Weekly Meetings Every Thursday at 12:00 PM
Ley Student Center Basement across from Willie's Pub
Come Join Us!
(Click here for information about our Anual Powwow)
10th Annual RNASA Powwow
Or for more information, contact
Rachelle Tarbell-Petrovic: 832-276-1898, rmp1@rice.edu
June 2006
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College Horizons
Rice University
June 16th to June 21st |
Details coming soon!!!
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April 2006
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8th Annual Rice University Powwow
IM Field #7 (next to Autry Court Gymnasium)
Friday, April 21
How to get there:
- From US 59 - Exit Kirby
(Note: Construction on US 59 between Fannin and
Greenbriar may cause major time delays, please make
time considerations.)
- South on Kirby to Rice Boulevard
- Left onto Rice Boulevard
- Continue on Rice Boulevard past Greenbriar
- Enter Rice University at Entrance 12 (Wilton
Boulevard)
- Parking is on the right in the Stadium Parking
Lot
Campus Map:
- Click to go to the campusmap
- Select Gymnasium & Autry Court from menu
- Press Select button
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Free Admission, Everyone Welcome!!!
Contact us if you want to volunteer!
- Contests - All Categories
(Contests will be at Committee's discretion)
- SPECIAL CONTEST - sponsored by Head Man
for men and women dancers
- Gourd Dancing 4:30 PM
- Grand Entry 8:00 PM
- Food and Concessions - Indian Tacos!
- Prize Drawings
- Bring lawn chairs
- Vendor Space - $20 + Raffle Item
- Head Staff:
- Head Man Dancer - Gabe Bullock
- Head Lady Dancer - Gina Franco
- Head Drum - Bull Creek
- Arena Director - Rene Rodriguez
- Emcee - Barry Langley
- Head Gourd Dancer - George Lowe
- Contacts:
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April 2005
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7th Annual Rice University Powwow
IM Field #7 (next to Autry Court Gymnasium)
Friday, April 15 |
Free Admission, Everyone Welcome!!!
- Contests - All Categories
(Contests are at Committee's discretion)
- SPECIAL CONTEST - sponsored by Head Man
for men and women dancers
- Gourd Dancing 6:30 PM
- Grand Entry 7:30 PM
- Food and Concessions - Indian Tacos!
- Prize Drawings
- Vendor Space - $20 + Raffle Item
- Head Staff:
- Head Man Dancer - Josh Smith
- Head Lady Dancer - Jessie Paul
- Head Drum - Bull Creek
- Arena Director - Rene Rodriguez
- Emcee - Barry Langley
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March 2005
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Native American Film Event
Rice Media Center
Saturday, March 19th
How to get there:
- Enter campus (see above) from
entrance 12 (Stockton Blvd).
- The Rice Media Center is immediately
on your right, across from the police station.
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Dinner and a movie for $3!!!
The film will be Smoke Signals and will start at 3pm. We will be serving indian tacos afterwards and should be finished by 6pm.
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June 2004
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36th Annual Alabama-Coushatta
Competition Powwow
Livingston, Texas
June 4-5, 2004
Host Northern Drum - STONEY CREEK,
North Carolina
Host Southern Drum - COZAD,
Oklahoma
M.C. - R.G. Harris, Oklahoma
A.D. - Darrell Goodwill, Canada
Head Gourd - Mel Whitebird, Texas
Head Judge - Roland Poncho, Texas
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Dance & Drum
Competitions both nights, point system.
Special Contests: Men's Fancy, Men's Grass,
Jr. Boys, Little Boys, Tiny Tots
- Admission/Registration Fee $5.00. Free
Parking. Bring your lawn chairs. Security 24
hours.
- 2pm Registration
- 4 & 6pm Gourd
Dance
- 7pm Grand Entry
- For information,
call Mary Williams 936-329-8906 or Mary
Alec 936-563-1220 M-F 8-5pm
- Email:
ccw1979@excite.com
- Website: www.alabama-coushatta.com
- Native vendors contact Crystal
214-883-0453
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April 2004
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6th Annual Rice University Powwow
IM Field #7 (next to Autry Court Gymnasium)
Friday, April 16 |
- Contests - All Categories
- SPECIAL CONTEST - sponsored by Head Man
for men and women dancers
- Gourd Dancing 6:30 PM
- Grand Entry 7:45 PM
- Food and Concessions - Indian Tacos!
