Behind the Outback ~ A Nomadic Journey Act IV

Greetings ~ Much Love and many prayers to everyone out there!  Well we hit the pow wow trail again heading for the Outer Banks, North Carolina *hereafter referred to as OBX

Behind the Outback ~ A Nomadic Journey

Act IV

Scene I

7 August 2009 ~ We chose to leave the campground a little later, because we could not get there to the pow wow grounds until after 4pm.  BIG MISTAKE!!!!  OMG  the Traffic!!!  We only went about 160 miles, however it took almost 6 hours!!!  We went through Norfolk and drove down the OBX over the bridges and tunnels.  It was nice, Lots of roadside attractions to look at and take pics, but Sheesh a loooong drive.  Anyways, y'all might like the travelling pics a little better this time, I spiced them up!  I think the coolest thing I saw was a place called Diggers Dungeon ~ Jeez I wish we coulda stopped there!!  I absolutely Love Grave Digger the Monster Truck.  It's a Monster Truck garage, Gift shop, looked like you could get a ride, AND they had Diggers Diner!

As I say, the Drive was Interesting, but Long.  As we got closer to the playground of the Filthey Stinking Rich ** hereafter referred to as FSR**  , we Really saw some sites. 

We set the camper up when we got to the grounds, which were on an airfield.  Got some supper and Crashed!!

Scene II

8 August 2009 ~ Most vendors showed up today to set up.  We are sooo spoiled about getting set up the day before.  But I got the last little thing in place just before the pow wow began.  Ken was the Keeper of the Circle here and Ric Bird was MC.  Ken & Becky, dancers we met last year at several pow wows down here, were camping all weekend here so we got to spend some time with them. 

After the pow wow, we explored the OBX and got a munch.  Reminded me of Wildwood, NJ a bit, without the boardwalk.  I was on a mission, as y'all have seen I am collecting different "Euro Decals" for the camper from places we stay in.  On the drive down I had been seeing the OBX ones and wanted to get one, BUT then i noticed they had one where the O was a Hurricane Icon LOL.  So I found a gift shop that had them to add to the collection!

Scene III

9 August 2009 ~ Sunday was pretty slow, but this entire pow wow was very spiritual and we found many more friends and family here. 

We will definitely go back to this pow wow again.  And perhaps I will be able to get some time for fishing next time!!  The campgrounds were rather expensive, so we travelled about 100 miles to get a better deal to stay over for a couple nights. 

Scene IV

11 August 2009 ~ Bear Grass, NC ~ Booked a pow wow in Suffolk, VA this coming weekend.  Tomorrow we will head to a Campground close to there and hunker down for a weekly rate.  Will work on uploading the videos today and chillin' 

Much Love and many prayers

Spiderwrulf & Cloudwalker

Pow wow in Winston-Salem, NC at Bethabara Park this weekend

Greetings and Thank you to all my Friends and FAMILY that have joined Multiply.  I should have some pictures, video and blogging after the weekend.  We are set up in North Carolina with a pow wow this weekend:

    July 10 - 12, 2009 ~ Strong Sun Festival & Pow Wow

2147 Historic Bethabara Rd - Winston-Salem, NC 27106

This is a Gathering of Native American people to share our Traditions and Customs with you. Master of Ceremonies - Ric Bird; Head Veteran - TBA; Arena Director - Elton Smith; Lead Dancers - Mike & Jennie Crawford; Honor Lead Tiny Tot Dancer - Riley ;Special Appearance - National POW MIA KIA Memorial Rolling Thunder, William E, Vaughan-Lloyd, Jr. Vice Chief .  We also have many other surprisers planned for you. Host Drum - “Bird Chopper”; Guest Drum - Cedar Creek Medicine.   All Traditional Drums Welcome.   Sound furnished by Dewin Underwood.   Special Programs and Dances for all ages.  Gate will Open at 12 noon Friday and Grand Entry at 1 Pm - Children day Gate will open at 9Am and Grand Entry at 10am. - Gate will open at 11 Am Grand Entry At 12 Noon Until 5:30 Pm.  Admission by Small Donation: Adults $6.00 - Children 4- 18 $4.00 - Senior over 62 Free - Children 4 years old and under Free.   This is a Family Program, Please have all Pets on Lease, No Alcohol, Drugs or Firearms Permitted. So grab a friend a Veteran and a Lawn Chair and come have some Fun. Shoes will be required at all times.Neetribe, Inc. - 3517 Union Hill Rd - East Bend, NC 27018 - 1-336-816-7747 or info@neetribe.org

We would like to send prayers out to all the people in need.  You will ALL be at the Pow wow with us as well.  We are also Praying specifically for those who mean to be Harmful to us.  We know that you can not help yourself, and are praying that the Great Spirit will reach down and help you through these trying times.

