West Valley College 25th Annual Powwow

West
Valley College 25th Annual Powwow

Saturday,
October 5, 2013

Noon-Midnight

http://www.westvalleypowwow.org/

michelle_reed@westvalley.edu

408-741-4029

West Valley College Learning
Services: Lawn Area

14000 Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga
CA 95070

For more than twenty years, people of all ages and cultures
have met each fall at the West Valley College campus to enjoy singing,
drumming, and dancing, while broadening their understanding of Native American
individuals, tribes, and nations.  Our mission is to provide a cultural
event that embodies the traditional and modern life ways of Native Americans
and recognizes the scholastic accomplishments of our district’s Native American
students through the Donald M. Johnson Scholarship Fund. When Johnson retired
from West Valley College in 2000, the faculty, staff and administration elected
to rename the Native American Scholarship in his honor. Don was the faculty
member who worked with students  to bring the powwow to West Valley College.
He is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Lakota tribe.

We hope that you will join us for our 25th Powwow. You can help support this
annual event and the scholarship fund by donating money, goods, or services.
You can also help by contributing to our endowments. All drums and dancers
welcome. Contest dancing, all ages. Indian Arts & Crafts, Indian Tacos, Fry
Bread, Drawings, Gourd Dance & More!

Host
Staff:

Master of Ceremonies, Brian Fiddler

Arena Director, Eugene Newman

Head Man Dancer, Marcos Madril

Head Woman Dancer, Marisol Agustinez

Head Boy Dancer, Tokala American Bear

Head Girl Dancer, Madison Diaz

Host Northern Drum, All Nations Singers

Host Southern Drum, Southern Brothers

Invited Drums: Smokey Bay and Drum & Feathers