by: Kathy Bond
Event Details
DATE: Saturday and Sunday, October 8th and 9th
TIME: 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
For our 4th Annual Powwow, we have a Native American Dancer coming in to Dance from Nova Scotia, Canada! Others will be coming in from various places in North America. We have a New Learning Center in The Goodrich Park that will display items that will show how the Woodland Indians lived, including wig-wams and drying racks to see how they gathered their clay and made their pots. You can even throw a tomahawk or grind some grain the Native way. Come dance and try some Native food. This is a Great Family Event!
Community, Family and Spirituality
The Powwow is an event that reflects upon many important aspects of Native American society. Amidst the beat of the Drum and stunning regalia, there are other traditions and activities whose purpose is to communicate and strengthen the ways of the Native American community, family life and spirituality.
Native Americans wear their Regalia’s that are very personal and artistic expressions of the dancers’ lives, feelings, interests, family and spiritual quest. Often elements of the regalia are gifts from elders or treasured people in the dancers’ lives and are honorings to be worn with pride.
Since the regalia expresses the life of each individual dancer, design elements from many different sources are appropriate. At the Arbor the Powwow drum is a large base covered with hide (buffalo, deer, or cow). Forming a circle, eight or more men strike the drum in unison with covered mallets. The men then blend their voices with the beating of the Drum to create the song. The songs are often in the Indian language of the drum members. It is the responsibility of the drum members and especially the lead singer to be able to sing and play whatever kind of song is requested by the master of ceremonies or the arena director for any given event (i.e. flag raising, honoring ceremony, different kinds of dances.
For more information, contact:
Kathy Bond
Park Supterintendent
616 Residence Street
Winchester, In. 47394
765-584-2645
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