We attended a part of a powwow, a cornstalk shoot, and an ani Keetoowah dance this weekend. There annual celebration of the Cherokee nation was this weekend and so we were able to join in and get to learn a little bit more about their culture.
We ended up learning that the Cherokee don’t have much to do with Powwow’s that is more to do with the plains Indians…but we did have an “Indian taco” that night which was served on Cherokee Fry bread… It was still a neat experience for us to be able to attend the Powwow.
This morning the boys and I went to a cornstalk shoot together. They shoot at a stack of cornstalks and you get points based on the number of stalks you penetrate with your arrow. For the younger ages there is a time limit, and for the older groups were games to 50 points.
We were able to attend the Ani Keetowah dance with our language helper and his wife. That was a good time to be with our helper and develop our relationship with him. After the festivities we went out to dinner with him and his wife.
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