Crow, phone: 254-749-1084, email: KRoppolo@aol.com or Ccrow@mclennan.edu
Event Detail: Honorees: Eugene Blackbear, Sr- Cheyenne & Lisa Tiger- Muscogee; MC—Eugene Blackbear, Jr- Cheyenne; AD— Jacob Wruck; Head Singer— Lance Tahchawwickah- Comanche; Head Man—Josh Guerrero- Saponi/Apache; Head Lady—Wilma Blackbear- Cheyenne; Head Gourd Dancer— Eugene Blackbear, Sr- Cheyenne. Directions from I-35: Take Martin Luther King exit, just north of the Brazos River; turn left on Lake Shore turn left into college; take the 2nd left & follow the signs to parking (see website for map). Vendor information and other info, contact us.
Event Website: http: //www.mclennan.edu/visitors/waco.php
