POWWOW Calendar

The Permian Basin is Host to Intertribal Powwow in Texas

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ODESSA, TEXAS – The Permian Basin is rich with Native American heritage. Up until the last 19th century the Comanche called this area home. For the 13th year, the Permian Basin brings back that rich tradition of the Comanche and others for their intertribal powwow.

12 Powwows this Weekend

The Comanche had a great culture and a lot of that was surrounded in horses. The Comanche first started to emerge as a unique tribe of Native Americans after splitting from the Shoshone before 1700. Much of their land encompassed the southwest and much of the Great Plains. It was not until the acquisition of horses during the Pueblo Revolt that the Comanche started to embrace what was to be the biggest part of their culture, the horse.

Many historians believe that the break from the Shoshone was due to the Comanche wanting to find more horses among the settlers of New Spain instead of looking for new herds of buffalo. It is believed that the Comanche supplied horses to not only other tribes of the southwest but also the French and American traders. At their peak the Comanche controlled what is believed to be over 2 million horses and they themselves numbered close to 50,000.

The Comanche embraced the horse into their culture this weekend that will be on display at the Permian Basin Powwow. There will be many other tribes and a ton dancing and drums to fill the weekend.

POWWOW Calendar

Permian Basin Intertribal Powwow
201 W University Blvd
Odessa, TX
September 29 - 30

Bishop Tribe Pabanamanina Powwow
2742 N Sierra Highway
Bishop, CA
September 28 - 30

22nd Annual Thunder and Lighting Powwow
Morongo Casino Resort and Spa
Cabazon, CA
September 28 - 30

Kauai Powwow
Kapaa Beach Park
Kapaa, HI
September 28 - 30

Indian Trail Powwow
100 Navajo Trail
Indian Trail, NC
September 28 - 30

Cedar River Powwow and Rendezvous
18793 Hwy 9
Osage, IA
September 28 - 30

37th Annual Pah Loots Pu Powwow
1825 NE Schweitzer Dr
Pullman, WA
September 28 - 30

Native American Intertribal Holiday
7200 County Road 603
Bushnell, FL
September 28 - 30

PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation Powwow
3688 Warrior Creek Church Road
Gray Court, SC
September 29

Red Rocks Community College Powwow
13300 West 6th Avenue
Lakewood, CO
September 29

10th Annual Woodland Indian Celebration
27174 Hull Prairie Road
Perrysburg, OH
September 29 - 30

Annual Echota Cherokee Indian Festival
1219 County Rd 187
Danville, AL
September 29 - 30

posted September 12, 2012 11:20 am edt