Peoria Pow wow in Oklahoma

luvsbrownsugars · 06-28-2005, 12:34 PM

Any comments on this one?

dreams4u · 06-28-2005, 01:06 PM

quapawgirl · 06-28-2005, 01:47 PM

Peoria Pow-wow is what you call a blalock pow-wow anyway arou;nd this neck of the woods and wery where else it is never how well you dance but who you now. Most new commers think that is how to get up the ladder and usally work for them around here i should now because was born around her and raised around here besides Peoria Pow-wow is new baby sorrry you had such a bad experience

little sister · 06-29-2005, 03:21 PM

Yes that family does well there but this tribe is small and that's probably the reason for this. Maybe the tribe should consider getting another committee. Ron Froman, Lenny Skye, Leanne Reeves, Charla Echohawk, Kinder family, Mary Kihega, and others are also knowledgeable Peoria people in this day and age. Most of the elders just sit back.

06-29-2005, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams4u

Well I do. I went to Thunderbird but had to leave and go up to this Peoria Pow wow thing. What I observed (so did all the dancers) was ........bad. Prize monies came from the casino (Buffalo Run) and this guy gets up and talks on and on about how this pow wow is going to grow. I don't see this happening in this century! I don't know anything about those people or their committee but it would have saved alot of time if they had just paid all of their family from the beginning!!!!! The majority of the winners were family of the committee or close friends. I saw some good dancers get the shaft and even the head man dancer was embarrassed. Found out later that he is going with the daughter of one of the family (committee) or something to that effect. I heard this is pretty common there. Ya know, that ain't right to do people wrong because it takes money to travel around. I dressed out but didn't attempt to compete because I was told that you gotta be family or their friend. This was my first time and it will be my last to go there. This one won't ever get better from what I seen....to make it worse, I recognized one dude of the family that is arena director sometimes. Man, he even won and he can't dance! Sorry but he can't. Why do folks have to be that way???? May that's the only way they can win.

Yeah I have seen that around that area. I went to a pw in concho last year and it was something kinda like your experience. But after going to a few it was all the same.. colony, fonda and where ever else... So now I just don't bother. After traveling so far to get there is a disappointment that things don't go good. But not all powwows in that state are bad. I went to Stroud and had a good time the passed few years I went.

fncyshwldncr4life · 06-29-2005, 07:12 PM

Yeah.. I know whatcha guys mean- I contested there sat. nite, but didn't even bother to go back sun. Too hot to dance, and I know how things are ran this ways. See at just about every dance we've hit out here. Alot of the people who do win are our freinds, and I'm happy for them, but I have also seen some downright injustice towards some of the other contestants. We just moved from ponca city a little over a year ago. The dances out this way don't even compare to the ones back home. Don't plan on goin back either..

Native_Honey49 · 06-30-2005, 02:34 AM

Ok too the ones that are talking aobut the girl that is related to the committee and that the head man is dating, that's me! I don't appriecate you or anyone else talking about me or my family. Alot of the folks that placed there are good dancers. And the one that's AD sometimes and got 3rd in tradish, his name is Dude Blalock, My dad!! I sorry that you felt you had a bad exprience at that powwow. But they are trying and its not your powwow. If you don't like the way things were being ran then start your own powwow. And that's ok if you don't come back, we don't need you. And get to know us before you starting judging us.

quapawgirl · 07-10-2005, 03:50 PM

sorry man but the mc's were brother and cousin of the traditional dancer that placed does that sound fair in the old days the family that helped with powwow or put it on did not contest but was to busy judgeing doing 50/50 pots and so on. If you don't want people to talk about your family than don't look so guilty with unfair judgeing. People should remember pow-wow ethics when prize monies was not as big as its today. Head people and family who wnt to support them all helped pw commit they didnot contest because of this very reason. I was told all this plus brought up in old rules of pw ethics which is very strict and hard when there is big prize money at stake.

Native_Honey49 · 07-11-2005, 01:05 PM

So how do I look quilty? Its up to the person to contest. And the mc's don't have anything to do with who wins. And it wasn't big prize money. Do you even know my family?

morning water · 07-11-2005, 03:49 PM

To NativeHoney. Calm down! You shouldn't say things like" if you don't like the way things are run, then start your own powwow" I thought this was a Peoria tribal pow wow. WHAT GOES ON at the pow wow REFLECTS BACK ON THE PEORIA TRIBE not your family. Remember also what you SAY reflects back on your family. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions so there is no reason for comments like these. It only makes matters worse. Whatever happens, be kind to people and say good things. Sorry your feelings are hurt and I'll remember you in my morning prayers.

quapawgirl · 07-11-2005, 06:20 PM

native honey i know your family well enough to know they are very good dancers and they know ther stuff. but to others it did not look good when your dad got thrid place when your uncles were the Mc's helper. Always remember Pow-Wow ethics and no one will have any gripes with you. People need to remember and so do my i in the Pow-Wow world some of us have a very extended family and it is hard to know when to bow out or contest. Do not know who all the winners were but what i sall there was nobody but blalocks, tyners, ulerys, quapaws, etc. can go on for every which is nothing but one huge extended family everybody out there were related or interrelated in someway. Yes Native Honey and Mourning water I'm a pot calling the kettle black. Just want to remind old families the of old ethics because we have gotten away from it.

