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Paul G · 12-01-2006, 03:46 PM

eap7 is running for PowWows.com Princess.

Please post any questions or comments you have for her in this thread.

Voting for the Princess Contest will begin January 1, 2007.

To read more about the contest, please visit:
2007 PowWows.com Princess

Paul G · 12-01-2006, 03:47 PM

Erica Scott
Delaware
22 years old
You can also check out:
www.myspace.com/aegean7749

I'll upload a better picture tomorrow, but here's one for now:

My name is Erica Scott. I am 22 years old and from the Delaware (Lenape) Tribe and also have Italian and Irish heritage from my father. I am the daughter of Nancy Scott and currently reside with my mother, sister and brother in Massachusetts. I have also spent time in Oklahoma, Kansas and Utah. I have been attending powwows since birth and started dancing at the age of 3. At first I danced fancy shawl and then jingle. Now I dance Southern Cloth and dress Delaware in the traditional style of my tribe. I really love Southern Cloth because I can be creative with my outfits, but I also proudly wear my tribe’s ribbonwork and my family’s beadwork pattern to represent who I am and where I come from. My mother and I sew all of my dance clothes and I do my own beadwork, and I am proud to be a fourth-generation seamstress! I have been employed at T. K. Wolf, Inc., an Indian run non-profit substance abuse treatment and counseling center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Rhode Island Indian Council. This past June, I graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Harvard University, where I served the Indian community in a variety of roles, including President of Native Americans at Harvard College, three time Powwow Committee Chairperson, and founder of the Harvard Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe. In college I attended several conferences, including NCAI and AISES, at which I was honored to win First Place in the 2005 Oral Presentation Competition. Currently I am applying to PhD programs in medical anthropology, focusing on substance abuse in Indian communities, with the eventual goal of becoming a professor and more imporantly, a mentor for Native youth. I feel that my personal and academic qualities would make me a positive role model and good representative as Powwows.com Princess.

If I were the 2006-2007 Powwows.com Princess, I would strive to represent you all in a good way and bring honor to the site, its members, and my family and tribe. I have been a member of this site since 2000, and in these past years, I have seen it grow by leaps and bounds. I think one of the major strengths of this site is the diversity of its members. I amazes me that there are people here from all over the country, Canada, and now even Germany and other countries! I would continue to spread the word because I travel across the country—in the last year, I was fortunate to attend powwows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, and throughout the Northeast, and I have also attended major powwows such as Gathering of Nations, Schemitzun, and the National Powwow in DC. I am also a very friendly and outgoing person so I would be happy to talk with the youth, elders and everyone in between about this site! Paul gives us a great site and resources, but its real strength is all of our fellow members, and as Princess I would continue to not only invite peole, but also make them feel welcome in introduction and other threads. The more people that are here participating, the more everyone benefits and so, I would love to contribute back to this site as your Princess!

http://www.powwows.com/gathering/members/eap7.html

**eap7** · 12-01-2006, 09:59 PM

Feel free to ask anything...give me something to do!

**Foxmoon** · 12-03-2006, 10:52 PM

Hey how are you? Wanted to get this out there so I would
have your thread easy. Ask Q. Later

**Summer_June** · 12-03-2006, 10:58 PM

Hello, as you all know I am the 2006-2007 PowWows.com Princess and I know this process isn't easy because some people have some very tough questions that took me a long time to answer. I don't want to get you to answer some real tough ones but here are some that I was asked and would like to see your answer!

1) Why would you like to represent PowWows.com?

2) How to you plan to represent PowWows.com online?

3) How do you plan to spread awareness/represent PowWows.com as the Princess offline?

4) How important is it for native youth to recieve the proper education that they are entitled to, graduate and continure their education upon graduation?

5) With fashion, television/movie industry and hi-tech gadgets how does it affect you? Your tribe? The general powwow world? What do you predict it will do to future generations?

Also take your time.. you have lots of time.. no rush!
Thanks!
Summer

Eagle Plumes · 12-04-2006, 10:01 AM

Hello, my questions are , do you sew ,bead? if so what would you do if someone came to you wanting to learn these things how would you go about getting them started? Or would you?

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Eagle Plumes

Hello, my questions are , do you sew ,bead? if so what would you do if someone came to you wanting to learn these things how would you go about getting them started? Or would you?

