Thunder in the Desert 2008
Thunder in the Desert 2008 Tucson, Arizona. December 28, 2007 - January 6, 2008 - Tucson, Arizona
Venue: Rillito Raceway Park | Address: River Rd and First Ave | Time: NOON
TUCSON (AZR) -- An invitation to the four races of mankind, the red, the yellow, the black and the white to participate, share, experience and taste this unique event of ten thousand years of cultures, one hundred-fifty tribal nations, 12 days all at one location - "Thunder in the Desert 2008" will feature parades, fashion shows, birds of prey, equestrian events, pow-wows, concerts, midnight friendship dance, elder's, veterans', children's and world indigenous people's exibition.  more info: 520.622.4900The Third Peoples' World Fair and Pow Wow, "Thunder in the Desert" will take place in Tucson, Arizona at the Rillito Raceway Park on December 28th, 2007 thru January 6, 2008.
Over 150 tribal nations from North America and additional first people from around the world will come together for this event to share with the public their cultural experiences through song, dance, crafts, food and cultural displays. It is estimated that there will be 2,500 first people participants.
It is our intention to showcase the beauty, endurance and spirit of the Native American and other worldwide first people's culture. The First Peoples' World Fair and Pow Wow, "Thunder in the Desert", will be the forum to show the world that Native Americans have survived and maintained their unique cultural values. The traditional ways of life have survived, are honored, and will continue to flourish in the 21st century for our children.
The 10 day World Fair & Pow Wow will also feature parades, fashion shows, seminars, birds of prey, equestrian events, information booths and much more. This unprecedented event is to be experienced and enjoyed by family and friends of all races of people.
Thursday, December 27
8:00 am to Dusk
Camp Day (Set-up, Tipi's, Indian Villages)
Friday, December 28 12 noon - 10 pm
Wailia Dance Competition $1,000 adult, Teen & Children categories - Tohono O'odham San Xavier Elders Senior Dance Group; Tohono O'odham Basket Dancers; Horse Hair Basket Weaving/Demonstrating by the Mendez Family
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Arts and Crafts Market
Grounds Close at Dusk
Saturday, December 29
Electric POW-WOW "Concerts" 30 indigenous groups from Noon to Dusk.
A. Paul Ortega - Mescalaro Apache
R. Carlos Nakai - Navajo / Ute
Daniel Hicks - Contemporary flute
Black Raven Band - Contemporary flute assemble
Irene Bedard & Deni - Contemporary band
Fundacion de investagacion & desarrollo intergral otavalo
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Dancers registration closes Saturday at 2 p.m.
Everyday Entertainment: Calvin Standing Bear Irene Bedard - voice of 'POCAHONTAS'
Sunday, December 30
Competition Powwow/Gourd Dancing - Noon to 10 PM
Competition Powwow Warm-up Day: 4PM - 10 PM
M/C: Sammy "Tonkei" White
M/C: Robert Whiteagle
A/D: Flint Carney Kiowa, Scottsdale, Az
H.D,J.: Abe Benson, Tahono O'odham / Lakota / Pima, Gallup, NM
H.S.D.: TBA
H.L.D.: Saste Takosa, Lakota, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
H.M.D.: Toby Jose, Pima, Az
H.W.D.: Chosen Each Session
Dancers registration closed at 2 p.m.
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Monday, December 31
Competition Powwow/Gourd Dancing - Noon to 10 PM
MIDNIGHT FRIENDSHIP ROUND DANCE (Bring warm clothing, personal objects, friends & relatives) FREE ADMINISSION 11:45 p.m. - 12:05 a.m.
M/C: Sammy "Tonkei" White
M/C: Robert Whiteagle
A/D: Flint Carney Kiowa, Scottsdale, Az
H.D,J.: Abe Benson, Tahono O'odham / Lakota / Pima, Gallup, NM
H.S.D.: TBA
H.L.D.: Saste Takosa, Lakota, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
H.M.D.: Toby Jose, Pima, Az
H.W.D.: Chosen Each Session
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Dancers registration closed Saturday at 2 p.m.
