Exhibition of a Pow Wow Celebration

Saturday, June 20 , 2009

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A FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IS BELOW

Event Sponsors

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ADMISSION TO THE POW WOW AND TRADITIONAL EXHIBIT AREA WILL BE

BY FREE-WILL DONATION

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009

Featured Performers & Dance Exhibition

Featured Tribe:  The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, formerly of Nebraska and Kansas

Featured presenter:  Pat LeadingFox, Head Chief of the Pawnee Nation

1-3pm

Dance and Drum Exhibition:  featuring Pawnee dancers, drummers and singers

               Soldier song dances, round dances, war dances

Other Activities of the Day

at the Archway

9am-6pm

Archway open for touring

10am-4pm

VENDORS/EXHIBITORS/DEMONSTRATIONS/BOOTHS

North of the Bridge

Exhibitors/Vendors

  Pawnee teepees                                           Cheyenne & Lakota teepees

  Hide Scraping                                                Brain tanning

  Pawnee garden tours                                   Pine needle basket weaving

  Civil War camp                                               Tomahawk throwing

                 Pawnee Arts Association:  Pawnee arts for sale

Under the Big Tent

  Pawnee fine arts for sale including oil paintings by Pawnee artist Charlie Chapman

On the Front Lawn

Exhibitors/Vendors

  Pow Wow t-shirts                                          Native plants and their uses                       

  Flintknapping

Food Vendors

  Indian tacos and fry bread                          Smoked turkey legs

  Jones Soda/water stand                             Hot dog and Brats stand

  Kettle Korn                                                     Shaved Ice

Booths

  Nebraska Corn Board                                 Kearney Visitors Bureau

  Museum of Nebraska Art                            Genoa Indian School

In the Archway

Exhibitors/Vendors

  Pawnee fine arts for sale including oil paintings by Pawnee artist Sonny Howell

  Booksigning of "I am a Man" book about Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe

  Stagecoach Gifts

Booths

  Field Museum, Chicago: earthlodge exhibit display

Food Vendors

  Come & Get It! BBQ

PAWNEE ARTS & CRAFTS

Oil paintings on canvas

Beadworking       Lanyards

Silversmithing       Shawl making

Pottery     Jewelry

11am & 12pm

Pawnee Scouts of Fort Kearny, presented by the 1848 Civil War Venture Crew

Admission to the exhibition and traditional camp area will be by free-will donation.  The Archway show, Platte River Trader gift shop and Come and Get It! BBQ at the Chuckwagon Restaurant will be open from 9am-6pm.

Other Activities in Kearney to Celebrate the Return of the Pawnee

June 15-19

Kearney Public Schools offers a PAWS program about the Pawnee for grade school children.  For more information contact Tori Stofferson, 308-698-8028.

June 16 -July 19, 2009

MONA'S 19th Century Images of Pawnee

In honor of the Pawnee tribe, the Museum of Nebraska Art showcases a selection of images from its permanent collection featuring depictions of Pawnee by 19th century artists who traveled the Plains recording what they saw and the people they met.

monet.unk.edu/mona (308) 865-8559

June 19-20-21

Visitors to historic Fort Kearny will learn the importance of the Pawnee Scouts to the fort.  During this weekend the fort will pay special tribute to the Pawnee Scouts and their descendants who continued in their military tradition. (308) 865-5305