1badazzndn · 07-12-2005, 01:01 PM

Well it was like they were trying to talk about my family and not the powwow. If it had just been that I wouldn't have felt the need to say anything. I guess i am just protective of my family but who isn't? Well I apologize for saying the hurtful things that i said. It was uncalled for. Even if you do or don't do something at a powwow there is still going to be someone that feels something is wrong with it. You will be in my prayers also.

Native_Honey49 · 07-12-2005, 01:05 PM

Well it was like they were trying to talk about my family and not the powwow. If it had just been that I wouldn't have felt the need to say anything. I guess i am just protective of my family but who isn't? Well I apologize for saying the hurtful things that i said. It was uncalled for. Even if you do or don't do something at a powwow there is still going to be someone that feels something is wrong with it. You will be in my prayers also.

quapawgirl · 07-12-2005, 09:20 PM

sorry for any hurtful things i said. I pray in the morning when the morning people are out as i've been taught for all my enemies,friends, creatures large and small. I know that sometimes i shoot my mouth off without thinking what i'm saying. I think that its the smart mouth quapaw blood in me. All in all Native Honey your family did a wonderful job helping the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma put on there Pow-Wow.

tworedshoes · 07-12-2005, 10:47 PM

Why can't people just go to a pow-wow and enjoy themselves? Always gotta downgrade it and say its not fair, so and so always wins there.. Blah, blah f'n blah, blah, man!!! Biggest bunch of crybabies I've ever heard!!! To the others that did have a good time, I'm glad you did!

quapawgirl · 07-13-2005, 03:15 PM

TwoRed Shoes you and Little sister are right 1. we all should go just to enjoy are selves and Peoria Tribe is so small if it was not for NativeHoney's family there would of been no one to now how to put on a pw for them. Much less no one to teach their children how to shake shells at a stompdance.That is why some people can be very opinonated towards them but most of them are not Peoria.

Native_Honey49 · 07-14-2005, 07:11 PM

Thank you for your apology. I hope you accept mine. Thank you for saying and seeing the good that my family and I try to do. Its hard sometimes but like everyone else we overcome those obstacles. I wish the best for you and your family.

morning water · 07-15-2005, 02:43 PM

little sister · 07-15-2005, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by quapawgirl

TwoRed Shoes you and Little sister are right 1. we all should go just to enjoy are selves and Peoria Tribe is so small if it was not for NativeHoney's family there would of been no one to now how to put on a pw for them. Much less no one to teach their children how to shake shells at a stompdance.That is why some people can be very opinonated towards them but most of them are not Peoria.

I enjoy myself anyplace I go because I have alot of friends. This is a small tribe but there are alot of knowledgeable Peoria. Also there are other Peoria leaders and shell shakers that are capable of teaching these things. Look around Quapaw girl and stop your rambling!!!!! True friends are not made through flattery.

06-28-2005, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
luvsbrownsugars Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 27	Peoria Pow wow in Oklahoma Any comments on this one?

06-28-2005, 01:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
dreams4u dreams4u Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 92	Last edited by dreams4u; 01-04-2006 at 12:03 PM.

06-28-2005, 01:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
quapawgirl Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29	peoria pow-wow left early to Peoria Pow-wow is what you call a blalock pow-wow anyway arou;nd this neck of the woods and wery where else it is never how well you dance but who you now. Most new commers think that is how to get up the ladder and usally work for them around here i should now because was born around her and raised around here besides Peoria Pow-wow is new baby sorrry you had such a bad experience

06-29-2005, 03:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
little sister Junior Dancer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lame Deer Posts: 119	Yes that family does well there but this tribe is small and that's probably the reason for this. Maybe the tribe should consider getting another committee. Ron Froman, Lenny Skye, Leanne Reeves, Charla Echohawk, Kinder family, Mary Kihega, and others are also knowledgeable Peoria people in this day and age. Most of the elders just sit back. Last edited by little sister; 07-19-2005 at 03:17 PM.

07-11-2005, 06:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
quapawgirl Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29	native honey i know your family well enough to know they are very good dancers and they know ther stuff. but to others it did not look good when your dad got thrid place when your uncles were the Mc's helper. Always remember Pow-Wow ethics and no one will have any gripes with you. People need to remember and so do my i in the Pow-Wow world some of us have a very extended family and it is hard to know when to bow out or contest. Do not know who all the winners were but what i sall there was nobody but blalocks, tyners, ulerys, quapaws, etc. can go on for every which is nothing but one huge extended family everybody out there were related or interrelated in someway. Yes Native Honey and Mourning water I'm a pot calling the kettle black. Just want to remind old families the of old ethics because we have gotten away from it. Last edited by quapawgirl; 07-11-2005 at 06:40 PM.

