Pow Wows

Boozhoo! I'm the only one to post to this group so far! So this message may be here for a while before anyone sees it. Never-the-less, if you see this and you're either Native American yourself or are married into the cluture like me, I'd love to hear from you. I like to attend pow wows and I'm interested in Native American Herbal Medicine. Just learning though, far from expert. I look forward to hearing from others who want to teach me Native ways or explore them through E-mail together. I'm also looking for artists (especially but not limited to Native Americans), who would like to sell their art pieces through my online store. If you're interested, send me an E-mail and tell me what you've got. I like hand made items of all kinds. Each artist's work will be featured in their own section of the store.

I like pow-wows too.I have cherokee and blackfoot indian in my family tree.My sister lived in Fla and I try to vacation there every year to attend the annual pow-wow in Ft. McCoy in November.It's great and I look forward to it every Fall.Last year I discovered Indian fry bread and the homemade wood carvings,not to mention the jewerly they make is awesome.Anybody ever been to the Ft.McCoy,Fla pow-wow?

Alma, I've never been to that particular pow wow but it sure sounds like fun. My family all like fry bread too, though I can pass on it. I do enjoy the jerky they sell at our pow wows though. I also enjoy things made out of wood or antler. Rhia

Native Indian (Cherokee) & African American...I see that you have interest in herbal medicines. So thereflore I have a question for you. Can you suggest anything that I can to to fade my incision scar? Alicia "DIVA"

AHO My Sister, I have three nations in me, Blackfoot...Cherokee and Choctaw. I completely believe in the Native American ways of herbal medicine. I love the pow wows, my son is Little Dancing Eagle. I haven't danced in many moons because I was embarrassed by my size. I had a gastric bypass on 02/04/04, and I'm getting my dancing shoes ready for the next Pow Wow. AHO for Oceanside, California. Loriann

Wonderful to see some talk happening in here! Wahoo! Looking forward to pow wow season this year. Only made it to ONE last year! However, my husband took part in his first grand entry. I was SO proud! I got a photo and everything. Then my daughter and I went out and "danced" around the circle once with him. I'd like to do more dancing but I don't have rhythm! I watched these tapes that teach the various steps, I get them down pat in my head, then get out there and look like a fool. Guess that's due to only having honorary Native blood. lol I'll stick to making herbal concoctions since that doesn't require the SAME kind of rhythm. Rhia Do something to make someone smile today, you'll be glad you did!

hello my name is Selena. I am from the Mohican Nation. I live on the stockbridge Reservation in Bowler, WI. I attend probably at the least five pow-wows a season both of my daughters dance and I hope to start again soon.

Selena, Welcome! You'll be back to dancing at pow-wows in no time. Your daughters will be so happy to have you back in the arena. What kind of dancing do your daughters do? I am living one of my wls dreams, to have a garden. This year I planted some sweetgrass!!! I'm so happy to be growing my own supply. I took a plug to the local nursery too so they could grow it for me so I don't have to buy plugs from the mail. I'm very interested in Native American medicine too and have an herb garden. Rhia

I'd love to be able to dance too but, I think it's an issue of rhythm. I'm only "Native by marriage" so-to-speak. lol I just don't have any natural rhythm of my own unfortunately. I thought when I had my wls that I'd make a white buckskin dress and be a traditional dancer... but that didn't work out for the above mentioned reason. So I concentrate on herbal medicines and culinary herbs. Right now I'm into the sweetgrass growing. Too early to tell if it's gonna be a successful year for it or not. I'm hopeful though. I'm also growing St. John's Wort for depression this year. Rhia

when i was in high school I was in native dancing .I am metis from Canada but I now live in mn.I am happy to see people on this board.But I have not been to a PowWow in many years.Please keep in touch.