Post by sara on May 22, 2006 9:19:39 GMT -5
PRISONER MEMORIAL AND DESCENDANT POWWOW is this weekend at Davenport, IA, May 27-28.
This 2nd Dakota Prisoner Memorial and Descendant Wacipi will honor the condemned Dakota Warriors who bravely but unsuccessfully defended their homelands in Minnesota in 1862.
38 of the condemned warriors were killed in a mass hanging in Mankato, MN on the cold morning of December 26, 1862, within 90 days of the Dakota Uprising. Almost 400 others were sent to a concentration camp (Camp Mc Clellan, Davenport, IA). Many died while in the concentration camp. Some of the Dakota Warriors were buried there in unmarked graves; their remains are today, one with mother earth. The Dakota Prisoner Memorial allows us to come together to touch the earth of our ancestors, . . . and remember them.
Both days begin with a Pipe Ceremony at 9:00 AM with educational activities and dancing throughout the day. The public is invited to attend and participate in all activities. And please support our food and crafts vendors. No powwow is successful without them.
Saturday events include 9:00 AM pipe ceremony, history of Camp Mc Clellan, Reading of Dakota letters, display records of the Battisms at Camp McClellan , Dakota Hymnal Singers, presentations by Ramona Kitto Stately, Alfred Red Cloud, and Preston Duncan. A group photo will be taken at 11:30 AM. Grand Entry is at 1:00 PM with dancing all afternoon. Dinner for descendants, drummers, singers and dancers at 5:30 PM.
Sunday also begins with a pipe ceremony at 9:00 AM. Rev. Simon Looking Elk will conduct a service at 9:30 including Dakota Hymnal Singers followed by a Wiping Of The Tears For Prisoners by Ricky Berry, a Giveaway by the Ricky Berry Family and brunch by the Ricky Berry Family. Grand entry is at 1:00 with dancing all afternoon. Dinner for descendants, drummers, singers and dancers at 5:30.
A 40X60 foot tent will house the presentations and will be set up by noon on Friday for early arriving attendees.
The public is invited to attend. Bring family and friends.
Mitakuye owasin. (We are all related.)
Reuben Wambdi Kitto, Jr.
This 2nd Dakota Prisoner Memorial and Descendant Wacipi will honor the condemned Dakota Warriors who bravely but unsuccessfully defended their homelands in Minnesota in 1862.
38 of the condemned warriors were killed in a mass hanging in Mankato, MN on the cold morning of December 26, 1862, within 90 days of the Dakota Uprising. Almost 400 others were sent to a concentration camp (Camp Mc Clellan, Davenport, IA). Many died while in the concentration camp. Some of the Dakota Warriors were buried there in unmarked graves; their remains are today, one with mother earth. The Dakota Prisoner Memorial allows us to come together to touch the earth of our ancestors, . . . and remember them.
Both days begin with a Pipe Ceremony at 9:00 AM with educational activities and dancing throughout the day. The public is invited to attend and participate in all activities. And please support our food and crafts vendors. No powwow is successful without them.
Saturday events include 9:00 AM pipe ceremony, history of Camp Mc Clellan, Reading of Dakota letters, display records of the Battisms at Camp McClellan , Dakota Hymnal Singers, presentations by Ramona Kitto Stately, Alfred Red Cloud, and Preston Duncan. A group photo will be taken at 11:30 AM. Grand Entry is at 1:00 PM with dancing all afternoon. Dinner for descendants, drummers, singers and dancers at 5:30 PM.
Sunday also begins with a pipe ceremony at 9:00 AM. Rev. Simon Looking Elk will conduct a service at 9:30 including Dakota Hymnal Singers followed by a Wiping Of The Tears For Prisoners by Ricky Berry, a Giveaway by the Ricky Berry Family and brunch by the Ricky Berry Family. Grand entry is at 1:00 with dancing all afternoon. Dinner for descendants, drummers, singers and dancers at 5:30.
A 40X60 foot tent will house the presentations and will be set up by noon on Friday for early arriving attendees.
The public is invited to attend. Bring family and friends.
Mitakuye owasin. (We are all related.)
Reuben Wambdi Kitto, Jr.