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Pow Wow at Watersmeet |
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| Watersmeet Sunday, August 10th |
| The pow-wow at Lac Vieux Desert Watersmeet came to a close Sunday
after three exciting days of pow wow. The Watersmeet pow-wow
is somewhat smaller than the Baraga pow wow held a
couple weeks ago, however it too has all the ingredients
of a great event. There were many friendly attendees,
vendors terrific drum groups and lots of tribal dancing.
In fact, it was an entire day of dancing. It seemed as
though there were a lot more children participating in
this event. Lots of Dads and Moms walking their children
around the arena. It was great to see young people
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| above Issac, a really nice boy willing to put with
the photographer. his Ragalia was very patriotic - red,
white and blue. |
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| Girls from Bad River came to participate in the pow-wow.
Miss Bad river 2007 and Little Miss Bad River. The Girls as
did everyone else had a good time at this event. |
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Keeping a watchful eye as young
dancers practice for the dances to come later in the
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| photo above and below - Drum Groups warm up for the
Grand Entry |
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Colors are readied for the Grand Entry
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above and below veterans from the
tribe make up the color guard |
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| following the Color Guard are the guests the young
ladies from Bad River. Following the girls is Aaron, the
events Head Dancer. Aaron, is from the Siksika Nation
and traveled all the way from Alberta, Canada for this
event. |
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The men are followed into the arena by
the women traditional shawl dancers |
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| Below the Shawl Dancers are then followed by my
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After the Jingle Dancers everyone else
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| Drum Groups change from dance to dance. Following
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| above - Our friend Carol Top of
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above: Jr. Miss Bear River 2008 |
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O.K look carefully, two more natives
from Helsinki tribe join the inter-tribal dance.
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There they are with Carol |
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center left Carol - center right Issac |
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