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AIROS (American Indian Radio on Satellite) and NAPT (Native American Public Telecommunications) will be out on the powwow trail and we encourage you to join us, whether it is online or in-person. Following is a list of the pow-wows we will be attending and what we will be doing there.

2002 Schemitzun Pow Wow - Live on AIROS (8/23/02 - 8/25/02):

In collaboration with KILI Radio (Voice of the Lakota Nation), AIROS will bring you the sounds of this celebration of Native American culture. This powwow is an annual event hosted by the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut and is one of the largest powwows in the country. There will be afternoon and evening broadcasts/webcasts of this event (times are listed below). Your on-air hosts will be Buzi Two Lance, Chris Eagle Hawk and Rick Gray Grass.

John Gregg, Sr., Host/Producer of Native Sounds - Native Voices and Peggy Berryhill, Producer of such great series as Spirits of the Present and Club Red will also be on hand to giveaway AIROS.org bumperstickers and other AIROS goodies, so if you are in the area, stop by and say yah-hey.

8/23/02: 6pm - 9pm ET (Grand Entry at 7pm ET)
8/24/02: noon - 3pm ET (Grand Entry at 1pm ET)
8/24/02: 6pm - 9pm ET (Grand Entry at 7pm ET)
8/25/02: noon - 3pm ET (Grand Entry at 1pm ET)
8/25/02: 6pm - 9pm ET (Grand Entry at 7pm ET)

For more information on the pow-wow go to Schemitzun

2002 Southern California Indian Center Pow Wow -
Filming by NA21 for a documentary. (8/23/02 - 8/25/02):

There will be a film crew at the SCIC Pow Wow, capturing the sights and sounds, to be included in a documentary on Native culture in the 21st Century that will run on PBS in upcoming years.

For more information on the pow-wow go to Southern California Indian Center

2002 United Tribes International Pow Wow - Live on AIROS (9/7/02):

Listen as KLND Radio (Voice of the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota) and AIROS take you to an evening at the 33rd Annual United Tribes International Powwow held at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota. The pow-wow will feature over 1500 dancers and drummers, representing over 70 tribes from across Turtle Island.

9/7/02: 8pm - 11pm ET (Grand Entry at 8pm ET); local time 7pm - 10pm CT (Grand Entry at 7pm CT)

For more information on the pow-wow go to United Tribes PowWow