Shooting activity

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This posting is from: Dana
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Thank you Gina,

I realise I may be rushing it a bit, just trying to figure out the
activities to do and what to bring for them! Open to most anything as I
think shooting is generaly just fun to do. Look forward to hearing what
you decide!

Dana

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This posting is from: Sindee Honey
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All readers of this list:

Hau kola

Sorry my hackles got up like that. Am dealing with a lot of transphobia
and hatred here at home and it carried over into my fun time. I could
have worded that a LOT nicer and less spiteful if I had used that thing
that keeps my ears from collapsing on each other. (Some call it a brain,
used rarely never over used apparently). Ask the men of the 7th cavalry,
Lakota aren't a cuddly people when we get worked up. Custer would have
some words on that issue I suppose.

I guess I am overly sensitive. It is unfortunate that people I care
about (the people on this list, I havent met but one of you and yet I
feel very comfortable sharing with you all.) had to watch me have a
racial meltdown response there.

I promise I will start saving my responses to draft and waiting 15
minutes before hitting send in the future.

Begging your forgiveness

Kynthia

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This posting is from: LeAnna
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HI

I know what you mean Hun I am Indian as well., Don't worry about it just
come and have a good time and what you don't know I am sure there is about
100 gals and guys whom you can ask so put on a nice looking Pow-wow dress
and enjoy a week of fun

Jamie and LeAnna

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This posting is from: Sindee Honey
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sounds like fun to me but all my regalia is made for my evil twin...:)

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This posting is from: kumiko yvonne watanabe
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Hi Kynthia,

Do you also participate in the dance competitions at
pow-wows?

There are differences in men's and women's regalia.
What is worn is quite elaborate, and can be heavy to
wear. The regalia is very beautiful to see at
the pow-wows that I've attended, esp at the grand entrance
(lack of the right term) at the beginning of the pow-wow.

The Opening ceremonies at the Canada's Winter Olympics
is one example of the different tribes and regalia of each group.

Kumiko

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This posting is from: Kumiko Watanabe
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Oops wrong word again

I meant fry bread and not flat bread. There is a difference

Kimono

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This posting is from: Sindee Honey
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I am of mixed blood and keep a very low profile so I do not participate.
Where I live we have some awesome pow wows. The fathers day pow wow at
the old state "Indian" school is three days of incredible dancing, food,
people and music.

My regalia looks out of place here since I am a plains tribe and these
are all western tribes. Not that there was never any interaction, esp
between my people and the Shoshone, and it still leaves hard feelings to
this day (Hey - I'm outnumbered here so I got no hard feelings LOL).

And, truth be told, my transitioning doesn't make things any easier for
getting involved at all.

I love the entrance, esp the two yr olds, Seeing them growing up in
their culture makes me resent having been raised completely white, for
lack of a better term. But, truth be told, when I grew up being Native
American was worse than being African-American.

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This posting is from: Nikki
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Will there be a target range available for bow shooting?? To me there's
nothing like reading the winds at 100 yards.

Nikki Shae

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This posting is from: LeAnna
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Hi sindee

Please e-mail me at Leanna_fun@comcast.net

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This posting is from: kumiko yvonne watanabe
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They have one pow wow each year where I live,
but mostly western tribes are represented, from
the Pacific Coast and south west tribes.

Two earlier postings one got missed and the other
didn't make sense, but I love the food at pow wows.
Fry bread (w/honey) and corn soup comes to my mind
first. If anything, those are the first two foods I miss
the most and have at the pow-wows. Every time its
a little different.

Sorry to hear the problems with you transitioning.

Being a cd, I am drawn to how beautiful the women's
regalia is, and the unique shawls usually quilted and
very ornate. The women dancers dancing with
wearing alot of items, the use of materials
like alot of tin bells, ornate beadwork, and the chest
plate, jewelry, etc, the special meaning of feathers.

The beadwork...gosh the old designs from long ago,
how small the beads were and intricate and detailed
designs. colors. and patterns made from very tiny
seed beads, smaller than the manufactured ones in the
craft stores made from glass or plastic.

I've always been fascinated and very impressed with
american indian culture, the pride and diversity of the
tribes at pow-wows and also the music, chants, drumming,
and dancing. Gosh, the ring dance, when performed
well is awesome to see.

The drums too, vary in material and how they are
hit, some using long slender drum sticks and others that
are short but blunt, almost like a small baseball bat.
The hand drums, some hit the middle, others hit the
side.

There is another type of gathering ... forgive me if
I write or say it wrong but I think it was called
pot-ash or something like that... Did the plains
indians have something like that to?

Maybe this is better offline, you can email me
at kywatanabe@yahoo.com

-Kumiko

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