2008 Austin Powwow Head Staff

Austin Powwow
2008 Head Staff

Title	Name	Tribal Affiliation
Master of Ceremony	Tim Tall Chief	Osage
Head Man Dancer	Billy Pewo	Comanche/Apache
Head Lady Dancer	Tracy Pewo	Kiowa
Head Judge Southern	Ed Ketcher	Cherokee
Head Judge Northern	John Butler	Sac & Fox
Arena Director	Bill Takes Horse	Crow
Asst. Arena Director	Bobby Billey	Choctaw
Head Gourd Dancer	Erwin De Luna	Navajo/Taos Pueblo
Host Southern Drum	Southern Thunder	Pawnee, OK
Host Northern Drum	Little Eagle	Ada, OK
Color Guard	Cherokee Nation Color Guard	Cherokee - Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Contests in all Categories -- Over $22,000 in Cash Prizes!!
Due To Time Constraints - Absolutely No Specials

AUSTIN POWWOW 2008 SCHEDULE:
Powwow Schedule-Arena Inside
(All times are approx.)
10am
Grand Entry
10am to 12-noon
Special Educational Heritage Program
(Extra points awarded to participating dancers)
12-noon to 1pm
Gourd Dance Session #1
Lunch
1pm
Grand Entry
5pm
Gourd Dance Session #2
Dinner
6pm
Grand Entry
Note:
Due to time constraints,
absolutely no specials
Traditional Chicken Dance Exhibition.
No contest.
Proper regalia mandatory.
Honorariums to all participants.
Due to limited space,
Drums interested in sitting-in
MUST contact and be approved
by committee prior to event.
CONTEST INFORMATION:
All categories pay six places
All Adult Categories
$600 first place
All Events are Free to the Public

Cherokee Nation Warriors Society
The Cherokee Nation Warriors Society is a society of Cherokee Nation tribal members who are also military veterans, and who were honorably discharged from military service. The society is based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and is administered by the Cherokee Nation Office of Veterans Affairs. Most of the society members are also members of the Tiah Piah Black War Shield Gourd Society and participate in the Gourd Dance.
Membership in this society is open to all veterans of the Cherokee Nation of any branch of military service. The Cherokee Nation Warriors Society members and those veterans who gave their lives in military service have bricks with their names inscribed paving the Cherokee Nation Warriors Memorial and Pavalion located at the Cherokee Nation Headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The memorial is dedicated to all Cherokee Citizens and their families who served in the United States Military and to those who gave their lives in defense of the United States and the Cherokee
Cherokee Nation Warriors Society Color Guard
and Color Guard for the Cherokee Nation
will begin the Grand Entry at the 2008 Austin Powwow.

Southern Thunder;
From Pawnee, OK:
Will be our Host Southern Drum
at the 2008 Austin Powwow

Little Eagle;
From Ada, OK:
Will be our Host Northern Drum
at the 2008 Austin Powwow

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