Tonkawa Tribe is hosting their 49th annual powwow in honor of the 139th anniversary of the arrival of the Tonkawa at Fort Oakland. This year has been named Year of the Warrior. The Tonkawa Tribe’s Powwow will be held from Friday, June 28 to Sunday, June 25.The tribe uses this celebration to remember the past and look towards the future to see all it took for their ancestors to get to where they are and how they can continue traditions like these. The powwow is an annual tradition that is held in the last week of June to represent a time in their history that will never be forgotten and features activities that are important to the Tonkawa Tribe. At the powwow you will see tribal dances, princess crowning, contests, crafts, artwork, and tournaments that are important to the tribe.Head Staff will include: Host Drum- Ft. Oakland Ramblers Grand Master- Lester Eagle MC- LeRoy Enloe & Brady Warrior Head Man Dancer- Jordan Martin Head Lady Dancer-Cherokee Combrink Incoming Princess- Deaundra Chisholm Outgoing Princess- Kaedyn Warrior AD- Amos Littlecrow, Ely Wilson & Miles McGirt Host Gourd- Tonkawa Gourd Club Co-Host Gourd Groups-Black Beard Descend- ants, Comanche Little Ponies, Ponca Gourd Club, & Wichita Kansas Inter-Tribal Warrior Society Contest Committee- Joe BegsHisOwn, Kim Enloe, & Berdine Martin Color Guard- Alexander Black Water Carriers- Keifer Standsblack, Aven Black, & Matias Mahtapene This weekends schedule for activities is as follows:FRIDAY 6/28: 7:00 am - Flag Raising 9:00 am - 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament in the Gym 6:00 pm - Invocation, Head Staff Introductions, and Gourd Dancing 7:30 pm - Flag Lowering 8:00 pm - Initiates; new dancers and children 8:30 pm - Princess Coronation, Past Princess Introductions, and Round Dance 9:00 PM - War Dance - Intertribals SATURDAY 6/29: 7:00 am - Veterans Flag (Simon Cornell USA) and Warrior’s Run 9:00 am - Charles Horseshoe Tournament 10:00 am - Youth Games 12:00 pm - Rations 2:00 pm - Gourd Dancing, Veterans Honors, Henry L. Allen Family Special, Head Staff Specials 5:00 pm - Veterans Flag Lowering, Dinner Invocation, and Veteran’s Dinner for Encampment 6:00 pm - Gourd Dance 8:00 pm - Tonkawa Scalp Dance 9:00 PM - Parade In, Soldier Dance, War Dance Contests : Golden Seniors Women (65+), Adult Women Buckskin (17-64), Adult Women Cloth (17-64), Norita Arkeketa Memorial Jingle (17+), and “49” contest.SUNDAY 6/30: 7:00 am - Flag Raising 8:00 am ...