Hi Eagle Plumes, thank you for the question! As I mentioned in my statement below, I do all my own beadwork. When I was 12, my mom taught me to do sequin work, I guess you could call it, which she used to do. After getting that down, she taught me beadwork. I would teach someone else the same way because for me, it was easier to learn how to sew on the sequins (with a bead in the center) straight, because the sequins are bigger. From there, it wasn't that hard to switch to tiny beads!

As for sewing, as I mentioned I am what I call a "fourth-generation seamstress". My mother sews, my aunt actually is a professional seamstress, and my grandma and great-grandma all sewed as well. Now if you want to get technical, my ancestors before her probably sewed as well because there weren't stores and everyone sewed! I would say sewing is more fun for me than beading because I think its relaxing. As for how to teach someone to sew, I think the number one thing I would emphasize is PATIENCE! I think sewing actually takes a lot more time and patience than beading to show results- with beading, you start seeing the beads make the design right away. With sewing appliques, for example, you have to iron on interfacing, cuz out the applique patterns, iron those cut out pieces to bigger pieces, and then sew down around the edges of the applique. So there are more steps before you start to see results. Nevertheless, I think sewing and beading are both fun and good skills to have that anyone can pick up with a little time and patience. I hope this answers your questions.

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foxmoon

Hey how are you? Wanted to get this out there so I would
have your thread easy. Ask Q. Later

Hi Foxmoon

Sure ask away later on. Is it snowing down there? It is up here in MA, first snowfall!

Eagle Plumes · 12-04-2006, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eap7

Hi Eagle Plumes, thank you for the question! As I mentioned in my statement below, I do all my own beadwork. When I was 12, my mom taught me to do sequin work, I guess you could call it, which she used to do. After getting that down, she taught me beadwork. I would teach someone else the same way because for me, it was easier to learn how to sew on the sequins (with a bead in the center) straight, because the sequins are bigger. From there, it wasn't that hard to switch to tiny beads!

As for sewing, as I mentioned I am what I call a "fourth-generation seamstress". My mother sews, my aunt actually is a professional seamstress, and my grandma and great-grandma all sewed as well. Now if you want to get technical, my ancestors before her probably sewed as well because there weren't stores and everyone sewed! I would say sewing is more fun for me than beading because I think its relaxing. As for how to teach someone to sew, I think the number one thing I would emphasize is PATIENCE! I think sewing actually takes a lot more time and patience than beading to show results- with beading, you start seeing the beads make the design right away. With sewing appliques, for example, you have to iron on interfacing, cuz out the applique patterns, iron those cut out pieces to bigger pieces, and then sew down around the edges of the applique. So there are more steps before you start to see results. Nevertheless, I think sewing and beading are both fun and good skills to have that anyone can pick up with a little time and patience. I hope this answers your questions.

Thank-you That anwsered my questions as always you are very well spoken, by the next pow-wow season I hope to have a skirt and blouse to honor my Sac-Fox people, I have Boots and a dress for my Cheyenne people, but would like to have a skirt in my Sac-Fox side as well wow, if I had dress for all my Tribes Id need a new closet lol. Cheyenne, Sac-Fox from mom's side and Choctaw- Cherekee form dad. As always well said and I wish you the best of luck

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 11:23 AM

Hi Summer June, thank you for your questions and for visiting my thread! Although I haven't met you, you seem to have done a great job representing this site this year. I think they are all good questions that raise important issues, and I am happy to comment on them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by **Summer_June**

Hello, as you all know I am the 2006-2007 PowWows.com Princess and I know this process isn't easy because some people have some very tough questions that took me a long time to answer. I don't want to get you to answer some real tough ones but here are some that I was asked and would like to see your answer!

1) Why would you like to represent PowWows.com?
I would like to represent PowWows.com com as Princess for several reasons. First, I have been a member of this site for six years, and throughout this time, I have visited more and more. I remember when the site used to just be a yellow bulletin board and descriptions of dances. Now, there are so many resources here, galleries, powwow cast, even the whole network of associated sites with search, gathering postings, etc. When I filled out Paul's User Survey a few weeks ago, even I was amazed at resources of which I was not aware, like the powwow TV and radio. I really think this site is one of the best resources on the Internet for Indian people because of the educational, artistic and social resources. One of my goals in running for Princess is to increase awareness of our site-both in the Indian community and the general public, as there are many interested non-Indians, and to increase involvement among the members that are already here-by making people feel welcome and able to contribute to discussion.

