Veteran's Honor Society ~ Tennessee ~ Pow Wow ~ April 2007

2nd Annual

Veterans Honor Society

Powwow & Gathering

Co-hosted by: The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 976

April 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 2007 Lawrenceburg, Tennessee 38464

1 mile west of Natchez Trace on Highway 64

Public Welcome - FREE Admission

TN & AL Memorial Moving Walls, Dave "Whitewolf" Trezak, Shadow of the Blade & Author: Doug Bates, Various Military Displays& Veterans Motorcycle Groups

We welcome ALL Veterans, Bike Riders, Dancers, Drums, Recruiters, Friends & Families...

Friday: Kid's Day - Informal Dancing, David Trezak concert @ 7pm

Saturday: Auction @ 10am, Grand Entries @ 1pm & 7pm

Sunday: Grand Entry @ 1pm

Vendor Booths & Displays open @ 9am daily

Come Join Us for Native American Culture, Food, Dancing, Military History, and Veteran Brotherhood. Daily 50/50's & Raffles. Bring your Lawn Chair or Blankets and spend the day with us.

Contacts: Archie (931-762-9643); Gunny (256-426-7927); Marti (931-762-6000)

No Alcohol, Drugs, Or Bad Attitudes permitted on Powwow Grounds. Security will be provided. All Pets must be on a leash or caged.

Special Welcome to:

American Legion Riders

Patriot Guard Riders

Land Donated by:

E & E Food & Spirits

Highway 64 ~ Lawrenceburg, TN

** Happy Birthday ED **

Poker Run Contact ~ ED Sesler (931-722-5917)

8 March 2007

What an Awesome Pow Wow!

It rained Saturday, however, Sunday was packed in like sardines. This was a very powerful pow wow for me and many others. It gets bigger and stronger every year. I will be adding a guest map to the Thundering Spirit Web Site, so people can share their thoughts. I have added some pictures to my photo albums.

Next pow wow is in Tennessee ~ Veterans Honor Society Pow Wow

information soon to follow

Travel Well

Spiderwrulf

Countdown to Thundering Spirit

Well, I am gearing up for Thundering Spirit Pow wow - This will be my 3 year anniversary having the shop and it all started at this pow wow. I will be out at the camping preserve this coming week, so I wont be able to reply to comments, but you can email me at spiderwrulf@yahoo.com I will have the mobile and be able to check e-mails. There are limited stock in the eBay shop at the moment, saving all the good stuff for pow wow

Don't know if I will get to post again before the Pow Wow, so here is the flyer once more - and I hope to see y'all out there

Thundering Spirit

Powwow

**Honoring – THE CREATOR **

MARCH 2, 3, & 4^th 2007

RENNINGER’S TWIN MARKETS

20651 New Hwy. 441 Mt. Dora, Florida

(Just East of Mount Dora & 30 miles North of Orlando)

GATES OPEN 10:00 am Daily

Friday – March 2^nd Children’s DAY!!!! Special Demonstrations, Games, etc. 10 A.M. – 2 P.M.

Friday – March 2^nd : GRAND ENTRY 7:00 PM

Saturday – March 3^rd : GRAND ENTRY 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday – March 4^th : GRAND ENTRY 1:00 PM

Emcee ……. Ric Bird Head Veteran….…Ed Roth

Head Man ……. Enoch Haubenstricker Head Lady…….Naomi ‘Walela Gentle Flight’

Host Drum ……. Family Drum

Co-Host Drum…….Bird Chopper Bird Family Drum

Fire keeper……. Joe ‘Walking Elk’ Color Guard …….Veterans Honor Society

Daily Entertainment by: 2005 NAMA Winner - Native Fiddle & Flute Artist “

Arvel Bird”;

Singer/songwriter: Crystal Woman

; 2002 NAMA “Flutist of the Year” Tommy “Wildcat”;

Family Drum Singers

; story teller Sarah “Sunshine Badger Woman”;

Dineh Singer Allen Mose, Jr

.; dancing/singing by “Bird Chopper Bird Family”;

dancing by “

TLATLACAYOLOTL” (Earth, Man, Heart)- Aztec Family Dancers;

story teller Grandma Coyote

; youth group Talako Indian Dancers; Tlingit Legend Keeper/Storyteller “Kashka”; etc. etc. etc……..

Special appearances by: Paint the Pony & “Thunder” the American Bald eagle

NATIVE CRAFTS**FOOD**DANCERS**MUSIC

Special exhibits: Remembering Always Veterans Memorial; Kids Beating Cancer; Native American Cancer Awareness Programs/Mayo Clinic; Wrede’s Wildlife Rehab Center

Bring the whole family & spend the day!!!! Bring blankets or chairs to sit on!!!!!!

