For full detail (location, contacts, event detail, event web site, etc.), click the link at the end of the listings to go to powwow & rendezvous event pages on the Crazy Crow 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
Nov 1: NIU Gatherings Pow Wow, DeKalb, IL
Nov 1: 12th Annual Austin Independent School District’s Austin Powwow & American Indian Heritage Festival, Austin, TX
Nov 1: University of Wisconsin,Platteville 5th Annual Powwow, Platteville, WI
Nov 1-2: 17th Annual Red Mountain Eagle Powwow, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, AZ 85256
Nov 1-2: Four Bay Winds 1st Annual Native American Indian Gathering, Havre de Grace, MD
Nov 6-9: 4th Annual Stone Mountain Powwow & Indian Festivalt, Atlanta, GA
Nov 7-8: N. Georgia Summit & Cultural Fair, Ellijay, GA
Nov 7-9: The White Buffalo Society, Inc, Belleview, FL
Nov 7-9: The Ochlocknee Band Of The SeCCI, Thomasville, GA
Nov 7-9: 16th Eglin AFB Thunderbird Intertribal Pow-wow, Niceville, FL
Nov 8: Choctaw Veterans Association Powwow, Talihina, OK
Nov 8-9: Mescalero Veterans Day Gourd Dance, Mescalero, NM
Nov 8-9: 14th Annual Texas Championship Pow Wow, Houston, TX
Nov 8-9: 4th Annual Clearfield Veterans Day Powwow, Clearfield, PA
Nov 14-16: Tullahoma Intertribal Powwow, Tullahoma, TN
Nov 15: 6th Annual White Star Gourd Dance Society Dance, Clermont, IN
Nov 21-23: Spirit of Harley Paiutes Native American Festival, East Palatka, FL
Nov 22-23: Adrian Contest Pow Wow, Adrian, MI
Nov 28-30: Louisiana Indian Heritage Association Fall Pow-Wow, Robert, LA
Nov 29: 7th Annual Alabama-Coushatta Children's Pow-wow, Woodville Texas
Dec 7: First Nations Art Exposition, Curve Lake Indian Reserve, Ontario, Canada
Dec 12-14: 2nd Annual Native Heritage Gathering Pow Wow, Melbourne, FL
Dec 12-14: 7th Annual Winter Gathering, Coachella, CA
Dec 13-14: Shane D. Zotigh Memorial Powwow, Long Beach, CA

Rendezvous Listings
Nov 6-9: Dripping Springs Rendezvous, Okmulgee, OK
Nov 7-9: 20th Annual Yolla Bolly Rendezvous, Red Bluff, CA
Nov 8-9: Iowa Black Powder Federation Trade Fair, Fort Dodge, IA
Nov 14-16: Three Rivers Rendezvous, Peru, KS
Dec 5-8: Christmas at Old Fort Concho's Winter Rendezvous, Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, TX
Dec 11-14: Christmas at the Fort, Old Fort Parker, Groesbeck, TX
Dec 12-14: Shenandoah Longrifles Christmas/Winter Rendezvous, Middletown, VA
Dec 13-14: Kenneth's Camp and Shoot, Wyaconda, Mo

Events: Powwows & Rendezvous complete detail & links

8-page, full-color flyer - Introducing new and seasonal items, and offering many popular items on sale.

New items include:
• Chief Joseph Dance Shawls
• Pendleton Jackets
• Pendleton Bags
• Antique Bone Hairpipe
• Genuine Quahog Wampum
• French Old Time Brass Sleigh Bells
• Powwow Calendar

Sale items include:
• HUGE HOLIDAY Pendleton Blanket Sale (see website & flyer for colors & sizes): Chief Joseph Blanket • Turtle blanket • • Chief Stripe • Nez Perce • Spirit Bear • Eagle Blanket • San Miguel Storyteller • Gift of Life • Nestahoamo • Harding Robe & Shawl
• 3-Band Broadcloth
• Porky Roach Kits (deluxe, standard & economy)
• Cedar Flutes
• Paul Revere & ShipTin Lanterns
• Buffalo Skull & Buffalo Horn Caps
• Deerskins into Buckskins – DVD, Video, book - & set
• Hand Forged Iron Spatula, Canvas Water Bucket
• Gourd Water Jug & Canteen
• Flat Powder Horn, Primitive Arrow, Fringed Rifle Cases
• Scottish Claymore (broadsword), Native American Pocket Knives
• Rawhide Craft Bends, Genuine Water Buffalo Teeth
• Suede Leather Lace . . . and more

New Crow Calls Flyer

Whether you made it or bought it, porky roaches are expensive! Now that you have it, do you know how to care and store it so that it stays in top condition for years? This page on our Crazy Crow website will give you some important tips...

Care Instructioins for Your Porky Roach

Beginning any craft project, especially if it is your first time working on a particular item, requires some patience - and a plan.

