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NORTH STONINGTON, CT - AIROS is pleased to bring you once again the sounds of this celebration of Native American culture. Hosted by the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut, the Schemitzun Powwow is the Annual Feast of Green Corn & Dance and is one of the largest powwows in the country with over 3,000 participants and 40 categories of dance competitions. The drum groups participating in this powwow are always first class and this year is no different with the list of invited drums including such heavy hitters as Black Lodge, Cozad, Mandaree, The Boyz, Silvercloud, Haystack as well as many many more. The Mashantucket Pequot's very own Mystic River will be the host drum.

Your on-air hosts will be Peggy Berryhill (Muscogee), John Gregg, Sr. (Hopi/Inupiat) and Mary Sando-Emhoolah (Wasco/Warm Springs/Aleut). Not only will Peggy, John and Mary bring you the sounds and describe the sites of this powwow, but they will also give you background information on and interviews with the various drum groups and dancers from across Indian Country. The three will also sit down and talk with the other powwow goers including politicians, elders, community leaders, powwow princesses, bull-riders from the Buck-A-Rama and more from the Pequot Tribe as well as other tribes that have come to join in this national powwow.

Listen online at airos.org at the following times (All Times are ET):

THU - Aug 21st: 2-4pm ET (right after Native America Calling)
THU - Aug 21st: 6-9pm ET (Grand Entry at 6pm)
FRI - Aug 22nd: 1-2am ET (Repeat of Aug 21st Grand Entry)
FRI - Aug 22nd: 8-9am ET (Repeat of Aug 21st Grand Entry)
FRI - Aug 22nd: 2-4pm ET (right after Native America Calling)
FRI - Aug 22nd: 6-9pm ET (Grand Entry at 6pm)
SAT- Aug 23rd: 1-2am ET (Repeat of Aug 22nd Grand Entry)
SAT- Aug 23rd: 8-9am ET (Repeat of Aug 22nd Grand Entry)
SAT- Aug 23rd: noon-3pm ET (Grand Entry at noon)
SAT - Aug 23rd: 6-9pm ET (Grand Entry at 6pm)
SUN - Aug 24th: noon - whenever the powwow ends (Grand Entry at noon)

To see more image of last years powwow go to SCHEMITZUN 2002-RELOADED.

Find out more about the pow-wow by visiting Schemitzun.com,

If you are going to Schemitzun, read this...

If you are going to be competing at Schemitzun either as a dancer, part of a drum group or in the Buck-A-Rama Rodeo; we want to interview you and make you part of our coverage of the 2003 Schemitzun Powwow. To set up an interview, please contact Peggy Berryhill by email.

If you are attending the Schemitzun, but are not competing, we encourage you to stop by our broadcast booth (just look for the AIROS.ORG banner) and pick-up a free AIROS bumpersticker and/or CD opener and keychain (but only as long as our supplies last).