Latest release August 1, 2002 - Our entire full-color 104-page catalog of Native American Indian and American Mountain Man crafts, craft supplies and craft kits has been updated, both in print, and online at Google Catalogs. Google is the largest & most popular search engine, and we are pleased to be included in this service. Items in the products pages on this web site are linked to these online pages -or- you may also go directly to this catalog, search by page number or description.

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For full detail, click the link at the end of the listings to go to powwow & rendezvous event pages on the on the website.

Need to add an event? It's easy to do online at Crazy Crow. Submit your event early enough, and you'll be searchable in Google ® & other search engines as a result (2-3 month lead-time required).

Powwow Listings
Sept 7-8: 12th Annual Keepers of the Circle Powwow, Rotterdam Junction NY
Sept 7-8: Grand Valley American Indian Lodge 41st Annual Traditional Pow Wow, Grand Rapids, MI
Sept 13-14: 3rd Annual Trail of Tears Powwow, De Queen, AR
Sept 14-15: 10th Annual Four Winds Powwow, Killeen, TX
Sep 20-22: Rossville Powwow, Rossville, GA
Sep 20-22: Mahkato Wacipi, Mankato, MN
Sept 21-22: Mountain in the Sky Pow Wow, Highmount, NY
Sept 28-29: Adrian 'Lest Our Children Forget' Contest Powwow, Adrian, MI
Sept 27-29: 3rd Annual Tonto Apahce Tribal Pow Wow, Payson, AZ
Sept 28-29: Sounds of Thunder Powwow, Fredonia, AZ

Rendezvous Listings
Sep 6-8: Elk River Rendezvous, Hillsboro, MO
Sep 7-8: 20th Annual Fort Hill Ramrods Rendezvous, Butternut, WI
Sep 21 & 22: Fort Belle Fontaine Historic Encampment & Black Powder Shoot, on the banks of the Missouri River at the mouth of Coldwater Creek
Sep 21-29: 26th Annual NRLHF / NMLRA Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, Lancaster Cty, PA
Sep 27-29: Fall Rendezvous - Eagle Valley Muzleloaders, Carson City, NV
Sep 27-29: Duck Creek Muzzleloaders Fall Family Rendezvous, Independence, KS

Events: Powwows & Rendezvous complete detail & links

"Canku Ota" (Many Paths) is an e-zine for and about Native America ... the native people of North America ... Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and First Nations People.

Each biweekly issue contains news articles, about events and issues, contributed by some premier writers & artists. Also included are stories, recipes, nature articles, projects, and anything else of related interest. Extensive resource pages offer links to some of the best Native Web sites, as well as many other Web sites of interest. All past issues & a coloring book are maintained online.

Each issue includes a craft project or article. The link below takes you to a listing of past articles. Very nicely done, great detail. Past multi-part craft article series include:
* Beading (8 parts) * Hairpipe (4 parts) * Quillwork (2 parts) * Feather (2 parts)

Canku Ota craft articles archive

This dance has its origins in northern Minnesota and was introduced to the Pan-Indian community by the Ojibwe people. As the story goes, a medicine man's granddaughter was very ill. He had a dream in which a spirit wearing the jingle dress came to him and told him to make one of these dresses and put it on his daughter to cure her. When he awoke, he and his wife proceeded to assemble the dress as described by the spirit of his dream. When finished, they and others brought his granddaughter to the dance hall and she put on the dress. During the first circle around the room, she needed to be carried. During the second circle around the room, she could barely walk and needed the assistance of several women. The third circle around the room she found she could walk without assistance and during the fourth circle around the room, she danced. The jingle dress is made of a cloth, velvet or leather base adorned with jingles made out of a shiny metal. Traditionally and still common today, the jingles are made from the lids of snuff cans. These are bent and molded into triangular bell shapes and attached to the dress with ribbon or fabric in a pattern designed by the dancer. It takes between 400 and 700 jingles to make an adult jingle dress.

The dance itself is designed to incorporate the sound of the jingles by allowing them to move; that is, to make them jingle, or be made "happy." The steps are controlled and do not invlove high kicking or twirls. Often the steps are in a zigzag pattern to reflect the zigzagging involved in the journey of life. Similar to Men's Grass dancing, the feet often do parallel movements. Similar to a Women's Traditional dancer, the Jingle Dress dancer also raises her fan when the "honor beats" are played on the d rum. As in all dances, the Jingle Dress dancer must stay in time with the drum beat and stop with both feet on the ground on the final beat.

Article courteosy of Twin Cities Public Television © 1995 and is part of their KTCA documentary special first aired in early October 1995, titled Wacipi Powwow. View the show's website at: www.tpt.org/powwow/

Other Jingle Dress links

This exciting and informative video series continues with Jingle Dress featuring competition straight and slide step, beautiful outfit close-ups, how-to construction, history and evolution of the dance. Shot in digital video on location at northern powwows. 30 minutes, VHS format.

Item 4080-002-041 VHS Format $19.95

Other Videos available at Crazy Crow (Crazy Crow Online Catalog at Google)

Once you finish watching the Jingle Dress tape, you're bound to want to get started on your own jingle dress! Crazy Crow can help with that task with our easy-to-follow Missouri River patterns.

Item 4799-500-203 Child's Size (6-16)
Item 4799-500-031 Adult's Sizes (S-XL Sizes)
$7.95 each, $7.50 each (3 or more)

Check out all 27 patterns! Each includes easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations & photos for expert and novice alike.

Missouri River Patterns (Crazy Crow Online Catalog at Google)

This blanket honors Native American veterans of World War II, the Navajo Code Talkers, who created an unbreakable code from the Navajo language that was used throughout the Pacific Theater in World War II.

The veterans are also honored with the American Flag in red, white and blue, while including the four directions in the center of the blanket.

This blanket is a presentation of the most common codes used in the Pacific Theater. The first symbol is the Big fish, which is LO - TSO (The Battleship). The second symbolizes the Bird TSIDI (Fighter plane). The third symbol is the Turtle, which is CHAY - DA GAHI (The Tank). The forth and last symbol is the Metal fish BESH - LO (The submarine).

Item 3710-494-741 . . . $145
Background color: tan on front - black on reverse, 64"x 80", 82% pure wool, 18% cotton, made in USA.

Pendleton Woolen Mills - Closeouts & Featured Items

Sale items include: German Tanned Buckskin, Missouri River Patterns, Kinni-Kinnick, Mouse Hawks, Knives (Scottish Dirk, Columbia River Dagger, Arkansas Toothpick), Buffalo Skulls & Jawbones, Horse Tails, Brass Sleigh Bells, German Old-Time Seed Beads, Venetian Trade Beads (Hubbell & Swirl), Brass Thimbles, Washer Brooches, Ring Brooches, Eagle Foot & Grizzly Claw Handmade Replicas, Camp Ware (S-Hooks, Camp Basin, Horn Drinking Cups), Fur Trade Badges (Witney, Roger's Rangers, etc.), and more.

If you don't have an 8-page Crow Calls Sale Flier, you can view it online at Google with the following link: