My wife and I attended the 2009 Standing Bear Pow Wow hosted by the Kaw Nation, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Nation, Pawnee Nation, Ponca Nation, and Tonkawa Nation and were enormously impressed by this gathering where people met to dance, sing, socialize, and honor American Indian culture and have
written a photo essay about the Standing Bear Pow Wow.
[Click on the small photos to enlarge them.]
We recently sat down with TL Walker, the Executive Director of the Standing Bear Foundation, and with Oliver Littlecook, a member of the Ponca Nation who was recently elected to the Ponca Nation Business Council and who officiated as one of the two Masters of Ceremony of the 2009 Standing Bear Pow Wow.
We talked to Walker and Littlecook about the mission of the Standing
Bear Foundation, how the Standing Bear Pow Wow has evolved over the
years, what goes into putting together the Pow Wow, what the future
holds for the Standing Bear Pow Wow, and the role the Pow Wow plays in
building bridges between the native American and non-native American
communities.
We invite you to read the essay we have written about Standing Bear.
Click on this link to read our essay about the Standing Bear Foundation and Pow Wow.
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