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagle Plumes

Thank-you That anwsered my questions as always you are very well spoken, by the next pow-wow season I hope to have a skirt and blouse to honor my Sac-Fox people, I have Boots and a dress for my Cheyenne people, but would like to have a skirt in my Sac-Fox side as well wow, if I had dress for all my Tribes Id need a new closet lol. Cheyenne, Sac-Fox from mom's side and Choctaw- Cherekee form dad. As always well said and I wish you the best of luck

Cool, I love Sac n Fox outfits! They are so pretty. Good luck with getting together your dance outfits!

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 12:29 PM

2) How to you plan to represent PowWows.com online?

I have several ideas to represent PowWows.com online. In general, I want to accomplish two things. First, encourage involvement among current members, and second, increase the number of members. I would accomplish these broad goals in several ways, such as welcoming new members to the site in their introduction threads. I also was looking at some of the questions that have been asked in all the princess threads. Issues of Native youth and education, the impact of technology on our nations and ourselves, how intertribal powwows influence youth, identity, all of these topics are great! I think people do want to talk about these issues because look at how many people have been commenting in the threads about Indian women and leadership and “what makes an Indian an Indian”. While it is a lot of fun to have “who’s the best dancer/singer” threads (and everyone hopes to someday see their name!), I think another way to encourage people to get involved in the site is by discussing other issues that affect our lives as Native people. If I were princess, I would be happy to start threads like this and foster discussion. In terms of increasing traffic to the site and letting people know about PowWows.com who do not already know, I would represent the site on my myspace and facebook.com accounts. I think facebook.com is an untapped resource for representation because there are hundreds, maybe thousands of Indian college and high school students who don’t always have myspace- for instance, I didn’t have myspace until recently! There are facebook.com groups for Native pride, “I Love to Powwow”, etc with hundreds of members, and I would like to publicize PowWows.com in these online forums as well. I’ve told numerous friends and peers about the site, and they all have joined, so I think that people want to join- they just might not know about it yet!

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 12:31 PM

3) How do you plan to spread awareness/represent PowWows.com as the Princess offline?
I think the most visible way to spread awareness and represent the site offline is by attending and participating in powwows. Powwows are a major part of my life and very important to me. In the last two years, I danced at powwows throughout the US, in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas, Utah, New Mexico, North Carolina, and throughout the Northeast, major powwows such as Gathering of Nations, Schemitzun and the National Powwow in Washington DC, and national conference powwows at NCAI and AISES. I frequently travel for academic and personal reasons, and I think my attendance at different powwows in various regions would be an asset. Additionally, I would like to work with Paul to create an informational flyer listing all of the PowWows.com resources. Similar to how other princesses hand out flyers about the powwows they are representing at the various dances they attend, I would like to distribute these flyers to let more people know about PowWows.com. In addition to powwows, I would also proudly represent the site at any other conferences, dinners or events that I attend.

**WocusWoman** · 12-04-2006, 12:37 PM

Eap7, from your bio it seems you are going forward in your academics and your goals all seem positive in the way of helping the native communities and becoming a mentor to younger people. I want to know if you personally follow the RED ROAD and if you do, do you find it hard in getting the support and love from your family in doing so, or are they totally in support in this aspect. I also want to know how willing you are to travel around the country, if you are voted to be Miss Powwows 2007? Thankyou, Wocuswoman:)

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 08:57 PM

4) How important is it for native youth to receive the proper education that they are entitled to, graduate and continue their education upon graduation?

This is a great question. We as Indian people are some of the strongest people on this planet- we have unique cultures, languages, traditions, and awareness of both our past ancestors and future generations! We all know that education is important, but I feel that you are right in phrasing it the “proper education that we as Native people are entitled to”. The legacy of the oftentimes negative experiences students had in boarding schools in times past has contributed to many of the problems facing our families and tribal nations, like substance abuse, mental health, and dysfunctional families. But now, I believe Indian students do not have to be afraid to both have cultural pride and an education. Obviously my background and my decision to pursue further education at the doctoral level mirrors my strong belief that education is one of the best ways to make progress in the world. But I do not believe that Indian youth need to attend a prestigious school—the most important thing is to go to school and graduate, as you point out, and continue learning throughout all of life.

