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Friday, February 28, 2014

10 Ways You Know You Are At A Pow Wow

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1.  The handicap bathroom stall becomes a dressing room
2.  The whole world stops when an eagle feather lands on the ground 
3.  When Shawl Fringe gets caught in a lawn chair
4.  When people start lining up at 11:30 for 11:00 Grand Entry
5.  When you smell sage, sweetgrass and frybread and hear drums and bells in the same place
6.  The beat of your heart matches the beat of the drums
7.  The prominent hair style is braids  
8.  When you see hundreds of hickies and babies
9.  When you see license plates with NDNBEAR or REZPOWER
10.  When the MC shouts HOKA!