Alabama Pow Wows

Mother's Day pow wow was pretty good, the people came out.  It's the last one in the area until fall now, so we will be travelling north to Alabama.

Here are the next pow wows we are going to be at:

 

May 24 25, 2008 ~ Napier Field VFD & VPD 1st Fund Raiser Powwow

Napier Field, Napier, AL 36303

Napier Field Volunteer FIre Department and Volunteer Police Department 1st FUndraiser Pow Wow sponsored by: Napier Filed Volunteer Fire and Police Departments and will be held at: 358 Headquarters Street 1 block from the Dothan airport. No contest powwow. Admission Fee: Adults- $4, children -$2, elders 65 & up and children 6 & under-Free. MC: Gary Smith. HL: Gwen Babs. AD: Peter Kassaras. Invited drums: all drums welcome. Booths and fees: 30 craft vendors, Fee $50 plus 1 donated item for the auction. Food vendors 2, Fee $100. Directions: I-65 get off at the Dothan airport exit Napier Field is 1 block from the airport at 358 Headquarters Street. General contact name: Charles Klien 334-983-3007 www.nffd.net Vendor Contact: Mark or Ruth Davis ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com 256-820-6315

 

June 7 -8, 2008 ~ Native Solutions 10th Annual Intertribal Powwow

Oxford Lake Park across from the tennis courts, Oxford, Alabama

ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com

Native Solutions 10th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow sponsored by: Native Solutions and will be held at: Oxford Lake Park across from the tennis courts. No contest powwow. Admission Fee: Adults $5; elders 65 & up and children 12 & under-Free. MC: Bryan Halfday, Chippewa Nation, Ontario. HM: Jerry "Smitty" Smith. HL: Gwen Babs. AD: Cowboy. Host Northern Drum: TBA. Host Southern Drum: TBA. Invited drums: all drums welcome. Booths and fees: 25 craft vendors, fee $130. 2 food vendors, fee $200. Comments: Times: Sat-10-7, grand entry 11:00; Sun-10-6, grand entry 12:00 Luck of the draw for dancers Pow wow ambassador contest No drugs or alcohol allowed Bring your own lawn chairs; rain or shine. Directions: I-20 exit 185, going westbound, turn right at the end of the exit, take a right at Shoney's, pow wow will be on the right just past Days Inn; going eastbound turn left, go under the overpass, turn right at Shoney's, pow wow will be on the right just past Days Inn. General contact name: Tony 256-835-0110 Vendor Contact: Mark or Ruth 256-820-6315

 

Loading out for pow wow

Greetings,

We are loading out and will get on the road tomorrow for Dade City.  Then we will be heading to Alabama for 3 weeks.  Hope to see y'all there.

Much Love and many prayers,

~wrulf

May 9 - 11, 2008 ~ 17th Annual Mothers Day Native American Pow Wow

Withlacoochie River Park ~ 12449 Withlacoochie Blvd., Dade City, Florida

 "Mittie, Robert Wood, and family are back to stay" There will be 35 Vendors, 2 Demonstrators, and 2 Food Vendors - Set up On Wed & Thurs May 7 & 8 - All School Children on May 9th - For more info call or e-mail ~ Mittie Wood 1-352-583-3388 or mvto@embarq.com or Sharon Thomas 1-352-521-3012 or windspirit1985@yahoo.com Withlacoochee Native American Indian Culture, Inc. PO BOX 215 - Trilby, Florida 33593-0215 - No Alcohol, No Drugs, No Firearms, All Pets Must be on a Leash - NO WOLF'S ALLOWED

 

May 24 25, 2008 ~ Napier Field VFD & VPD 1st Fund Raiser Powwow

Napier Field, Napier, AL 36303

Napier Field Volunteer FIre Department and Volunteer Police Department 1st FUndraiser Pow Wow sponsored by: Napier Filed Volunteer Fire and Police Departments and will be held at: 358 Headquarters Street 1 block from the Dothan airport. No contest powwow. Admission Fee: Adults- $4, children -$2, elders 65 & up and children 6 & under-Free. MC: Gary Smith. HL: Gwen Babs. AD: Peter Kassaras. Invited drums: all drums welcome. Booths and fees: 30 craft vendors, Fee $50 plus 1 donated item for the auction. Food vendors 2, Fee $100. Directions: I-65 get off at the Dothan airport exit Napier Field is 1 block from the airport at 358 Headquarters Street. General contact name: Charles Klien 334-983-3007 www.nffd.net Vendor Contact: Mark or Ruth Davis ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com 256-820-6315

 