Right now across Indian Country there is a major problem of student retention. I feel that this is another issue that we need to address, and a good way to do this is by making schools accountable, particularly since I believe school's have a unique relationship to Indian people. Every school and higher institution of learning on this continent is a guest in some tribe’s homeland. We are not minority interests that are asking for special treatment or lesser standards. Institutes of higher education should not admit Indian students just to brag about having us, because we belong there. Schools need to be called to task about why Indian students are not succeeding, because I am a testament to the fact that we can. When I was a student at Harvard, I also worked as a Native American recruiter. I got to speak and visit with many talented students, who were clearly capable of not only handling college work but also blossoming there. This to me is a great sign that there are many intelligent Indian students who will also succeed in obtaining an education.

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 09:13 PM

5) With fashion, television/movie industry and hi-tech gadgets how does it affect you? Your tribe? The general powwow world? What do you predict it will do to future generations?

I think it would have been interesting to ask this question to Indian people in the past—what did they think when they first encountered beads? What about cloth? It is funny, because these are two elements that no one would argue are really hi-tech or not traditional, yet they were just as foreign to our ancestors as Ipods are to my mom (lol). I think technology, like any new invention, has pros and cons. Personally, technology has affected me and my tribe in several positive ways. I am on several Lenape email lists. One of them is a language list and it definitely has helped me learn some of the language, which I think is so important. My tribe also made a “Lenape Talking Dictionary” website, which I think is awesome. The movie industry is an interesting issue, because in the past Indian parts have usually been played by Italians, Filipinos, Hispanics, or basically anyone but Indians. Now, some directors are endeavoring to use Indians. I read an article yesterday about how Mel Gibson wanted to have an all-Indian cast for the upcoming “Apocolypto”. This is a positive move because it shows non-Indians that we are still here…and that we are very attractive (Adam Beach anyone? Lol) The negative side is that sometimes things can be put online or in other media formats that are meant to either stay private or be shared person-to-person.

As far as influencing the general powwow world, I have to rave about Paul’s live powwow casts. When I was at Schemitzun this past summer, I had family and friends calling and texting me that they had seen me on the website. That was cool, but it also is a great resource for non-Indian people because we are able to accurately represent our dances to the world via the Internet. The saying is that a picture is worth a thousand words—well, I think a video is worth even more. I realize that there are elders and people who do not want dances, songs, language, or interviews video or audio taped, and I respect that opinion. But my hope for future generations is that these technologies will be appropriately used to benefit our communities.

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WocusWoman

Eap7, from your bio it seems you are going forward in your academics and your goals all seem positive in the way of helping the native communities and becoming a mentor to younger people. I want to know if you personally follow the RED ROAD and if you do, do you find it hard in getting the support and love from your family in doing so, or are they totally in support in this aspect. I also want to know how willing you are to travel around the country, if you are voted to be Miss Powwows 2007? Thankyou, Wocuswoman:)

Hi Wocuswoman,

Thank you for your kind words and your questions. To me, my family is the most important element in my life. I would not be the person that I am today if it were not for them, especially my mom. She is a special education teacher who is also a single mother to 3 kids. I am very, very fortunate that my family has always supported me, particularly in pursuing my education, for which I am grateful. As for following the red road, this is something my mom has also instilled in me and my siblings. My family on both sides has sadly had our share of tragedies with substance abuse, mental health, suicide, all different social problems. But my mom has influenced me in a positive way to participate instead in powwows, dances, sweatlodge, peyote meetings, and ceremony to try and live my life in a healthy way, following the red road and serving my community however I can.

As for traveling if I were the 2007 Powwows.com Princess, I talked below about traveling to different powwows, and if anything, the title would be even more of an incentive!

**eap7** · 12-04-2006, 09:30 PM

Umm...are my responses too long? If I'm rambling on and its too much to read, let me know! But...see...I enjoy talking to people- If I were princess I would be happy to visit with people!

