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Grand entry Oglala Nation Wacipi Pow Wow 2023 Friday Aug 4th-- (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 OP
Haven't been to a PowWow in some years... cilla4progress Aug 2023 #1
@ least we got youtube , no?!! AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #2
Some ten years or so, ago, we went to Crazy Horse in South Dakota. cachukis Aug 2023 #3
I enjoyed reading about your experience. Deuxcents Aug 2023 #5
Thanks. Hunting for Jo Ann Bear and the materials for the moccasins cachukis Aug 2023 #7
Magnificent wryter2000 Aug 2023 #4
So powerful. Thank you. yorkster Aug 2023 #6
Thank you. A most impressive sight. niyad Aug 2023 #8
Thank you. Good to see so many old ones too and so many kids! Magnificent! 1WorldHope Aug 2023 #9

cachukis

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3. Some ten years or so, ago, we went to Crazy Horse in South Dakota.
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 03:30 PM
Aug 2023

Wanted a momento for the visit. Spoke to an Oglala ranger at Mt. Rushmore who said her aunt in Rapid City, could make us moccasins. We hunted her up. Jo Ann Bear put our feet on a piece of loose leaf and drew out our step.
We had already picked up the leather, beads and thread for the task. We asked her how much and she said $125.00 for all. We gave her our address. We wear them proudly to this day.
Had to go to Wounded Knee. We found a hotel near the site and found it was fully booked. We had a tent and they said we could camp out back.
The hotel was filled with visitors from around the west who were coming in for a Sun Dance Celebration and would be up dancing until sunrise.
We picked a level spot and started dinner on the grassy plain. Just out of range approached a lone dog. Dances with Wolves Dog, for us.
We finished up with the dog lying some thirty yards off.
We went to bed at dark and were awakened by music and the howls of dancers some fifty or sixty yards up the hill around midnight. It was an ethereal experience that eventually became soothing and we drifted off to sleep.
This brought back that memory.

cachukis

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7. Thanks. Hunting for Jo Ann Bear and the materials for the moccasins
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 04:01 PM
Aug 2023

exposed us to the current Native experience in South Dakota. She was very kind and pleased to put her heritage on display. First time white people had sought her out.
Had to visit Wounded Knee after reading the book. Unfortunately, it is not a big tourist draw and we were the only ones traipsing about. The actual camp site was away from the Cemetary. We found it and contemplated for some time the upheaval to this local village that permeated the entire continent.
That experience resonates to this day.

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