24th Annual Spring Contest Powwow
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/16/2016 - 04/17/2016
12:00 am
Location
Northside Aztlan Community Center
Categories
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Arts and Crafts Vendors will be open for business: Saturday – 10:00 a.m.; and Sunday – 10:00 a.m.
The Native food concession will open at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Menu includes Indian Tacos, frybread, beef stew, and frito pie.
These times are approximate. Due to the numbers of people involved in the powwow, we will try our best to begin as close as possible to the scheduled times.
Men’s Traditional – Northern and Southern Combined – in loving memory of Mr. Don Ducker (a co-founder of NCIPA)
1st – $300; 2nd- $200; 3rd-$100
Dancers:
Registration will open at ~9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
PLEASE use the dancer/singer entrance on the NE side of the gymnasium.
FREE admission for registered dancers and singers.
Point System will be used.
Contestants must be in two Grand Entries to be eligible for prize money.
Contest payouts: TBA
Dance Categories: (tentative)
Golden Age: (50 and older)
Men
Women
Adults (18 – 49)
Men’s: Fancy, Grass, Northern Traditional, Southern Straight
Women’s: Fancy Shawl, Jingle, Northern Traditional, Southern Traditional
Teens (13-17)
Boys’: Fancy, Grass, Traditional (combined N & S)
Girls’: Fancy Shawl, Jingle, Traditional (combined N & S)
Juniors (6-12)
Boys’: Fancy, Grass, Traditional (combined N & S)
Girls’: Fancy Shawl, Jingle, Traditional (combined N & S)
Tiny Tots (5 and younger)
Day Money split
Drums:
Session pay for first 10 visiting drum groups registered.
PA System will be provided.
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Ages: 13 and older – $6/day or $10/weekend Ages: 6-12 – $3/day or $5/weekend Ages: 5 and younger – Free Registered Dancers and Singers: Free Public is Invited!! Everyone is welcome! Bring your own lawn chairs. Admission fees pay for the building rental fee and the insurance. |
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2015-16 Princess:
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Star Her Many Horses
Taos Pueblo/Ojibway/Meskquakie/Lakota/Southern Cheyenne |
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2015-16 Honored Individual:
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Virginia All Runner, Cheyenne
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Committee Honoree:
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TBA
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Host Northern Drum:
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Meskwaki Nation – Tama, IA
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Host Southern Drum:
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Bad Company – Colorado/Oklahoma
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Master of Ceremonies:
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Corky Old Horn, Crow – Crow Agency, MT
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Arena Director:
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Francis Sherwood, Arikara/Hidatsa/Navajo – Denver, CO
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Honor Guard:
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TBA |
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Head Gourd Dancer:
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TBA
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Cooks:
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Morgan Family, Navajo/Zuni – Fort Collins, CO
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Head Dancers:
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Picked per session
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