- Vendor Space
- Head Staff:
- Head Man Dancer - Gabe Bullock, Livingston, TX
- Head Lady Dancer - Michelle Reed, Crestview, FL
- Head Gourd Dancer - Sherman Williams, Livingston, TX
- Head Singer - Quanah Whitethunder, Livingston, TX
- MC - Barry Langley, Kinder, LA
- Arena Director - Clint Poncho, Livingston, TX
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March 2002
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RUNASA Bake Sale - Powwow Fundraiser
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Every Friday in March, 2:30-4:30pm, Rayzor Hall
cafe, Rice University |
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Native American Arts and Crafts Display
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March 15-April 9, On-going exhibit in the Rice University
Fondren Library Foyer |
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ADVANCE Culture Fair
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March 22, 12-4pm, Grand Hall, Rice Memorial
Center |
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Rice Powwow Information Session - Free food!
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March 25, 11-2pm, Kelley Lounge, Rice Memorial
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November 1999
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Native American Film Festival
November 2, 9, 16 |
November 2, 8:00 PM, Rice Media Center
- "500 Nations - Attack on Culture"
- "Women of the Rainforest"
November 9, 8:00 PM, Rice Media Center
November 16, 8:00 PM, Rice Media Center
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"Indigenous Languages of South America" Lecture
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November 4, 8:00 PM, Sewell Hall, Room 307
A special lecture in celebration of Native American Heritage
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October 1999
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Bayou City Indian Alliance
Texas Championship Powwow
10th Annual
Traders Village
October 9 & 10, 1999
Directions to Traders Village from Rice University:
- Take I-610 West to State Highway
290 North.
- Take State Highway 290 North.
- Exit at Eldridge Road.
- Take Eldridge Road South.
(left under the freeway and over the railroad tracks).
- Traders Village is on the right hand side after you pass
the intersection at West Road.
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Trader's Village
7979 North Eldridge Road, Houston, TX 77041
(281) 890-5500
- $10,000 in Prize Money
- Powwow Dance Contents
- Artist-Traders Arts & Crafts Show
- Great date, cooler fall wather!
- Tipi Exhibit
Dance Contestants: Top prize money for fancy dance, northern
traditional dance, grass dance, southern straight dance, ladies
buckskin, ladies cloth, ladies northern shawl and jingle dress,
junior boys, junior girls, little boys, little girls, tiny tots.
Registration fee of $5.00 for each dancer, excluding tiny tots.
Tipi Village: Traders Village will pay $75, per full size,
livable, Tipi only. Set up will be by 10:00 AM Saturday and must
remain up until 5:00 PM Sunday.
Indian Artist and Traders Show: To reserve Powwow dealers
space, call Barbara at (972) 647-2331
All artists and traders will be located under the red expo
covered area near the powwow arena.
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Head Staff |
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Head Man Dancer: |
Ralph Haymond Jr
(Pawnee Otoe/Iowa) |
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Head Lady Dancer: |
Jayne Longhorn Werst
(Absentee Shawnee/Delaware) |
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Master of Ceremonies: |
Rob Daugherty
(Cherokee) |
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Arena Director: |
Randy Moore
(Osage) |
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Head Gourd Dancer: |
Bobby Billey
(Choctaw) |
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Southern Drum: |
Thunderhorse
(Louisiana) |
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Northern Drum: |
TBA |
For more information, contact:
Violene Beene (409) 931-1262 |
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Host Hotel |
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Holiday Inn Northwest, 14996 Northwest Freeway,
Houston, Texas 77040 (713) 939-9955
Call and ask for powwow rate. |
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"A Very Special Gathering of Nations"
Rice University
October 16, 1999
6:00 PM |
"A Very Special Gathering of Nations"
has been convened to honor Chad Smith
Newly Elected Principal Chief of the Western Cherokee
Nation
and Hastings Shade, new Deputy Chief
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Rice University Grand Ballroom
6100 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005 |
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Saturday, October 16, 1999 |
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6:00 PM - The Gathering
7:00 PM Sharp - Dinner will be served |
Celebrated Guests
Wilma Mankiller
world renowned author and speaker
Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Coolidge & Laura Stockbridge
as our own, very famous, Walela
Wes Studi
well known actor, state and screen
Tommy Wildcat
well-loved Cherokee flutist
Lt. Cmdr. John B. Herrington, NASA
our first Native American astronaut
with surprise appearances by many famous, and talented
men and women who have promised to join us this evening!
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