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Veterans Honored This Weekend at Several Powwows

Native News Network Staff in Native Currents. Discussion »

CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA – All powwows typically honor veterans throughout the year, but this weekend, with Veterans Day being celebrated next Monday, it is appropriate several powwows are named veterans powwows.

American Indians Veterans Honored Across Indian Country

American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the United States military at a rate of twice the national average among all racial/ethnic groups throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of tribal members have served in the US military in the last century, including the recent engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As of March 2012 the Pentagon estimates that since 2001, 64 American Indians and Alaskan Natives have died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq; 42 in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 22 in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).

POWWOW Calendar

Below is this weekend's list of powwows in Indian country:

13th Clearfield Veterans Day Powwow
November 10 - 11
5615 Park Street
Clearfield, Pennsylvania

A Gathering of Eagles Powwow
November 9 - 11
132 Bill Knight Lane
Folkston, Georgia

Veterans Wacipi 2012
November 9 - 11
I - 29, Exit 1
Hankinson, North Dakota

Oka'Chaffa Indian Festival
November 10 - 11
1858 Lock & Dam Road
Augusta, Georgia

EIC Powwow All Gourds Veterans Dance
November 10 - 11
800 Birkes Road
Eufaula, Oklahoma

21st Annual Enid Intertribal Gourd Dance
November 10
318 East Oxford Avenue
Enid, Oklahoma

UNM-Gallup Fall Powwow 2012
November 10
1345 Rico Street
Gallup, New Mexico

7th Annual Honor Our Veterans Powwow
November 10 - 11
4801 Southside Drive
Louisville, Kentucky

Hominy JOM Heritage Dance Veterans Appreciation Day
November 10 - 11
4900 Southern Avenue
South Gate, California

Veterans' Dance & Feast
November 11
Luella Collins Community Center
Wayland, Michigan

posted November 9, 2012 9:10 am est