**MayChe** · 12-05-2006, 10:51 AM

myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics

Eagle Plumes · 12-05-2006, 04:01 PM

Is this your first time running for Princess? And have you ever been a princess?

12-01-2006, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paul G Webmaster Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 19,821 Credits: 30,570,786.83 Blog Entries: 1	PowWows.com Princess Candidate - eap7 eap7 is running for PowWows.com Princess. Please post any questions or comments you have for her in this thread. Voting for the Princess Contest will begin January 1, 2007. To read more about the contest, please visit: 2007 PowWows.com Princess __________________ New to the site--Introduce Yourself Need Help--FAQ--Search Feedback--Post your suggestions MyTribalSpace.com \| NativeGatherings.com \|NativeSeek.com \| Pow Wow TV \| Pow Wow Radio \| NativeMusicSource.com Radio \| NDN411.com \| eSnag Online Dating \| Pow Wow Scoop Pow Wow Travel - Hotel, Airfare, Rental Cars Stay up to date with all the PowWows.com Announcements - Follow us on Twitter

12-01-2006, 03:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paul G Webmaster Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 19,821 Credits: 30,570,786.83 Blog Entries: 1	Profile Erica Scott Delaware 22 years old You can also check out: www.myspace.com/aegean7749 I'll upload a better picture tomorrow, but here's one for now: My name is Erica Scott. I am 22 years old and from the Delaware (Lenape) Tribe and also have Italian and Irish heritage from my father. I am the daughter of Nancy Scott and currently reside with my mother, sister and brother in Massachusetts. I have also spent time in Oklahoma, Kansas and Utah. I have been attending powwows since birth and started dancing at the age of 3. At first I danced fancy shawl and then jingle. Now I dance Southern Cloth and dress Delaware in the traditional style of my tribe. I really love Southern Cloth because I can be creative with my outfits, but I also proudly wear my tribe’s ribbonwork and my family’s beadwork pattern to represent who I am and where I come from. My mother and I sew all of my dance clothes and I do my own beadwork, and I am proud to be a fourth-generation seamstress! I have been employed at T. K. Wolf, Inc., an Indian run non-profit substance abuse treatment and counseling center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Rhode Island Indian Council. This past June, I graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Harvard University, where I served the Indian community in a variety of roles, including President of Native Americans at Harvard College, three time Powwow Committee Chairperson, and founder of the Harvard Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe. In college I attended several conferences, including NCAI and AISES, at which I was honored to win First Place in the 2005 Oral Presentation Competition. Currently I am applying to PhD programs in medical anthropology, focusing on substance abuse in Indian communities, with the eventual goal of becoming a professor and more imporantly, a mentor for Native youth. I feel that my personal and academic qualities would make me a positive role model and good representative as Powwows.com Princess. If I were the 2006-2007 Powwows.com Princess, I would strive to represent you all in a good way and bring honor to the site, its members, and my family and tribe. I have been a member of this site since 2000, and in these past years, I have seen it grow by leaps and bounds. I think one of the major strengths of this site is the diversity of its members. I amazes me that there are people here from all over the country, Canada, and now even Germany and other countries! I would continue to spread the word because I travel across the country—in the last year, I was fortunate to attend powwows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, and throughout the Northeast, and I have also attended major powwows such as Gathering of Nations, Schemitzun, and the National Powwow in DC. I am also a very friendly and outgoing person so I would be happy to talk with the youth, elders and everyone in between about this site! Paul gives us a great site and resources, but its real strength is all of our fellow members, and as Princess I would continue to not only invite peole, but also make them feel welcome in introduction and other threads. The more people that are here participating, the more everyone benefits and so, I would love to contribute back to this site as your Princess! http://www.powwows.com/gathering/members/eap7.html __________________ New to the site--Introduce Yourself Need Help--FAQ--Search Feedback--Post your suggestions MyTribalSpace.com \| NativeGatherings.com \|NativeSeek.com \| Pow Wow TV \| Pow Wow Radio \| NativeMusicSource.com Radio \| NDN411.com \| eSnag Online Dating \| Pow Wow Scoop Pow Wow Travel - Hotel, Airfare, Rental Cars Stay up to date with all the PowWows.com Announcements - Follow us on Twitter

