09/26/2025
TAOS PUEBLO 2025 POW WOW, 36TH ANNUAL EVENT IS A THREE CELEBRATION AWAY FROM ALL OF THE CHATTER, POLITICS, FRETS AND FETTERS OF THE WORLD – Native Media Network
"Immersed in a community of blessings and people honoring one another, Mother Earth and the Wisdom of the Elders with drums, songs and dances that have been the continuity that sustains a good life."
Dear Friends:
This year we have decided to record and present the Taos Pueblo 2025 POW WOW in its entirety and ON-Demand to enjoy and share the energy, community, and friendship.
Enjoy the beauty of the Pow Wow experience and community of Day One:
TAOS PUEBLO POW WOW 2025 – Day 1 – Friday July 11th
MC: James Edwards – Pawnee
Leslie Trujillo – Taos Pueblo
Arena Director: Corey Reeder – Wichita / Cheyenne / Kiowa / Dine
Head Man – Ronnie Lodgepole – Rocky Point MT.
Head Lady – Ontaria Arrow White – Ft. Hall, ID / Lemri /Shoshone
Southern Drum – Big Thunder
Northern Drum - Iron Star
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Members of Indian tribes throughout the country gathered in Taos to compete in traditional dance competitions, Honorings, Exhibitions and Intertribal Dances..
Crafts booths and food vendors ring the pow wow circle during the three-day event.
Originally, Indian tribes held celebrations to commemorate successful hunts or harvests. Many tribes had ceremonial dances to prepare for war and to celebrate victories. The old tribal War Dance as it was known and is still called today, evolved over the last four or five decades into a contemporary social dance and the pow wow into a social gathering and celebration time.
A pow wow usually begins with a Grand Entry of the dancers. All participants dance into the circle in their respective categories, led into the arena by a tribal elder or veteran carrying a staff of eagle feathers. The eagle feather staff is the universal symbol and “flag” of Indian people throughout North America.
When all dancers are in the circle in their respective categories, a flag song or the national anthem of the Indian people is sung, followed by an invocation by a tribal elder. Then the dance begins with intertribal dancing. This is a time when all dancers, competing or not, can “strut their stuff” displaying their best dancing abilities.
The dance competition for women and men is divided by age group and dance style. For men these include the traditional, fancy, grass, and most recently, chicken dances. For women the styles include traditional, fancy shawl, and jingle dress dances.
The “traditional” dance style can sometimes be separated or combined into a Northern and Southern dance style.
Age categories include: Golden, Adult, Teens, Juniors, and sometimes Tiny Tots.
Excerpted from AROUND THE DRUM, by Richard Archuleta, Taos Pueblo
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Above all, is a community of shared values:
Respect, Interdependence (Circle), Thanksgiving, Awareness, Humility, Hospitality, Honesty, Happiness, Generosity, Courage (Warrior Spirit), Wisdom, Beauty.
We will be posting Day 2 ( Competition Day) and Day 3 (Exhibition day) over the next few weeks as a reminder that some things do not loose their value over time.
Harmon
Share your wealth; Share your love; Share your song; Share yourself; Give thanks to the creator for what you have.
INDIGENIZE, TELL STORIES, LAUGH SING, PRAY, FAST AND MEDITATE, HONOR MOTHER EARTH, GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE ELDERS !!!!
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TAOS PUEBLO 2025 POW WOW, 36TH ANNUAL EVENT IS A THREE CELEBRATION AWAY FROM ALL OF THE CHATTER, POLITICS, FRETS AND FETTERS OF THE WORLD
TAOS PUEBLO POW WOW 2025 – Day 1 – Friday July 11th
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN__I-se6Zw&list=PLigi6CIdVC_HcYhv20O8giUg7skDsQsiy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN__I-se6Zw&list=PLigi6CIdVC_HcYhv20O8giUg7skDsQsiy)
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