For those who want to find it, the evidence exists that tribes had a unique relationship with the treasures in the land of Yellow Rock Water millennia before European contact. But it is tribal memory that retains the authentic – the voices, the history, and the cultural perspectives – so journey with us and listen for the words and silences, the ancient songs of the two-legged and four, and see Yellowstone, a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, as you will have never seen it before.
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Mountains, Plains and Powwow
August 14-16, 2009
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Day 1: Arrive Garden City, Kansas, and take a shuttle to the hotel where you have the rest of the evening free to relax.
Day 2: Dog Soldier Village on the Pawnee Fork, Fort Larned.
Day 3: Fort Hays, Smoky Hill River Country, Roman Nose’s Lookout, Sacred Monument Rocks.
Day 4: Fort Wallace, Bunch of Timbers Campsite, Kidder Fight Site
Day 5: Beecher Island Battlefield.
Day 6: Fort Dodge/Dodge City, Camp Supply
Day 7: Washita Battlefield, Chief Black Kettle Museum, Colony
Day 8: Fort Reno and Darlington Agency, Cantonment
Day 9: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Depart OK City (pm)
Want to Extend Your Experience and Walk in the Footsteps of Quanah Parker,
Satanta, White Horse and others?
Then join us in Llano Estacado, the Staked Plains, for a three- day journey back to 1874 and the Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne struggle to save the buffalo in the “Buffalo” or “Red River War.” Visit the Buffalo Wallow Battle site, the legendary Adobe Walls Battlefield, and the stunning Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle. “We always had plenty to eat because the land was full of buffalo. We were happy. Then you came,” the great Kiowa warrior-chief Satanta once explained, and the struggle to preserve the sacred is epitomized by the Red River ‘War to Save the Buffalo.’ When the hide hunters traveled from Dodge City to the Panhandle and established the Adobe Walls outpost, the stage was set for the Red River War. We discuss the great deeds of Quanah Parker at Adobe Walls, and relive that engagement and the fight at the Buffalo Wallow, before entering Palo Duro Canyon. Departure option: Amarillo, TX or Oklahoma City, OK.
Go Native America is a member/ supported / promoted by:
American Indian and Alaska Native Tourism Alliance
Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance
American Indian Crafts Association
Wyoming Travel and Tourism
RMI Rocky Mountain International, Real America
Sheridan Travel and Tourism, & the Rapid City Chamber
Premier hosts of Native American tours - travel American Indian lands & traditions - tribal culture and history
Included in National Geographic Traveler's TOP 50 Tours of a Lifetime
This outstanding weekend-away from ordinary life takes you to the extraordinary parallel universe of Indian Country. How better to spend your days than to travel high into the wondrous Bighorn Mountains to stand before the ancient Medicine Wheel and learn it's true origins to the Cheyenne People? Or to see the traditional Crow Nation Parade, watch the athleticism of the All Indian Rodeo and take this opportunity to visit the Tipi Capital of the World - Crow Fair; the largest outdoor traditional Powwow on the Plains, witnessing the floodlit dances that pulse long into the night. Though many non-native visitors to powwows miss the intricacies of the dance steps and the Heartbeat of the Nation, the Drum, you will experience with interpretation the culture, the dances, the music, the excitement, and the Native Pride that traditional Powwow embodies. This weekend also includes a visit to the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Friday
10am: departure into the Bighorn Mountains to visit The Medicine Wheel. After the day spent high amongst the Wyoming peaks, we spend our evening immersed in powwow etiquette, interpretation; color, dance traditions and steps, the music and the competition of powwow.
Saturday
The Crow Nation Parade has its roots in the ceremonial method by which The People Move The Camp and is tribal showmanship at its best. At the afternoon rodeo we marvel at the All Indian skill and athleticism then after dinner on the hoof it’s Grand Entry and the tribal pageantry commences!
Sunday
Our morning begins at some of the most infamous land on the Northern Plains; the Little Bighorn Battlefield, after which we return to the Powwow grounds for Grand Entry and the recommencement of the competition at the Tipi Capitol of the World. Don’t forget your camera (and a good supply of batteries.)
NB> Accommodations are included for the Fri-Sat-Sun nights. You may arrange to add extra nights at your convenience
I have been back from my tour for just over a week now and I still expect Serle to be sitting in the van outside my house ready to go on another amazing day of history, sights and people. We would like to thank you again for letting us share your friends and family.
I have some wonderful memories of this trip and will never forget any of them for as long as I live. A truly life changing experience. I hope that you will remember us with good memories as we will of you. Toksa!
Bob and Julia Cleary
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This outstanding weekend-away from ordinary life takes you to the extraordinary parallel universe of Indian Country. Take this opportunity to visit the Medicine Wheel, hign in the mountains, and the Tipi Capital of the World - Crow Fair; the largest outdoor traditional Powwow on the Plains, witnessing the floodlit dances that pulse long into the night.
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Mountains, Powwow and Plains
Aug 14-16, 2009
Go Native America offers one of National Geographic Traveler's
50 Tours Of A Lifetime
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“Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.”
"Uñci maía þañyañ íuwaöi, nihuñúaúe úiñ uñ¤i maía niäuöi ßni. Ni¤iñca úiñ uñ¤i maía
ecel uñniäuöi. "
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