12-03-2006, 10:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Foxmoon Happy Woman! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MD Posts: 4,574 Credits: 1,178.44 Blog Entries: 1	Hey how are you? Wanted to get this out there so I would have your thread easy. Ask Q. Later __________________ In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

12-03-2006, 10:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Summer_June -tradish_hunni.-* Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Six Nations Posts: 1,237 Credits: 3,004.91	Hello, as you all know I am the 2006-2007 PowWows.com Princess and I know this process isn't easy because some people have some very tough questions that took me a long time to answer. I don't want to get you to answer some real tough ones but here are some that I was asked and would like to see your answer! 1) Why would you like to represent PowWows.com? 2) How to you plan to represent PowWows.com online? 3) How do you plan to spread awareness/represent PowWows.com as the Princess offline? 4) How important is it for native youth to recieve the proper education that they are entitled to, graduate and continure their education upon graduation? 5) With fashion, television/movie industry and hi-tech gadgets how does it affect you? Your tribe? The general powwow world? What do you predict it will do to future generations? Also take your time.. you have lots of time.. no rush! Thanks! Summer __________________ ~PowWows.com Princess 2006-2007~

12-04-2006, 12:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	2) How to you plan to represent PowWows.com online? I have several ideas to represent PowWows.com online. In general, I want to accomplish two things. First, encourage involvement among current members, and second, increase the number of members. I would accomplish these broad goals in several ways, such as welcoming new members to the site in their introduction threads. I also was looking at some of the questions that have been asked in all the princess threads. Issues of Native youth and education, the impact of technology on our nations and ourselves, how intertribal powwows influence youth, identity, all of these topics are great! I think people do want to talk about these issues because look at how many people have been commenting in the threads about Indian women and leadership and “what makes an Indian an Indian”. While it is a lot of fun to have “who’s the best dancer/singer” threads (and everyone hopes to someday see their name!), I think another way to encourage people to get involved in the site is by discussing other issues that affect our lives as Native people. If I were princess, I would be happy to start threads like this and foster discussion. In terms of increasing traffic to the site and letting people know about PowWows.com who do not already know, I would represent the site on my myspace and facebook.com accounts. I think facebook.com is an untapped resource for representation because there are hundreds, maybe thousands of Indian college and high school students who don’t always have myspace- for instance, I didn’t have myspace until recently! There are facebook.com groups for Native pride, “I Love to Powwow”, etc with hundreds of members, and I would like to publicize PowWows.com in these online forums as well. I’ve told numerous friends and peers about the site, and they all have joined, so I think that people want to join- they just might not know about it yet! Last edited by eap7; 12-04-2006 at 09:15 PM..

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12-01-2006, 09:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	Feel free to ask anything...give me something to do!

12-04-2006, 10:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
Eagle Plumes Just Bead it! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MId-West Posts: 13,278 Credits: 35,108,326.61	Hello, my questions are , do you sew ,bead? if so what would you do if someone came to you wanting to learn these things how would you go about getting them started? Or would you?

12-04-2006, 12:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	3) How do you plan to spread awareness/represent PowWows.com as the Princess offline? I think the most visible way to spread awareness and represent the site offline is by attending and participating in powwows. Powwows are a major part of my life and very important to me. In the last two years, I danced at powwows throughout the US, in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas, Utah, New Mexico, North Carolina, and throughout the Northeast, major powwows such as Gathering of Nations, Schemitzun and the National Powwow in Washington DC, and national conference powwows at NCAI and AISES. I frequently travel for academic and personal reasons, and I think my attendance at different powwows in various regions would be an asset. Additionally, I would like to work with Paul to create an informational flyer listing all of the PowWows.com resources. Similar to how other princesses hand out flyers about the powwows they are representing at the various dances they attend, I would like to distribute these flyers to let more people know about PowWows.com. In addition to powwows, I would also proudly represent the site at any other conferences, dinners or events that I attend. Last edited by eap7; 12-04-2006 at 09:15 PM..

