Behind the Outback ~ A Nomadic Journey Act V

Behind the Outback ~ A Nomadic Adventure

Act V

We booked into Davis Lakes Campground, a public campground, for a week.  Very Nice, 3 lakes and only 10 miles from the pow wow.

Scene I

12 August 2009 ~ Got a little twisted and missed a turn somewheres, so it took a little longer to get back up to Virginia than we though.  Passed this place called the Great Dismal Swamp, Hmmm sounds like that would be right up my alley, gotta check it out after the pow wow!  Anyways, Bear was NOT impressed with this travel day LOL.

Scene II

14 August 2009 ~ It has been raining since we got here, heading to the pow wow grounds to set up the shop this morning.  So far so good, cloudy but not raining.  Ahhh yeeeaaa, until we get to the Pow Wow grounds, then its pouring.  Anyways, its on and off rainy while we set up.  The pow wow is located at a beautiful state run park called Lone Star Lakes Lodge.  Notice the Lone Star Below  

We found, from talking to their Chief, that this is the area in which their ancestors lived so many years ago!  There were lots of shade trees and it was located on the Nansemond River.  Someone else also told me that several years ago it was a sand quarry and they would run barges up the river to there and load with sand for building roads and such.  Which explains these weird short boat dock looking things down on the rivers edge.

Scene III

15 August 2009 ~ Saturday was a little rainy still in the morning, but it stopped and cleared out just in time to POW WOW!  The drum Eastern Bull Drum & Singers were absolutely Awesome.  Check out their website www.easternbull.com and take a look at the videos I took of them. 

We had a few surprises on Saturday as well.  Nelson & Cyndy were visiting in Richmond, VA and they came down for the pow wow.  Their Grandson danced in the circle with Nelson. 

And our new friends Sandy & Bee were there and danced all weekend! 

Scene IV

16 August 2009 ~ Sunday there was No rain at all and it was breezy and Beautiful.  I must say that the people came out for this pow wow, rain or not, they came both days and the people in town knew about it.  This pow wow has been going for about 21 years they said.  It went till about 6pm and we put all the product away and came to get the barn on Monday, juss cuz we could

Be sure to see my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Spiderwrulf  and the Flickr Photo albums:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderwrulf/sets/ for all the details.  We will be travelling back to NC on wednesday.

Much Love and many prayers my fellow

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Spiderwrulf & Cloudwalker

 

On the road for 3 weeks.....

Well we are off on another journey.  I will have the skyecomp to check in now and again, so feel free to e-mail if you need anything.  Here are the next 3 pow wows we will be at - the third one is our family pow wow, so if anyone can make it to that one - It's gonna be Awesome!! Lots of surprises in store for the people this year!  Travel well my friends and family ~ Much Love and Many Prayers ~wrulf

  February 13 - 15, 2009 ~ Annual Spring Festival at Cox-Osceola Reservation

Oklawaha Band of Yamasee ~ Orange Springs, Florida

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Please join us, the Oklevueha Band of Yamassee Seminole Indians, as we celebrate our annual Intertribal Pow Wow Festivals. We are a non-profit Native American tribe, who for more than fifty years, has hosted festivals and taken part in many educational programs for our young people and adults. Children's Games and Native American Story Telling, Handmade Native American Craftwork, Traditional Native Dancing, Native Drumming, Native American Food, Vendors and more ! Indian Auction and Raffles Daily ! Gate Hours - Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am until ??? Free admission at the gate; donations welcome and accepted.(Suggested Donation: Adults - $2.00 and Children under 12 - $1.00)Gate Prize: Random drawing from each days tickets; must be present to win. From I-75 or 301 : Travel south from Gainesville, or north from Ocala. Junction CR 318 (I-75 exit #368 at the Petro Truck Stop), travel east to end of the road. Turn left on CR 315 at blinking light and proceed to junction SR 21. Turn right on N.E. 243th Street (alongside church at fork in road) and follow the dirt road to the end. Please follow signs posted on day of event for further directions. For more information contact:(352) 546-1386 / (352) 546-5724 -or- (352) 546-5525 http://www.scentsofpeace.com/powwow.html 

  February 20 - 22, 2009 ~ 5th Annual DeLand YMCA Pow-Wow

Benefit for the Earth Service Corps. ~ Stewardship of the Earth

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HWY 92 in back of YMCA ~  Deland, Florida 32724

