Nov. 2
5th Annual Gitchi Gami Powwow
Ashland High School Gymnasium, Ashland, WI. Traditional Powwow. FMI: 715-682-7089 x1011 or x1248; email: jcorbin@ashland.k12.wi.us
Nov. 3
Gathering For Our Children & Returning Adoptees Powwow
Emcee:
Jerry Dearly. Arena Directors: Windy Downwind and Kirk Crow Shoe. Host
Drum: Oyate Teca. Co-host Drum: Healing Spirit. Color Guard: Sisseton
Wahpeton Dakota Kit Fox Society. 1:00 p.m. Grand Entry. Wablenica
Ceremony – The Wablenica Song (Orphan Song) will be sung for those
returning adoptees and fostered individuals and their families. A
ceremony will be offered to heal the grief caused by separation from
family and heritage. 5:00 p.m. Feast. 6:00-7:00 p.m. Gourd Dancing,
Tia-Piah Society. 7:00 p.m. Grand Entry. Special Honor song and
recognition for our Young Relatives who have experience foster care.
Vendors, contact Tina Knafla at 612-348-9662. Free and open to the
public. This pow wow is a celebration our community’s strengths. As we
continue to gather and acknowledge the strengths of our families, we
heal from the intergenerational trauma within our extended family
systems. As our families and communities heal we are better able to
adopt and foster our Native children. Held at the Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E.?Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. For directions
see:?www.maicnet.org. For powwow info, contact Sandra White Hawk, First
Nations Repatriation Institute, at 651-442-4872, or: sadoptee@yahoo.com.
Or Tina Knafla at 612-348-9662 or: tina.knafla@co.hennepin.mn.us. Or
Jacque Wilson at 612-871-6618 or: urbanoffice@boisforte-nsn.gov.
Nov. 11
LCO Veterans Powwow
LCO School Gym, Hayward, WI. Traditional. FMI: 715-634-8924