Grounds Close at 10 pm and Re-open at 11:30
Everyday Entertainment: Calvin Standing Bear Irene Bedard - voice of 'POCAHONTAS'
Tuesday, January 1
*SUNRISE CEREMONY - 5 AM TO 7 AM
Competition Powwow/Gourd Dancing - Noon to 10 PM
Sunrise ceremony (Bring warm clothing, items to be blessed & aspirations written on a piece of paper for the Scare Prayer Bowl) FREE ADMISSION 5 a.m. to 7 am
M/C: Sammy "Tonkei" White
M/C: Robert Whiteagle
A/D: Flint Carney Kiowa, Scottsdale, Az
H.D,J.: Abe Benson, Tahono O'odham / Lakota / Pima, Gallup, NM
H.S.D.: TBA
H.L.D.: Saste Takosa, Lakota, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
H.M.D.: Toby Jose, Pima, Az
H.W.D.: Chosen Each Session
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Wednesday, January 2
World Indigenous Peoples' Exhibition Day - Noon to Dusk
Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance Troupe, Mexico City, Mexico
Ecuadorian Musicians
Music From the Andes, Inca,
Pan Flute Music
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Everyday Entertainment: Calvin Standing Bear Irene Bedard - voice of 'POCAHONTAS'
Thursday, January 3
Seventh Generation Youth and Golden Age Day - Noon to Dusk
Children's pow-wow and Golden Age Mentoring; Round Dances; Children's pow-wow, games, corn grinding, and arts and crafts
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Friday, January 4
Native American Veterans Day - Noon to Dusk
(Healing the Wounds of War)
(Admission Free to all Veterans Dressed Out)
**ALL COLOR GUARDS INVITED ** Admission Free
Gourd Dancing; War Mother[base ']s Songs; Veterans Honor Songs
World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm and Middle East Conflicts
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Everyday Entertainment: Calvin Standing Bear Irene Bedard - voice of 'POCAHONTAS'
Saturday, January 5
Gourd Dancing: Noon to 10 p.m.
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Sunday, January 6
Traditional Social Pow-wow Noon - 6 p.m.
Gourd Dancing Noon - 1 p.m.
- Give-a-way - Honoring of volunteers;
Cultural Performances: Aztec Nahui Ollin Dancers, Irene Bedard-Inupiat/Cree, Walt Disney's Pocahontas; Irene Bedard & Deni; Hopi Jr./Sr High School Dancers.
Demonstrators: Pacific Northwest Drum making, Mata Ortiz pottery, Traditional Navajo Herbs, Yaqui wood craver, Hawaiian bone carver, Hawaiian graphic painter, Ernie Northrup Jr - Hopi Kachina carver.
Everyday Entertainment: Calvin Standing Bear Irene Bedard - voice of 'POCAHONTAS'
ALL EVENTS AND TIMES ARE TENTATIVE
ADDITIONAL GROUPS: (Dancers, Artists, Presentations, Exhibits) CAN AND DO CHANGE
* Free Admission
** All dance participants when dressed out in Regalia will not be charged.
Admission:
$12.00 per person per day - Children under 8 are free
$30.00 per person for 3-day weekend pass (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
$100.00 per person for 10 day pass (entire event)
Your hand will be stamped which is good to come and go all one day
IT IS DIFFICULT, VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP A 10,000 YEAR OLD CULTURE ALIVE THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY
"WE INVITE SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT. LET'S KEEP OUR CHILDREN DANCING!"
All dancers participants when dressed out in Reglia will not be charged.
Look at the fee schedule in Frequent Questions
Tickets available on site at 10am.
All schedules are subject to change.
Proceeds benefit the Reservation Creation Women's Circle Charitable Trust a 501(c)3 organization for the purpose of preserving and perpetuating Native American education through its scholarship program. Please call 520.622.4900 for information, or visit www.usaindianinfo.org [Arizona Reporter Newswire]
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