For more information check out our web site at www.motherearthscreation.com

Free for Children 6 years and under!
$12 for Adults
$7 for Young Adults/Seniors
(NYSPPC Parking $6)

Enjoy Native American Singing, Dancing, Food, Crafts, Educational Programs and More!

By Car from New York City: GW Bridge to Palisades Pkwy North to Exit 7 Anthony Wayne Recreation Area.
By Car from New Jersey: Garden State Parkway to New York Thruway South to Palisades Parkway North to Exit 17.
By Public Transportation: Call (718) 686-9297

Dancer Contest Info
Adult 18+ (Traditional, Grass, Fancy, Jingle): 1st – $600, 2nd – $400, 3rd – $300, 4th – $200
Teen 13 -17 (Traditional, Grass, Fancy, Jingle): 1st – $250, 2nd – $200, 3rd – $100
Junior Boys / Girls 6 – 12 (Combined): 1st – $100, 2nd – $75, 3rd – $50
Tiny Tots

Trophy / Cash Specials
TBA

Pow Wow Dancing

Contest Dancing

Exhibition Dance Groups

Artist & Craft Vendors

Food Court

Children’s Cultural & Educational Pavillion

A Community Event

Saturday August 7, 2010, 10 am to 6 pm

between 14^th and 15^th Streets in San Francisco

The Friendship House American Indian Market & Powwow is a San Francisco festival featuring American Indian arts and crafts booths, powwow dancers, three drum groups, and informational booths about American Indian organizations. Delicious Indian tacos and refreshments will be on sale.  A Youth Educational Pavilion will include talks about the diversity of American Indian culture, a teepee to house storytelling sessions, and carnival games for children’s entertainment. Dance groups representing various tribes will share their styles of dancing with exhibition dances. In addition to exhibition dancing, there will also be contest dancing.

Powwow Contests Categories (All Categories Combined):

1^st Place: $200,

: $150,

: $100

Tiny Tots (Ages 6 and Under),

Junior Girls (Ages 6-12)

Junior Boys (Ages 6-12)

Teen Girls (Ages 13-19)

Teen Boys (Ages 13-19)

Adult Women (Ages 20 and Up)

Adult Men (Ages 20 and Up)

Golden Age Women

Women’s Traditional

Men’s Traditional

: $200,

: $150,

: $100

Hand Drum Contest: Winner Takes All $300

The American Indian Market & Powwow celebrates the diversity and cultures represented in the American Indian community and honors community leaders who have significantly contributed to the American Indian community.  The event is a hallmark of the richness and beauty of American Indian individuals and their families.  Your support of this celebration would of course be greatly appreciated. Please remember, this is a clean and sober event.

The 6^th Annual American Indian Market & Powwow will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2010 10 am to 6 pm on Julian Avenue, parallel to Mission and Valencia and between 14th and 15th Streets in the Mission District of San Francisco. 

Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc. was formed in 1963 and is a nonprofit community-based organization.  Friendship House provides residential substance abuse treatment services at its 80-bed facility in San Francisco and its 11-bed Lodge program in Oakland for women and their children.  Friendship House also provides a large array of youth prevention services and hosts several annual community events.

For more information please contact:

Jayde Rias-Waukazoo at 415-865-0964 or by e-mail at JaydeR@friendshiphousesf.org 

www.friendshiphousesf.org

Accepting Food Vendor and Arts & Craft Vendors

Sponsored by OIN Committee, Culture & Heritage Program, Oklahoma Arts Council