What's the best pow wow you can remember?

**Wojapi4Me** · 07-20-2005, 11:55 AM

What's the best pow wow you can remember? For me, it'd have to be Black Hills Wacipi back in 1994 or 1995. Black Lodge was host drum that year and Porcupine was there with their full crew. Lots and lots of good Sioux drums there, and all the best traditional dancers I can remember were there: Terry Fiddler, the Charging Eagles, J.R. LaPlante, etc. That's when they held this dance in July, and it was nice and air conditioned...just awesome. The whole family was there.

07-20-2005, 12:09 PM

For me I like that powwow they use to have in June outside of Rapid City. I think it was 98?? Native American Heritage Association then schemitzun 98 was a fun year for me.

Mato Winyan · 07-20-2005, 12:29 PM

Oglala Nation..... 2002. Hot and ate a lot of dirt that weekend.....but it was great! Porcupine was host, got to sing back up an learn from some very talented Wicaglatas. Loved the trip......the scenery......all of it. Good memories.

AlmostThere · 07-20-2005, 02:32 PM

always good ti mes up north at schemitzun....hope I can make it this year...

**kneegrow_native** · 07-20-2005, 03:08 PM

Well for me it was pretty much San Diego State pow-wow from 1987 - 1991. Not a lot of dancers, minimal drums, but man, it was a hotspot for snaggin back in the day.

suthernwaterbird · 07-20-2005, 05:39 PM

shiiiiii.lol ok I'm gonna have to say Arlee Montana 2002. ok It was great. The powwow was awesome, Walking Buffalo took 1st Pipestone was their Red Tail bunch of gooooooot drums. Dancers were awesome too. It was nice to go to sleep to them guyz singing them handrum songs though. And then wake up to them handGAME songs. lol but the best part about it wasn't the club there, it was walkin to the arena looking over to see a lodge. Behind it was the glaciers, and coming up over that glacier was the sun. AWESOME! just great lol

**badmaninc** · 07-21-2005, 10:49 AM

I used to love the Four Nations Powwow in the early 90's. They had over a 1,000 dancers and at the time usually 4-5 of the best drum groups in the world. Don't know what happened to it though.

07-21-2005, 11:41 AM

Rocky boy and Crow fair are fun too

tanksida · 07-23-2005, 03:41 PM

The best powwow I can recall...would prolly have to be Schemitzun 1994...everybody was there...dang..all the best of the best drums..Stoney park, Whitefish Jr.s, Red Bull, Blackstone...etc..when they were all at the top of their game..it was a great powwow...everybody seemed to get along..laugh..I took a ton of pix...it was kewl...way kewl...plus, if u got tired of the powwow...(which, who could?) you could just go to the mall...or cruise around town..et al...awesome...I'll always remember that year!!

Supernaut · 07-25-2005, 08:14 PM

undefinedThe best powwow that I remember was the Weaseltail Powwow back in '93? Eyabay, Whitefish Jrs., Assiniboine Jrs., Blackstone, Blacklodge, White Eagle, Seventeen Mile Singers, Northern Cree, Indian Nation, Nakoda Nation, Iron Water, and a couple of others I can't name. It was a singers' festival I might add. Way to cool.

**Mr Oakley** · 07-25-2005, 08:25 PM

3 Sisters powwow in Green Bay, WI. Late 90's. Best singing I heard in a long time there. and alot of ace dancers.

ree assassin · 07-28-2005, 01:03 PM

88 & 89 United Tribes, Man both of those years was jammin. I was just a kid back then but I remember them very well.

**kneegrow_native** · 07-28-2005, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Supernaut

undefinedThe best powwow that I remember was the Weaseltail Powwow back in '93? Eyabay, Whitefish Jrs., Assiniboine Jrs., Blackstone, Blacklodge, White Eagle, Seventeen Mile Singers, Northern Cree, Indian Nation, Nakoda Nation, Iron Water, and a couple of others I can't name. It was a singers' festival I might add. Way to cool.

Oh hell yeah, I remember that one, it was 1992 and the last one they had.

Other drums that rocked it that year: Thunder Mountain, Cathedral Lakes, Eagle Spirit, Makaoo Jr., Blackfoot Crossing. The men's traditional specials were off the hook too.

**Dazzle_me_now** · 07-29-2005, 02:11 AM

Crow Fair 2000... and then Denver March 2001.

**Yaquila** · 07-29-2005, 01:57 PM

1974 at Apple Valley.My first powwow and boy did i have fun.All visitors left about 8.After that it was one night to remember...yeah...The singing didn't stop until early morning.Those were the good old days.

