Pow Wow
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David Bevett meditated before joining other dancers at the 36th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow held at Thomas Square Park yesterday. Bevett is a tribal member of the Northern Cherokee Nation and is of Shawnee descent too. The Pow Wow featured Native American dancing, drumming, singing, music, vendors, food and continues through today.
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Song of Eagle played a Native American flute.
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Dream catchers hung from a vendor's tent.
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Anthony Boles, 20 months, drummed steady at the pow wow.
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Couples began a two step Native American dance.
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Wrapped in a Native American fancy shawl Shy Barrie, 14, watched the pow wow.
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Anthony Cornejo leaped out of a tee pee belonging to the Order of the Arrow, a service organization of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Men gathered to drum and sing.
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Kinyaaaanii Padilla, 9, performed at the Intertribal Pow Wow. Padilla, who is Navajo, is a champion dancer and has competed at the "Gathering of Nations" and "Taos Pueblo Pow Wow" in New Mexico. He has been dancing since he was 4 years old.
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Sonya Flores of the Cupeno and Northern Ute tribes in California performed the Women's Fancy Shawl dance which represents a butterfly. Flores has been dancing for 23 years.