Gate times: Friday 10am - 9pm; Saturday 10am - 9pm; Sunday 10am - 4pm; Admission Donation per person each day $3, 3 day pass $7; Children 5 and under FREE; Host Drum - Family Drum; MC - Dave (White Wolf) Trezak; Keeper of the Circle - Ken Cloudwalker; Head Man - Herb (buffalo Dancer); Head Lady - Raven; Flutist - Arvel Bird; Dancer Luck Of the Draw Contest; All Drums & Dancers Welcome - Grand Entry Friday 7pm; Saturday 1pm & 7pm; Sunday 1pm - Demonstrators, Storytelling, Hoop Dancer, Teepees, Native Food, Native American Dancers in Regalia, Native Crafts & Jewelry, Flute Playing, Childrens Craft Table - Sponsored by Native American People's Society of Florida, Inc. & The West Volusia Family YMCA - For more information please call Jennifer Cyr 386-736-6000 or e-mail powwowlady1@yahoo.com - Public Welcome ~ Please bring your chairs and stay a while ~ No Pets Please - The Volusia County School Board Isn't affiliated with this program in any manner, nor do they endorse or assume any responsibility for any activities which occur in connection with it.

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March

  February 27 & 28, March 1, 2009 Thundering Spirit Pow Wow

Renninger's Twin Markets ~ 20651 New Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757

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We are proud to announce that the following Native American Performers will be at our Pow Wow:

GRAMMY Award & 11 Time NAMMY winning artist: Joanne Shenandoah ~ 2002 NAMMY 'Flutist of the Year' : Tommy Wildcat ~ Dineh Singer: Allen Mose Jr. ~ Hoop & Fancy Shawl Dancer, Artist, Singer/Songwriter: Jackie Bird ~ Singer/Songwriter: Crystal Woman ~ Story Tellers: Sarah 'Sunshine Badger Woman' and Grandma Coyote ~ Guest Elder: Kashka - Tlingit Legend Keeper - Storyteller ~ Flutist: Utah Farris ~ Aztec Dancers: Tlatlacayolotl ~ Earth, Heart, Man

Renninger's Twin Markets, 20651 New Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757 ~ Just East of Mount Dora ~ Just 30 miles North of Orlando. Friday  Grand Entry at 7:00pm; Saturday Grand Entry at 1:00pm & 7:00pm Sunday Grand Entry at 1:00pm; Gates Open at 10:00am Daily.  MC: Ric Bird; Head Veteran: Blue Deer; Head Man Dancer: Bob Dubose; Head Woman Dancer: Sandy DuBose; Host Drum: Family Drum Singers; Co-Host Drum: Bird Chopper Bird Family Drum; Firekeeper: Ken Cloudwalker ; Color Guard:American Legion Austin-Giles post #21; Friday is Children's Day from 9:00am - 2:00pm with special Demonstrations, Games, etc.  Please join us for Traditional Native American Culture Including: Drumming, Dancing, Crafts, and Food.  Bring the whole Family and spend the day, Don't forget to bring Chair. Tony Ledford  352 636-4271 ThunderSpiritFam@yahoo.com PO BOX 1141, Eustis, FL  32727 http://thundering-spirit.tripod.com/

New Family Drum Website!!!!

www.FamilyDrum.com

Here is the newest website I designed for the local Drum Group!!!

On the Pow Wow Trail...

On the Pow Wow Trail....

We stayed right here on the tribal grounds in Orange City after the Cox-Osceola Pow Wow and will be loading out for the next one on Thurday.  Come on out and visit us in Dade City. 

  October 24 -26, 2008  ~ FNAIS Dade City Pow Wow

12449 Withlacoochee Blvd - Withlacoochee River Park - Dade City, Florida

MC - Dave Trezak; Host Drum - Family Drum; AD - Mike Serio; Florida Native American Indian Society - More Info Bill Martin 352-583-5024

Desert Thunder - Pow wow in Iraq

The following is part of an article on the National Pow Wow in Washington, from the Washington Post.

They call the drum "Desert Thunder."

A group of Native American soldiers and Marines stationed at an air base near Fallujah in western Iraq in 2004 fashioned the drum, stretching the tarp from a cot across the top of a 55-gallon barrel. They wanted to hold a powwow in the middle of the war zone, and a drum is an intrinsic part of the ceremony.

"We were missing our powwow," said Staff Sgt. Debra Mooney of the Oklahoma-based 120th Engineer Battalion of the Army National Guard, recalling the ceremony outside Fallujah. "In our hearts and minds, we were right at home."

It was an unforgettable night: "Usually, the faces of the soldiers are serious, focused and look older than they are," Mooney said. But that night, "they looked like young men and women again."

The makeshift drum was at center stage at Verizon Center yesterday, where the third National Powwow is continuing this weekend. On opening day, veterans of the Iraq and Vietnam wars, some in military uniform, marched to the beat of drums as part of a tribute to the "fallen warriors" and to the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR20070810021...