June 7 -8, 2008 ~ Native Solutions 10th Annual Intertribal Powwow

Oxford Lake Park across from the tennis courts, Oxford, Alabama

ravenspiritwalker@yahoo.com

Native Solutions 10th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow sponsored by: Native Solutions and will be held at: Oxford Lake Park across from the tennis courts. No contest powwow. Admission Fee: Adults $5; elders 65 & up and children 12 & under-Free. MC: Bryan Halfday, Chippewa Nation, Ontario. HM: Jerry "Smitty" Smith. HL: Gwen Babs. AD: Cowboy. Host Northern Drum: TBA. Host Southern Drum: TBA. Invited drums: all drums welcome. Booths and fees: 25 craft vendors, fee $130. 2 food vendors, fee $200. Comments: Times: Sat-10-7, grand entry 11:00; Sun-10-6, grand entry 12:00 Luck of the draw for dancers Pow wow ambassador contest No drugs or alcohol allowed Bring your own lawn chairs; rain or shine. Directions: I-20 exit 185, going westbound, turn right at the end of the exit, take a right at Shoney's, pow wow will be on the right just past Days Inn; going eastbound turn left, go under the overpass, turn right at Shoney's, pow wow will be on the right just past Days Inn. General contact name: Tony 256-835-0110 Vendor Contact: Mark or Ruth 256-820-6315

Mother's Day Pow Wow

Greetings,

Loading out to get ready for pow wow in Dade City.  Hope everyone is well. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Love,

wrulf

Weekend For Crafting

Greetings,

We are crafting and making all kinds of product this weekend.  Using up the supplies we have to ready for going on the road.  We are wanting to head northeast this summer and do some pow wows and craft shows and such.  Please send me any details on events that you might know of.  I have a list of events on my web site calendar that is pretty up to date:

http://www.sixdirectionstraders.com/calendar.html

I will upload pictures of the beaded spiders I made.  Hope everyone is well.

Much Love and many prayers,

wrulf

E-mail I Received, my response, another promoter response

I was so sick when I attended the pow wow in oldsmar.  How could you allow people to sell "made in China" items at a so called native pow wow.   This is such an insult to the true native american people and their unlimited talents.   I just couldn't believe my eyes that I was seeing flea market quality for sale in what I thought was authentic native wares.    Let these people go to the flea market where they belong.  Let us have real native americans with real native wares like it should be.  

 

Annamaria Eulo

 

Greetings,

I have just returned from the Odessa Pow wow, is that what you meant?  I am not sure about a pow wow in Oldsmar.  I agree entirely with you, however, I am only a Trader myself and not a pow wow promoter.  I try to pick and choose the pow wows I set up at,but you never know who they will let in.  I handcraft most of what I sell, I also trade in Cherokee and with other Natives, carded and uncarded.  I try to find Handcrafted Unique items to sell in my shop.  I do understand that some Natives do not and will not be carded, and  I honor that. 

With your permission I would like to blog your letter and send it on to various pow wow promoters.  Many Traders along with myself feel very strongly about having mostly Handcrafted Items and avoiding the "Made in China" product, Now more than ever.  We may be held hostage to buy certain beads and components from them, to use in our art and craftwork.  But we should avoid all finished product from China most especially.  Thank you for your feedback.

 

Six Directions Traders

 

Hi Celeste,
 I guess this person is speaking some truth but I was not at Odessa. I did 
speak to a vendor I sell my dreamcathchers to and she was disappointed in 
some of what was being sold. As a representative of the AIA I do try to 
keep "made in China" items out of the Powwow but often items slide in and 
I am unaware of them. Most promoters do inspect booths and have the right 
to ask vendors to remove inappropriate items. Contracts may or may not 
address this issue. It is up to each organization to handle this issue and 
each does so in thier own way. One Powwow does not reflect another. I feel 
that for the majority of Florida Powwows have beautiful handcrafted items 
and the buyers determine what is bought. Thanks for sending this along as 
a reminder to be aware and pay attention to what is sold at our event. I 
appreciate you passing this to us.
 Peggy

Closing the eBay shop ~ www.SixDirectionsTraders.com

Greetings everyone,

I have been out at the preserve camping, cleaning the trailer up and making more stock. We have 4 pow wows within 5 weeks coming up. Above pictured is a Hawk that allowed me to photo him out in the pine barrens on the preserve.

I am closing the eBay shop to save on the fees and to concentrate on the dot com. It is Bitter Sweet, I am sad to see it go - I have had the shop opened since 2004, but my seller account is from 2002 and I will still keep that and run auctions occasionally when we are not on the road. However, the fees are really getting high, and I don't have the time to work on it to make it prosper at the moment.

So, Please visit my web site, you can sign up for mailers and specials, there are links to my videos, pictures, blogs etc.. AND the soon to be, blowing pow wows.com calendar out of the waters, CALENDAR page (which has 5 times as many hits as my home page www.SixDirectionsTraders.com

Also some other pages of interest to visit would be:

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Thundering Spirit Pow Wow Song ~ Alan Mose Jr

Alan Mose Jr gifted the Thundering Spirit Family this song and also the Family Drum to play it. Aho - Thank you Brother!