PowWows.com was started in 1996 by Paul Gowder. Over the past 25 years, its mission has remained the same: to provide a place where everyone can experience and explore Native American culture. I attended my first pow wow in the early 90s. As a graduate student, I wanted to teach mysel...
Native Americanis perhaps the most commonly used general term among and for the Indigenous Peoples of the United States. Despite the historical inaccuracy of the termIndian, some Indigenous people prefer to identify in this way and consider it part of their identity, while others object to its u...
Omaha (named for the Omaha Indians) is located on the west bank of the Missouri River that separates Nebraska and Iowa. Long before any white man set foot on the Great Plains, the area was inhabited by several Native American groups, including the Oto/Otoe/Missouri, Pawnee, and Omaha ...
What is a powwow? The word powwow is a noun an Eastern Algonquian language used to describe a gathering of Native people; however, in Indian Country, the event is defined as a cultural celebration that features group singing and dancing by men, women, and children. Cultural traditions such...
Flint Carney, a long time friend and member of the Kiowa tribe, who said, “The greatest thing about the Gathering of Nations is the respect that is shown to all Native people of the world.” This is the way of powwow life and teachings, which are provided and handed down from the ...
Powhatan Confederacy, group of Native North Americans belonging to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Their area embraced most of tidewater Virginia and the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. Wahunsonacock, or Powhatan, as the English cal...
yet not Christ. In the hearts of the missionaries, they wanted to share the experience of Christ with the native peoples, and were successful in doing so for 16 years, at which time the Wendat Confederacy was destroyed and displaced by the Iroquois along with the deaths of Brébeuf and his...
Crazy Horse Memorial,memorial to the Oglala Souix chiefCrazy Horseand Native Americans, under construction at Thunderhead Mt., near Custer, S.Dak., in theBlack Hills. When finished it will consist of an equestrian statue of Crazy Horse, 563 ft (172 m) high and 641 ft (196 m) long, ca...
Return to Long Swamp Creek Pow Wow, Tate, GA N.A Heritage Day, Special Forces – Columbus, GA North Georgia Toy Run and Harley Rodeo Chipa left on his Spirit Journey in 2016. His desire to highlight Native culture was amplified by a ...
It’s a boy in a Native American costume about to shoot another arrow. This is DA-SONG, 10, the youngest Park. YON-KYO (CONT’D) Da-Song! Behave yourself. We have a guest! 19. Da-Song doesn’t care. He continues shooting. Mun-Kwang is used to the antics. She picks up...