Fun at the Pow Wow

Dear Friends,

A merry day to you, dear ones! Your friendship means so much to us, and your kind and thoughtful comments. Thank you for coming by our home.

Would you like to come along with us as we travel to the Shoshone-Bannock Festival at the Fort Hall Reservation? Be sure to bring your own chairs, as it's mighty crowded this year! Be sure to bring lots of money, too, if you want to buy some beautiful handcrafted souvenirs!

We're grateful that our Indian friends try to keep alive their cultural heritage through pow wows around the country. Different tribes send contestants to dance in various categories, with a grand champion being announced from each category. They try to earn a little extra money by selling goods such as rattles, jewelry, turquoise, and even tribal t-shirts.

Here we see the young men's dance competition~

And here we wish we could buy everything they had!

This is our favorite sign~Heap funny!

We enjoy seeing the beautiful costumes on the contestants waiting their turns.

Don't you love the baseball cap on the young man in the middle? Boys will be boys!

Cousin Skye and Evangeline do a dance of their own.

Frankie isn't too sure about the loud drums and singing!

Whew! All that dancing wore us out, didn't it? We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, though.


Have a blessed day.

Love,

Marqueta

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"Laura looked and looked at the Indian children, and they looked at her. She had a naughty wish to be a little Indian girl." ~Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House on the Prairie"