06-29-2005, 07:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
fncyshwldncr4life The Beadin Fool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In front of my puter.. in oklahoma Posts: 166	Yeah.. I know whatcha guys mean- I contested there sat. nite, but didn't even bother to go back sun. Too hot to dance, and I know how things are ran this ways. See at just about every dance we've hit out here. Alot of the people who do win are our freinds, and I'm happy for them, but I have also seen some downright injustice towards some of the other contestants. We just moved from ponca city a little over a year ago. The dances out this way don't even compare to the ones back home. Don't plan on goin back either..

06-30-2005, 02:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Native_Honey49 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NE Okla. Posts: 6	Ok too the ones that are talking aobut the girl that is related to the committee and that the head man is dating, that's me! I don't appriecate you or anyone else talking about me or my family. Alot of the folks that placed there are good dancers. And the one that's AD sometimes and got 3rd in tradish, his name is Dude Blalock, My dad!! I sorry that you felt you had a bad exprience at that powwow. But they are trying and its not your powwow. If you don't like the way things were being ran then start your own powwow. And that's ok if you don't come back, we don't need you. And get to know us before you starting judging us.

07-10-2005, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
quapawgirl Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29	sorry man but the mc's were brother and cousin of the traditional dancer that placed does that sound fair in the old days the family that helped with powwow or put it on did not contest but was to busy judgeing doing 50/50 pots and so on. If you don't want people to talk about your family than don't look so guilty with unfair judgeing. People should remember pow-wow ethics when prize monies was not as big as its today. Head people and family who wnt to support them all helped pw commit they didnot contest because of this very reason. I was told all this plus brought up in old rules of pw ethics which is very strict and hard when there is big prize money at stake.

07-11-2005, 01:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Native_Honey49 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NE Okla. Posts: 6	So how do I look quilty? Its up to the person to contest. And the mc's don't have anything to do with who wins. And it wasn't big prize money. Do you even know my family?

07-11-2005, 03:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
morning water Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72	To NativeHoney. Calm down! You shouldn't say things like" if you don't like the way things are run, then start your own powwow" I thought this was a Peoria tribal pow wow. WHAT GOES ON at the pow wow REFLECTS BACK ON THE PEORIA TRIBE not your family. Remember also what you SAY reflects back on your family. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions so there is no reason for comments like these. It only makes matters worse. Whatever happens, be kind to people and say good things. Sorry your feelings are hurt and I'll remember you in my morning prayers.

07-12-2005, 01:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
1badazzndn SNAGNOMETRY 101 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: tha dirty south, and Powwow Country Posts: 353	Well it was like they were trying to talk about my family and not the powwow. If it had just been that I wouldn't have felt the need to say anything. I guess i am just protective of my family but who isn't? Well I apologize for saying the hurtful things that i said. It was uncalled for. Even if you do or don't do something at a powwow there is still going to be someone that feels something is wrong with it. You will be in my prayers also.

07-12-2005, 01:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
Native_Honey49 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NE Okla. Posts: 6	Well it was like they were trying to talk about my family and not the powwow. If it had just been that I wouldn't have felt the need to say anything. I guess i am just protective of my family but who isn't? Well I apologize for saying the hurtful things that i said. It was uncalled for. Even if you do or don't do something at a powwow there is still going to be someone that feels something is wrong with it. You will be in my prayers also.

07-12-2005, 09:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
quapawgirl Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29	sorry for any hurtful things i said. I pray in the morning when the morning people are out as i've been taught for all my enemies,friends, creatures large and small. I know that sometimes i shoot my mouth off without thinking what i'm saying. I think that its the smart mouth quapaw blood in me. All in all Native Honey your family did a wonderful job helping the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma put on there Pow-Wow. Last edited by quapawgirl; 07-12-2005 at 09:32 PM.

07-12-2005, 10:47 PM	#15 (permalink)
tworedshoes Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 19	Why can't people just go to a pow-wow and enjoy themselves? Always gotta downgrade it and say its not fair, so and so always wins there.. Blah, blah f'n blah, blah, man!!! Biggest bunch of crybabies I've ever heard!!! To the others that did have a good time, I'm glad you did!

07-13-2005, 03:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
quapawgirl Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29	TwoRed Shoes you and Little sister are right 1. we all should go just to enjoy are selves and Peoria Tribe is so small if it was not for NativeHoney's family there would of been no one to now how to put on a pw for them. Much less no one to teach their children how to shake shells at a stompdance.That is why some people can be very opinonated towards them but most of them are not Peoria.

07-14-2005, 07:11 PM	#17 (permalink)
Native_Honey49 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NE Okla. Posts: 6	Thank you for your apology. I hope you accept mine. Thank you for saying and seeing the good that my family and I try to do. Its hard sometimes but like everyone else we overcome those obstacles. I wish the best for you and your family.

07-15-2005, 02:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
morning water Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72	Last edited by morning water; 10-28-2005 at 05:44 PM.

07-17-2005, 08:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
1badazzndn SNAGNOMETRY 101 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: tha dirty south, and Powwow Country Posts: 353