POWWOW Calendar

The Land Does Not Belong to Us, We Belong to the Land

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ST LOUIS – This year's theme for the 22nd annual Powwow at Washington University in St. Louis is "The Land Does Not Belong to Us, We Belong to the Land." This festival of American Indian cultures, will be held Saturday in the Wash U Field House.

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“The theme was chosen to celebrate the environment and the great beauty that surrounds us in nature,”

said Lindsay Belone, a Navajo and first year Powwow co-chair.

“The theme reminds us of the struggles and strengths we have as native people and land use, as well as how we can use Native American practices and ideology to create a more sustainable environment for future generations.”

This event, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School of Social Work, is free and open to the public.

Visitors and participants will be able to enjoy dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. Grand entries will take place at 12 noon and 6 pm. Traditional arts and crafts booths and community information booths open at 10 am.

The Buder Center, the Women's Society of Washington University, the AMB Foundation, the Student Coordinating Council of the Brown School and the Creek Nation sponsor the Powwow.

POWWOW Calendar

Here is powwow list for the Wash U Powwow and 16 others in Indian Country:

22nd Washington University in St. Louis Powwow
Big Bend Blvd
St Louis, Missouri
March 31

2nd Annual Yahoola Spring Powwow
891 S Chestatee Street
Dahlonega, GA
March 31 - April 1

Class of 2013 - Contest Powwow
HWY 191
Rock Point, AZ
March 31

Chattanooga Pow Wow on the River
Chattanooga, TN
March 31 - April 1

USAO ITHC Spring Powwow
1727 W. Alabama
Chickasha, OK
March 31

Pawnee Nation College Annual Pow Wow
900 Agency Road
Pawnee, OK
March 31

Red River Intertribal Club 4th Powwow
3701 Armory Road
Wichita Falls, Texas
March 31

Moore High School Spring Powwow
300 North Eastern Avenue
Moore, OK
March 31

Honoring the Graduating Class of 2012
60 TR 40
Isleta Pueblo, NM
March 31

Mole Lake Trails
Crandon High School
Crandon, WI
March 31 - April 1

3rd Annual Natives at Penn Powwow
3417 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA
March 31

Leech Lake Tribal College
15308 State Highway 371
Cass Lake, MN
March 31

Oregon Tech NASU/Klamath Tribes Honor
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR
March 31

9th Annual Westwood HS Social Powwow
945 W. 8th Street
Mesa, AZ
March 31

Rally in the Valley
Coffeyville, KS
March 31

Dance for the Children Gourd Dance
Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center
Oklahoma University Campus
Norman, OK
April 1

35th Southern Utah University Powwow
SUU Ballroom
Cedar City, UT
March 30 - 31

48th Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
March 30 - 31

posted March 30, 2012 2:20 pm edt