The next Thunder in the Desert Powwow will be in 2012 but we still have annual holiday weekend Powwows.
........................................................ALL PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE ARE TAKEN BY NANCY (LIGHTNINGHORSE PHOTOGRAPHY.) PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY WITHOUT PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY ARE COPYWRITTEN!RILITO PARK FIRST AVE. TUCSON AZ
"WHERE WILL YOUR SPIRIT BE
WHEN THE SUN RISES IN 2012?
This was the question asked by the indigenous people of the world to mark their entrance into the 21st Century for their children. With only the promise of a place to stay and one good meal a day, over 187 tribal nations responded and gathered in Tucson, Arizona to greet the rising sun. They came from Australia, Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, Panama, Alaska, Canada and the United States. It was a globally doomed Y2K year with no corporate sponsor, still they came for ten days to share their songs, foods, dances and crafts in an epic event called "Thunder in the Desert". It became the world's largest Native American media covered event as part of ABC Peter Jennings' live coverage of the sun-rising in each time zone seen by three quarters of a billion people world-wide. Peter Jennings expressed to his audience that only among indigenous people do we see man holding hands with other men to bring in the New Millennium during our midnight friendship round dance. The elders and the indigenous communities have asked for it to be repeated an additional three times to fulfill the sacredness of the number four. The all-volunteer committee has committed to complete this request in the years 2004, 2008, and 2012.NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN CO-OPERATIVE
Fred Synder, Director-Consultant
Carole J. Garcia, International Representative
Box 27626, Tucson, AZ 85726-7626 U.S.A.
Tel: (520) 622-4900 Indian Trade Center
Fax: (520) 622-3525
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