Much Love and many prayers,

Spiderwrulf & Cloudwalker

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Pow Wow page Updated

www.sixdirectionstraders.com/calendar.html

I got some more pow wows listed for August and September on the dot com.  Look for the yellow "Updated" icon. 

 

 

Pow Wows Still in Need of a few Vendors

Greetings ~ The following pow wows still have some open spots for vendors.  For more pow wow listings please see :

Six Directions Traders Pow Wow Listing 

  

   July 10 - 12, 2009 ~ Strong Sun Festival & Pow Wow

2147 Historic Bethabara Rd - Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Flyer

This is a Gathering of Native American people to share our Traditions and Customs with you. Master of Ceremonies - Ric Bird; Head Veteran - TBA; Arena Director - Elton Smith; Lead Dancers - Mike & Jennie Crawford; Honor Lead Tiny Tot Dancer - Riley ;Special Appearance - National POW MIA KIA Memorial Rolling Thunder, William E, Vaughan-Lloyd, Jr. Vice Chief .  We also have many other surprisers planned for you. Host Drum - “Bird Chopper”; Guest Drum - Cedar Creek Medicine.   All Traditional Drums Welcome.   Sound furnished by Dewin Underwood.   Special Programs and Dances for all ages.  Gate will Open at 12 noon Friday and Grand Entry at 1 Pm - Children day Gate will open at 9Am and Grand Entry at 10am. - Gate will open at 11 Am Grand Entry At 12 Noon Until 5:30 Pm.  Admission by Small Donation: Adults $6.00 - Children 4- 18 $4.00 - Senior over 62 Free - Children 4 years old and under Free.   This is a Family Program, Please have all Pets on Lease, No Alcohol, Drugs or Firearms Permitted. So grab a friend a Veteran and a Lawn Chair and come have some Fun. Shoes will be required at all times.Neetribe, Inc. - 3517 Union Hill Rd - East Bend, NC 27018 - 1-336-816-7747 or info@neetribe.org

 

  July 24 - 26, 2009 ~ Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum 

Green Corn Festival & Pow Wow ~ Bland County Fairgrounds - Main Street - Bland, Virginia 24315

To help sponsor this event in 2009 or for vendor information contact Penny Plummer or Denise Smith at 276-688-3438 Vendor Spaces Limited -  indianvillage@naxs.net  

Upcoming Pow Wows

Upcoming Pow Wows ~ We will be getting a late start this season, our first will be in Winston-Salem, NC ~

All listings with will designate ones we are tentatively setting up at. 

Loading up the trailer, just got a new shipment of pipestone in.  Got some great new Jewelry made with Florida fossil shark teeth, peacock feathers, and much more.  Hope to see some of y'all out on the trail.

Please be sure to visit our full listing of pow wows at

www.SixDirectionsTraders.com

June 26 - 28, 2009 ~ 21st Annual Trade Days Festival

228 Modock Road ~ Trade, TN 37691

If you are looking for a weekend full of festivities, make plans now to attend the 21st Annual Trade Days Festival,  just off Highway 421 South near the Tennessee/North Carolina State Line. Much is offered in the way of entertainment with new exhibits and shows for 2009 and of course the Indian pow-wow. Donnie Freeman and his Inter-Tribal Pow-Wow will be returning this year. Don’t miss this educational as well as entertaining and spectacular event with Native American Tribes in their native dress. This year the pow-wow will feature competition drumming and dancing. Telephone: 423.727.3007 ADMISSION Adults: $8.00, Children 6-12 years: $5.00, Children 5 years & under FREE, Senior Citizens Day Friday 26th $5.00, 3 day Adult pass: $20.00, 3 day Children's pass: $10.00

 

July 3 - 5, 2009 ~ 9th Annual Hobby Horse Ranch Mountain Spirits Festival

Hobby Horse Ranch 428 Hartz Rd ~ Fleetwood, PA

Hobby Horse Ranch 610-944-5797, or 610-944-9034  Gates Open 10am - dusk; Grand Entry 12 noon; Adults - $5, Children $3, under 6 FREE; Just 10 minutes from Reading, PA

 

 

