{"id":25328,"date":"2018-08-06T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25328"},"modified":"2018-08-06T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T23:57:09","slug":"pow-wow-pageantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/pow-wow-pageantry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship, Fancy Dance and Friendly (Fierce) Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/capowz.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d never know there&#8217;s so much pageantry, fellowship, and competitiveness rolled up into a single event until you attend a pow wow. First off, the costumes are not only amazing, but symbolic, as are dance styles and steps. First timers have a lot to learn about the Grand Entry, Head Man, Head Woman and the many traditions that are adhered to at most pow wows in California. Come, watch and quickly you&#8217;ll become a fan.<\/p>\n<p>California has the most Native American tribes and diversity of any state in the U.S., even after the 1700s-1800s influx of immigrants introduced diseases never known here. By 1848, such diseases had reduced California&#8217;s native population by more than two-thirds.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best living history lessons you can treat yourself and your kids to is attendance at a pow wow. Modern American Indians host pow wows to try to keep their heritage and traditions alive and they share their festivals with non-Natives, usually in a smoke-free, alcohol free celebration.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-pow-wows.html\">2018 Pow Wows<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Sacramento Pow Wow August 10-12<\/li>\n<li>HAWAIIAN GARDENS: Friendship Pow Wow August 11-12<\/li>\n<li>YOUNTVILLE: Suscol Intertribal Council Pow-wow August 25-26<\/li>\n<li>LAKESIDE: Barona Powwow August 31-September 2<\/li>\n<li>STOCKTON: Multi-Cultural Labor Day Pow Wow August 31-September 2<\/li>\n<li>EL CAJON: Sycuan Pow Wow September 7-9<\/li>\n<li>FELTON: Ohlone Day September 8<\/li>\n<li>SAN JACINTO: Soboba Pow Wow September 14-16<\/li>\n<li>NOVATO: Native American Trade Feast September 15<\/li>\n<li>CABAZON: Morongo Thunder &amp; Lightning Pow Wow September 21-23<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: Moompetam: Native American Festival September 22-23<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: California Native American Day September 28<\/li>\n<li>BISHOP: Paiute Pabanamanina Gathering, Parade and Pow Wow September 28-30<\/li>\n<li>ANDERSON: Stillwater Pow Wow October 5-7<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CLARITA: Hart of the West Pow Wow October 6-7<\/li>\n<li>SANTA YNEZ: Inter-Tribal Pow Wow October 6-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;d never know there&#8217;s so much pageantry, fellowship, and competitiveness rolled up into a single event until you attend a pow wow. First off, the costumes are not only amazing, but symbolic, as are dance styles and steps. First timers have a lot to learn about the Grand Entry, Head Man, Head Woman and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25330,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25328\/revisions\/25330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}