12-04-2006, 12:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,771 Credits: 7,660.05	Eap7, from your bio it seems you are going forward in your academics and your goals all seem positive in the way of helping the native communities and becoming a mentor to younger people. I want to know if you personally follow the RED ROAD and if you do, do you find it hard in getting the support and love from your family in doing so, or are they totally in support in this aspect. I also want to know how willing you are to travel around the country, if you are voted to be Miss Powwows 2007? Thankyou, Wocuswoman:)

12-04-2006, 08:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	4) How important is it for native youth to receive the proper education that they are entitled to, graduate and continue their education upon graduation? This is a great question. We as Indian people are some of the strongest people on this planet- we have unique cultures, languages, traditions, and awareness of both our past ancestors and future generations! We all know that education is important, but I feel that you are right in phrasing it the “proper education that we as Native people are entitled to”. The legacy of the oftentimes negative experiences students had in boarding schools in times past has contributed to many of the problems facing our families and tribal nations, like substance abuse, mental health, and dysfunctional families. But now, I believe Indian students do not have to be afraid to both have cultural pride and an education. Obviously my background and my decision to pursue further education at the doctoral level mirrors my strong belief that education is one of the best ways to make progress in the world. But I do not believe that Indian youth need to attend a prestigious school—the most important thing is to go to school and graduate, as you point out, and continue learning throughout all of life. Right now across Indian Country there is a major problem of student retention. I feel that this is another issue that we need to address, and a good way to do this is by making schools accountable, particularly since I believe school's have a unique relationship to Indian people. Every school and higher institution of learning on this continent is a guest in some tribe’s homeland. We are not minority interests that are asking for special treatment or lesser standards. Institutes of higher education should not admit Indian students just to brag about having us, because we belong there. Schools need to be called to task about why Indian students are not succeeding, because I am a testament to the fact that we can. When I was a student at Harvard, I also worked as a Native American recruiter. I got to speak and visit with many talented students, who were clearly capable of not only handling college work but also blossoming there. This to me is a great sign that there are many intelligent Indian students who will also succeed in obtaining an education. Last edited by eap7; 12-04-2006 at 09:14 PM..

12-04-2006, 09:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	5) With fashion, television/movie industry and hi-tech gadgets how does it affect you? Your tribe? The general powwow world? What do you predict it will do to future generations? I think it would have been interesting to ask this question to Indian people in the past—what did they think when they first encountered beads? What about cloth? It is funny, because these are two elements that no one would argue are really hi-tech or not traditional, yet they were just as foreign to our ancestors as Ipods are to my mom (lol). I think technology, like any new invention, has pros and cons. Personally, technology has affected me and my tribe in several positive ways. I am on several Lenape email lists. One of them is a language list and it definitely has helped me learn some of the language, which I think is so important. My tribe also made a “Lenape Talking Dictionary” website, which I think is awesome. The movie industry is an interesting issue, because in the past Indian parts have usually been played by Italians, Filipinos, Hispanics, or basically anyone but Indians. Now, some directors are endeavoring to use Indians. I read an article yesterday about how Mel Gibson wanted to have an all-Indian cast for the upcoming “Apocolypto”. This is a positive move because it shows non-Indians that we are still here…and that we are very attractive (Adam Beach anyone? Lol) The negative side is that sometimes things can be put online or in other media formats that are meant to either stay private or be shared person-to-person. As far as influencing the general powwow world, I have to rave about Paul’s live powwow casts. When I was at Schemitzun this past summer, I had family and friends calling and texting me that they had seen me on the website. That was cool, but it also is a great resource for non-Indian people because we are able to accurately represent our dances to the world via the Internet. The saying is that a picture is worth a thousand words—well, I think a video is worth even more. I realize that there are elders and people who do not want dances, songs, language, or interviews video or audio taped, and I respect that opinion. But my hope for future generations is that these technologies will be appropriately used to benefit our communities.

12-04-2006, 09:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
eap7 ~Erica~ Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,305 Credits: 7,226.31 Blog Entries: 5	Umm...are my responses too long? If I'm rambling on and its too much to read, let me know! But...see...I enjoy talking to people- If I were princess I would be happy to visit with people!

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MayChe Minglin' N Jinglin' Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Flo' Da Posts: 1,142 Credits: 11,035.94	__________________ Don't ever stop dancing

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Eagle Plumes Just Bead it! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MId-West Posts: 13,278 Credits: 35,108,326.61	Is this your first time running for Princess? And have you ever been a princess?

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