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• 13th Annual Chumash Intertribal Powwow Submitted By Arts/Crafts Vendor
  Date: 10/04/08  - 10/05/08 at Live Oak Campground, , Santa Barbara.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - over 100 Dancers - 5-10 Drums.
  1000-3000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 8 - Committee Rating: 8 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Nice location but windy and dusty. Rain on earlier part of Sat. took a bit out of attendance. Camping & showers available.
  Comments: Over all good powwow but the wind was annoying. Committee thanked & gifted vendors with sage, nice touch.
  

• Marysville Winter Powwow Submitted By Arts/Crafts Vendor
  Date: 02/21/09  - 02/21/09 at Marysville Youth & Civic Center, 1830 B Street, Marysville.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  10-30 Vendors - 30-50 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  Under 500 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 7 - Committee Rating: 10 - Indoors
  Conditions: OK facility but a little tight for space for some vendors.
  Comments: Nice powwow for indoors with good crowd and organized committee. Cozy and fun.
  

• American River College Powwow Submitted By Arts/Crafts Vendor
  Date: 03/14/09  - 03/14/09 at American River College, 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - 50-100 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  500-1000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 8 - Committee Rating: 8 - Indoors
  Conditions: First time powwow held in cafeteria, which wasn't big enough to handle the unexpected large crowd. But location good and set-up and loading fairly convenient.
  Comments: Space really couldn't accommodate all the vendors, too many for the facility. Made for over crowding and tight set-up in some areas. Nice committee but hopefully next year they will have a larger facility on campus to use.
  

• central valley new years eve red road pow wow Submitted By Dancer s.moses49yahoo.com
  Date: 12/31/09  - 01/01/10 at fresno convention center, 848 M Street, fresno ca.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - over 100 Dancers - 5-10 Drums.
  3000-5000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 10 - Committee Rating: 10 - Indoors
  Conditions: due to the weather the pow wow is inside, there restrooms and dress for all dancer.
  Comments: sobriety count down at 11 pm and na/aa meeting, bring your own chairs and your good spirit.
  

• Oroville Pow Wow Submitted By Committee orovillepowwow@gmail.com
  Date: 05/29/10  - 05/30/10 at Plumas Ave. School, 440 Plumas Ave, Oroville.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - Under 10 Dancers - 5-10 Drums.
  500-1000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 10 - Committee Rating: 10 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Great arena, great covered dining area, camping area and parking
  Comments: Good food and A/C vendors
  

• Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival Submitted By Visitor
  Date: 08/06/09  - 08/09/09 at , , Fort Hall.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  over 100 Vendors - over 100 Dancers - over 20 Drums.
  1000-3000 in Attendance - Admission Fee - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 10 - Committee Rating: 10 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Camping Area, great outdoors, Friendly People and lots of other actvities, Softball, Rodeo, Handgame, Community Feast, 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, Indian Relay, Golf, Parades, Youth activites.
  Comments:
  

• LOUISIANA INDIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION'S 44th ANNUAL SPRING POWWOW Submitted By Arts/Crafts Vendor djpm2@cox.net
  Date: 04/16/10  - 04/18/10 at LAMAR-DIXON EXPO CENTER, 9039 ST. LANDRY RD., GONZALES.
  Powwow Type: Traditional
  10-30 Vendors - 50-100 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  500-1000 in Attendance - Admission Fee - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 9 - Committee Rating: 9 - Indoors
  Conditions: IN AN ARENA, DIRT FLOOR. NICE ATMOSPHERE, GOOD FOR DANCING. GOOD RESTROOMS, PARKING.
  Comments: GREAT SPIRIT!
  

• ADAI CADDO INDIAN NATION Submitted By Visitor gmctrucker95@gmail.com
  Date: 10/15/11  - 10/15/11 at ADAI INDIAN NATION CULTURAL CENTER, 4460 HWY. 485, Robeline.
  Powwow Type: Traditional
  Under 10 Vendors - 10-30 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  Under 500 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 10 - Committee Rating: 10 - Outdoors
  Conditions: EXCELLENT
  Comments: IT WAS OUR FIRST POWWOW & IT WAS AWESOME !!
  

• 10th Annual Pahrump Powwow Submitted By Visitor
  Date: 11/21/08  - 11/22/08 at Petrack Park, Corner of Basin and Hwy 160, Pahrump.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  10-30 Vendors - 30-50 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  Under 500 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 7 - Committee Rating: 9 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Nice little park, restrooms nearby.
  Comments: Not the biggest powwow we've attended but everyone was nice and it was a good local event.
  

• EaglesNest Intertribal Submitted By Volunteer fignasiak@peoplepc.com
  Date: 10/16/10  - 10/16/10 at Central Park, ??, Seguin.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  Under 10 Vendors - 10-30 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  500-1000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 8 - Committee Rating: 0 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Pretty good. needed more seating. needed more sound system. good clean porta potties, also one for wheelchair use was there. good variety of vendors.
  Comments: only the second powwow i ever been to. lots of energy here! no dead spots or down time. some local townpeople were absolutly blown away! MC kept things lively.
  

• Eagles Nest Intertribal Submitted By Volunteer fignasiak@peoplepc.com
  Date: 10/16/10  - 10/16/10 at , , seguin.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - 50-100 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  500-1000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 8 - Committee Rating: 0 - Outdoors
  Conditions: i have no idea how to rate a powwow committee!
  Comments: OK, Looking at my pictures and talking to a committee co-ordinator: 32 vendors and probably 60-75 dancers.
  

• Thunder at the Bay Submitted By Visitor blanca564@yahoo.com
  Date: 09/17/10  - 09/18/10 at Buckroe Beach, , Hampton.
  Powwow Type: Traditional
  10-30 Vendors - 30-50 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  1000-3000 in Attendance - Free - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 10 - Committee Rating: 10 - Outdoors
  Conditions: fANTASTIC, WISH THEY WOULD HAVE THE POW WOW THERE FOR OFTEN
  Comments:
  

• Seafair Powwow Submitted By Arts/Crafts Vendor
  Date: 07/18/08  - 07/20/08 at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Discovery Park, Seattle.
  Powwow Type: Competition
  30-50 Vendors - over 100 Dancers - Under 5 Drums.
  1000-3000 in Attendance - Admission Fee - Wheelchair Accessible
  Powwow Rating: 7 - Committee Rating: 6 - Outdoors
  Conditions: Nice location and weather was good.
  Comments: Committee a bit slow on vendor space organization and fees were higher closer to the dancer arbor...very strange and unfair. Attendance was not what they said it would be but otherwise a nice powwow but not really profitable.