Admission: ADULTS $ 3.00 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE

Active, Retired or Service Persons Admitted FREE

HOST HOTEL: E.COM LODGE

(352) 383-2181 Ask for Powwow Rate

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION or if you would like to be a SPONSOR:

CALL: Tony @ (352) 636-4271 (800) 619-0045 Ext. 61

Email Address: ThunderSpiritFam@netscape.net

WRITE: P.O. Box 1141 Eustis, Florida 32727

Web site: http:Thundering-spirit.tripod.com/index.html

Knap-In & Primitive Arts

16 ~ 18 February 2007

Withlacoochi River Park ~ Dade City, Florida 33523

Sponsored by Florida Native American Indian Society
Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 9am-3pm
Free Admission ~ Public Welcome
The ancient art of flint knapping is the breaking and chipping of flint to make stone tools, arrowheads, projectile points, hand axes scrapers, etc... Chert and Agatized Coral were two common materials used by Florida's First People.
Flintknapping Demonstrations
Atlatl Throwing
Auction: Saturday 3pm (items donated by vendors)
Drawing held at 4:30pm (5 gallonbucket of misc rocks, no leaverites, must be present to win)
Contact: Betty Walters (727) 856-7506

Wrede's Wildlife Rehab

This weekend we went, with about a dozen other people from the surrounding communities, to Sebring Florida for a work detail at Wrede's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Inc. This is the home of 'Thunder' the American Bald Eagle. They rehabilitate many wild animals and birds. There are Bobcats, Cougars, Peacocks, Eagles, Osprey, Caracara, Deer, and many more wonderful animals there. We tore down the old wire fence and installed a new wood fence, build new cage/pens for some of the animals and tore down old pens. It was a lot of hard work we did as volunteers, but it was an honor to help these people who have taken on such a responsibility as this. They will be at the Tundering Spirit Pow Wow in March, so if you would like to see these wonderful animals, or possibly donate to a good cause, Come check it out :)

Mississippi January 2007

Hey Y'all!
Hope everyone is well, I am back from my trip to Mississippi. And I would like to bring to everyones attention an important observance from there:

They are still extremely Devistated in Mississippi and Louisiana! There are FEMA victims everywhere, poor living conditions in some trailer camps, and TONS of Red Tape keeping these people from being fully recovered.
Just because it is NOT in the news anymore, Doesn't mean it is all over and back to normal. It was quite an eye opening experience for me. I have a photo album of some thngs I saw.

Thank you for listening

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spiderwrulf/slideshow?.dir=/6a0dre2&.src=ph

Photo album from Mississippi trip

Thundering Spirit Pow Wow 2007

2007

Thundering Spirit Pow Wow

Honoring

'The CREATOR'

March 2-4, 2007

Renninger's Twin Markets

20651 New Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757

Just East of Mount Dora ~ Just 30 miles North of Orlando

Friday March 2nd 2007, Grand Entry at 7:00pm

Saturday March 3rd 2007, Grand Entry at 1:00pm & 7:00pm

Sunday March 4th 2007 Grand Entry at 1:00pm

Gates Open at 10:00am Daily

Friday March 2nd is Children's Day from 10:00am - 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 Chairs and/or Blankets to sit on

Admission: Adults $3.00 Children Under 12 FREE

Active, Retired or Service Persons Admitted FREE

MC: Ric Bird

Head Veteran: Ed Roth

Head Man Dancer: Enoch Haubenstricker

Head Woman Dancer: Naomi 'Walela Gentle Flight'

Host Drum: Family Drum Singers

Co-Host Drum: Bird Chopper Bird Family Drum

Firekeeper: Joe 'Walking Elk'

Color Guard: Veterans Honor Society

For additional Information or to become a sponsor,

Call Tony Ledford at: 352 636-4271 or 800 619-0045 EXT. 61

ThunderSpiritFam@Netscape.Net

or write: PO BOX 1141 ~ Eustis, FL 32727

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

2007 Pow Wow:

2006 NAMMY Award Winner for Best Instrumental Recording,

Native Fiddle and Flute Artist: Arvel Bird

2002 NAMMY 'Flutist of the Year' : Tommy Wildcat

Dineh Singer: Allen Mose Jr.

TLATLACAYOLOTL (Earth, Man, Heart) ~ Aztec Family Dancers

Singer/Songwriter: Crystal Woman

Story Tellers: Sarah 'Sunshine Badger Woman'

and Grandma Coyote

Guest Elder: Kashka

- Tlingit Legend Keeper - Storyteller

Youth Group:

Talako Indian Dancers

For more information about out performers, Please visit the Performers Page