• Is your craftwork representative of contemporary design, or do you have a particular 'period' in mind?
• Will your project reflect some general 'Native American' look, or is there a specific tribal design to be achieved?
• Do you have instructions on the materials needed and assembly techniques required?

The purpose of Crazy Crow Trading Post's Craft Focus pages is to provide a starting point in your research, to save you time and improve your chances of finding the information and materials you need to do it right the first time.

November Craft Theme: Porky Roaches
No other headgear, with the exception of the Plains warbonnet, personifies the North American Indian as much as the hair roach. Historically, its distribution and use covered virtually all tribes of the Plains, Plateau, Great Lakes, and Eastern Woodlands cultural areas. Paintings by artists in the 1830’s reflected the use of the hair roach at that early date, and contemporary use of the porky roach may be seen in the outfits of the Grass Dancer, Oklahoma Straight Dancer, Oklahoma Feather Dancer, Northern Traditional Dancer, and the Old Time dancer.

Until now, there has literally been nothing available on the web to help you make a porky roach. There were numerous online articles about moccasin and shawl construction for prior Craft Focus pages, but a "dry hole" on this one! Rather than ditching the topic since there was nothing online to refer to, we decided to create the online resource needed ourselves! By following the link below, you will not only go to our latest Craft Focus page, but also to our first online kit instruction. As this process develops, we plan to add things to the online instructions that simply cannot be done in print (audio & video clips, photo galleries & examples, etc.). We hope you find this useful.

Please note, that as a tie-in to this month's Craft Focus, all Porky Kits are on sale as well.

Craft Focus: Porky Roach Web Page

Produced by Loren Woerpel, this 25-minute video shows you step-by-step how to make a contemporary 15-inch "porky" roach, worn by traditional dancers, straight dancers and fancy dancers.

Each step is shown in detail: From building a loom for your work and choosing porcupine quills, to the final sewing and wrapping on the roach. The video includes and insert with plans for the loom and detail drawings.

We recommend this video for people who already have some craft experience or those of you who are just curious about the technique. 30 minutes.

Item 4080-001-017 VHS Format $19.95

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

Among other things, The Gathering of Nations Web Site features a huge online photo archive. Thousands of quality pictures of dancers and regalia from the Gathering of Nations Powwows dating back to 1999, and include:

• 2002 Gathering of Nations Powwow Pictures: 739 High Quality Photographs
• 2002 Miss Indian World Photos - 12 High Quality Photographs
• 2002 Gathering of Nations Powwow Photos: 60 High Quality Photographs
• 2002 Miss Indian World Photos: 67 High Quality Photographs
• 2001 Eschikagou Powwow Photo Gallery: 94 High Quality Photographs
• 2001 Gathering of Nations Photo Gallery: 499 High Quality Photographs
• 2000 Powwow Photo Gallery: 350 High Quality Photographs
• 2000 Powwow Digital Camera: 158 (lower quality) Pictures
• Miss Indian World Photo Gallery: 165 Various Quality Photographs
• 1999 Powwow Photo Gallery: 92 Newly Re-published Photos - Varying Quality
• Learn About Powwow Dancers: 18 photos & description of dances seen at powwows.

Another fun and unique feature is Internet "All Native music - all the time". Listen while surfing the web, or just let your computer be your radio while you do other things.

In addition to these features, you’ll also find:
• Free Screensavers & Free Wallpaper
• Native American Events and Powwows Calendar
• Free Games
• Native American Art & Crafts & more!

Gathering of Nations Website

A perfect gift for holidays, birthdays, or any time you like to treat someone special.
• Sent directly to recipient or you
• Valid for one year
• Minimum $10 - no maximum
• Can be purchased via phone, fax, internet or mail

How to order & redeem certificates

We've added many new items during the last couple of months as we get ready for Catalog 21. This is just a sampling:

Chief Joseph Dance Shawl
Taken from the popular Chief Joseph Blanket design. These exquisite dance shawls are 100% wool with sewn, 12" rayon chainette fringe all around. Lightweight and ready to wear, available in seven gorgeous colors, measuring 60"x60".
details

2004 Powwow Calendar
This directory is the definitive guide to all types of Native American events in the US & Canada. Over 500 listings! Each entry is indexed by state and includes date, location and contact phone number. Soft over. Available December 2003.   details

Old Time Shirts
We have recently discover-ed these nice, solid color shirts in 100% cotton. They're perfect for reenactors from the early to late 19th Century. They are similar to popular trade items among the Eastern Indian tribes as well as the trappers, fur traders and gun-slingers of the West. details

Crazy Crow - New Items

Within a few weeks, we’ll be mailing our new Catalog 21 for 2004. It keeps getting bigger and better and it’s going to be about 120 full-color pages (10 or so more pages than Catalog 20). We’ll have an online form at the website in a few days to let you pre-order this catalog. In the meantime, you can view can view the entire Catalog 20 online at Google by using the link below.

View Catalog 20 online at Google