    July 10 - 12, 2009 ~ Strong Sun Festival & Pow Wow

2147 Historic Bethabara Rd - Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Flyer

This is a Gathering of Native American people to share our Traditions and Customs with you. Master of Ceremonies - Ric Bird; Head Veteran - TBA; Arena Director - Elton Smith; Lead Dancers - Mike & Jennie Crawford; Honor Lead Tiny Tot Dancer - Riley ;Special Appearance - National POW MIA KIA Memorial Rolling Thunder, William E, Vaughan-Lloyd, Jr. Vice Chief .  We also have many other surprisers planned for you. Host Drum - “Bird Chopper”; Guest Drum - Cedar Creek Medicine.   All Traditional Drums Welcome.   Sound furnished by Dewin Underwood.   Special Programs and Dances for all ages.  Gate will Open at 12 noon Friday and Grand Entry at 1 Pm - Children day Gate will open at 9Am and Grand Entry at 10am. - Gate will open at 11 Am Grand Entry At 12 Noon Until 5:30 Pm.  Admission by Small Donation: Adults $6.00 - Children 4- 18 $4.00 - Senior over 62 Free - Children 4 years old and under Free.   This is a Family Program, Please have all Pets on Lease, No Alcohol, Drugs or Firearms Permitted. So grab a friend a Veteran and a Lawn Chair and come have some Fun. Shoes will be required at all times.Neetribe, Inc. - 3517 Union Hill Rd - East Bend, NC 27018 - 1-336-816-7747 or info@neetribe.org

 

July 17 -18, 2009 ~ Festival of Native Peoples and

Cherokee Indian Art Market

Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds ~ 745 Tsali Blvd ~ Cherokee, NC

This year our annual gathering of tribes from throughout the Americas takes its rightful place as the finest showcase of native dance, art, and culture in the southeast. The Festival of Native Peoples is an exposition of non-competitive dance, storytelling, and song performances expressing the collected history, culture, tradition, and wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Entertainment throughout the day will include a replica of an Apache dwelling with audience participation, hoop dancing, flute music, and Cherokee storytellers. Other performers include the Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai, Hopi Senom Dance Group, Phoenix, Arizona - Ambassador's of the State of Arizona and the Yellow Bird Apache champion dancers who have been performing for presidents and heads of state for 22 years  Gates open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with performances throughout the day. Art market opens at 9 a.m. Adult admission $10; children six and under are free. For Discount Ticket Packages or more information, call 800.438.1601 or visit www.cherokee-nc.com Contact: Cherokee Welcome Center - (800) 438-1601 — Contact: John Grant - (828) 497-4496     *We will be meeting with family here this week

 

  July 24 - 26, 2009 ~ Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum 

Green Corn Festival & Pow Wow ~ Flyer

Bland County Fairgrounds - Main Street - Bland, Virginia 24315

To help sponsor this event in 2009 or for vendor information contact Penny Plummer or Denise Smith at 276-688-3438 Vendor Spaces Limited -  indianvillage@naxs.net  

 

August 14 - 16, 2009 ~ Red Hawks Gathered Nations City of King Pow Wow

436 South Main Street -  King, NC 27021

MC - Danny Two Eagles; Host Drum - Iroquois Thunderheart; AD - Little Hawk; Head Man - Chief Harry Dakota; Head Lady - Beverly; Performers - Allegheny River Indian Dancers; Sponsored by Red Hawks American Indian Education and Cultural Awareness Council - Camping spaces for tipi or tents are available at no cost to all participants and their family members. Restrooms and shower facilities are on pow wow grounds. Camper/trailer slips with water, sewer and electric hook-up are also available to all participants and their family members however these spaces require a fee that must be paid directly to the American Legion.(to reserve one of these spaces please contact Jim Lone Eagle at (336) 983-3608) Gates open at 5:00 pm Friday and Grand Entry is 7:00 pm. Saturday gates open at 9:00 am and Grand Entry is 11:00 am and 7:00 pm. Sunday gates open at 10:00 am and we close 6:00 pm and Grand Entry time for Sunday will be 2:00 pm. This event is to "Honor our Veterans" of past and present and is a drug and alcohol free environment. Have a great - safe summer. See you soon! Lance Red Hawk 336-985-3837 cityofkingpowwow@yahoo.com

 

Changed Directions ~ back to North Carolina

Changed Directions ~ back to North Carolina

We had a change of mind, and spirit. Instead of going to the farmville, Virginia pow wow, we came back to NC for a smaller one(I need to make more stock). We had gone part way at first, and stopped at Dixie Caverns. They had a campground right at the caverns, so it was really cool!  So, we are in salisbury, NC near Winston-Salem (where we were a  week ago) found another park in our system to camp for free, for the 7 days out, until we can go back to the Winston-Salem park again. We have 2 more pow wows scheduled in NC, then 1 in Alabama the weekend of the 22nd of august. Then we will stop over and visit with our host family in Dothan, Alabama before we come back to the sandbar for the fall pow wow season. Our first pow wow down there is the weekend of the 22nd of september. 
Ken always sets a minimum dollar amount that we need to make to get on to the next one, and so far Creator has met that goal everytime, so we cannot complain. We seem to get what we need, so I say again "HE" has us right where we need to be. It has been an awesome journey so far, the people we have met and places we have been.  We saw one of the Longest Walk ppl that we met in Oxford at the Bland Pow Wow which was exciting, Dawn informed us that she is getting married to another LongWalker.  So we wish all the best to Dawn and Lead Horse!!