1badazzndn · 07-29-2005, 03:47 PM

I would hafta say Prairie Island, MN 1998 and the Lumbee Spring Powwow 2005

07-20-2005, 11:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wojapi4Me Kili! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Tha Rez Posts: 1,518	What's the best pow wow you can remember? What's the best pow wow you can remember? For me, it'd have to be Black Hills Wacipi back in 1994 or 1995. Black Lodge was host drum that year and Porcupine was there with their full crew. Lots and lots of good Sioux drums there, and all the best traditional dancers I can remember were there: Terry Fiddler, the Charging Eagles, J.R. LaPlante, etc. That's when they held this dance in July, and it was nice and air conditioned...just awesome. The whole family was there. __________________ If pro is the opposite of con, then wouldn't progress be the opposite of...lol

07-20-2005, 12:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Gangster of Love Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,500 Blog Entries: 4	Oglala Nation..... 2002. Hot and ate a lot of dirt that weekend.....but it was great! Porcupine was host, got to sing back up an learn from some very talented Wicaglatas. Loved the trip......the scenery......all of it. Good memories. __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

07-20-2005, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
AlmostThere The Original OP CREW Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: AZ Posts: 971	always good ti mes up north at schemitzun....hope I can make it this year... __________________ blah blah blah....

07-20-2005, 03:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
kneegrow_native whip cream is better Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In God's Country Posts: 1,440	Well for me it was pretty much San Diego State pow-wow from 1987 - 1991. Not a lot of dancers, minimal drums, but man, it was a hotspot for snaggin back in the day. __________________ It is so sad that a family can torn apart by something as simple as a wild pack of dogs.

07-20-2005, 05:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
suthernwaterbird nobody Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: atl, ga Posts: 1,004	shiiiiii.lol ok I'm gonna have to say Arlee Montana 2002. ok It was great. The powwow was awesome, Walking Buffalo took 1st Pipestone was their Red Tail bunch of gooooooot drums. Dancers were awesome too. It was nice to go to sleep to them guyz singing them handrum songs though. And then wake up to them handGAME songs. lol but the best part about it wasn't the club there, it was walkin to the arena looking over to see a lodge. Behind it was the glaciers, and coming up over that glacier was the sun. AWESOME! just great lol __________________ WhY yOu AsK? bEcUz We CaN!

07-20-2005, 12:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
49in_ndn Guest Posts: n/a	For me I like that powwow they use to have in June outside of Rapid City. I think it was 98?? Native American Heritage Association then schemitzun 98 was a fun year for me.

07-21-2005, 10:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
badmaninc PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saanich Tribes, B.C. Posts: 3,087	I used to love the Four Nations Powwow in the early 90's. They had over a 1,000 dancers and at the time usually 4-5 of the best drum groups in the world. Don't know what happened to it though.

07-21-2005, 11:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
49in_ndn Guest Posts: n/a	Rocky boy and Crow fair are fun too

07-23-2005, 03:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
tanksida Teen Dancer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SD!! Posts: 375 Blog Entries: 1	Best pow-wow eva... The best powwow I can recall...would prolly have to be Schemitzun 1994...everybody was there...dang..all the best of the best drums..Stoney park, Whitefish Jr.s, Red Bull, Blackstone...etc..when they were all at the top of their game..it was a great powwow...everybody seemed to get along..laugh..I took a ton of pix...it was kewl...way kewl...plus, if u got tired of the powwow...(which, who could?) you could just go to the mall...or cruise around town..et al...awesome...I'll always remember that year!! __________________ Tanksida

07-25-2005, 08:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
Supernaut Super Native Jahn Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arizona/New Mexico Posts: 3	What's the best pow wow you can remember? undefinedThe best powwow that I remember was the Weaseltail Powwow back in '93? Eyabay, Whitefish Jrs., Assiniboine Jrs., Blackstone, Blacklodge, White Eagle, Seventeen Mile Singers, Northern Cree, Indian Nation, Nakoda Nation, Iron Water, and a couple of others I can't name. It was a singers' festival I might add. Way to cool.

07-25-2005, 08:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mr Oakley >>:+:<< + >>:+:<< Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 1,067	3 Sisters powwow in Green Bay, WI. Late 90's. Best singing I heard in a long time there. and alot of ace dancers. __________________ Mr Oakley was here see my powwow videos here... www.youtube.com/oaklee84

07-28-2005, 01:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
ree assassin Grass Dancing @ its BEST! Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 33	88 & 89 United Tribes, Man both of those years was jammin. I was just a kid back then but I remember them very well.

07-29-2005, 02:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dazzle_me_now I believe.... do you? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in the ZONE! Posts: 3,813	Crow Fair 2000... and then Denver March 2001.

07-29-2005, 01:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
Yaquila Powwows Gathering Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,247 Blog Entries: 1	1974 at Apple Valley.My first powwow and boy did i have fun.All visitors left about 8.After that it was one night to remember...yeah...The singing didn't stop until early morning.Those were the good old days.

07-29-2005, 03:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
1badazzndn SNAGNOMETRY 101 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: tha dirty south, and Powwow Country Posts: 353	I would hafta say Prairie Island, MN 1998 and the Lumbee Spring Powwow 2005