Denver March Powwow
Sunday, March 22, 2009 by Amy
Mmmmm...fry bread. When the fry bread's gone, the eating's not done!
This little boy was so cute, and had a ton of rhythm! He was probably about 4.
For some reason, the color and symmetry of the fancy dancer's back pieces appealed to me.
Riley brought one of her drawing with her and was determined to give it to a "woman dancer grown-up." She was very selective as we wandered around the vendor area. It seemed that she wouldn't find anyone to give it to. She finally spotted this woman and decided she was "the one" and gave her the picture, which was folded up. The woman said thank you very kindly, and I think she was a little confused. Perhaps she thought that Riley thought she had dropped something. We walked away happy. Apparently the woman realized that Riley had gifted her a drawing and she caught up with us and opened the picture and thanked Riley and said that the picture was so colorful and that she would put it in a bag where she collects things to remember from all the powwows she goes to. Then she gave Riley an Indian name "Waste Wea" (pronounced wash-tay wee-a) meaning "Good Woman." Riley was thrilled. From a quick internet search, it appears to be an Assiniboine name. Again, Riley is thrilled. (I also notice from that picture that Avery and I have the same hair. I always assumed she had Rudi's hair. Pictures are useful for that, I guess!) We ran into the woman again in the parking lot when we were leaving and she had changed into street clothes. She recognized Riley and thanked her again. I'm not 100% sure that Riley recognized her without her buckskin dress on!
Overall, we had a ton of fun. We are all totally worn out. By all of us, I mean Rudi and I. Riley and Avery are dancing to Putumayo's Animal Playground like, well, animals. It was so busy at the powwow, so many vendors of authentic items, so many dancers. Just a whole lot of fun.
This picture-giving thing is something that Riley seems to be doing a lot of lately. Rudi said that she gave one to the lady working at Starbucks yesterday. Hey, she could be a famous artist one day, and those people could be in possession of an early piece!
This little boy was so cute, and had a ton of rhythm! He was probably about 4.
For some reason, the color and symmetry of the fancy dancer's back pieces appealed to me.
Riley brought one of her drawing with her and was determined to give it to a "woman dancer grown-up." She was very selective as we wandered around the vendor area. It seemed that she wouldn't find anyone to give it to. She finally spotted this woman and decided she was "the one" and gave her the picture, which was folded up. The woman said thank you very kindly, and I think she was a little confused. Perhaps she thought that Riley thought she had dropped something. We walked away happy. Apparently the woman realized that Riley had gifted her a drawing and she caught up with us and opened the picture and thanked Riley and said that the picture was so colorful and that she would put it in a bag where she collects things to remember from all the powwows she goes to. Then she gave Riley an Indian name "Waste Wea" (pronounced wash-tay wee-a) meaning "Good Woman." Riley was thrilled. From a quick internet search, it appears to be an Assiniboine name. Again, Riley is thrilled. (I also notice from that picture that Avery and I have the same hair. I always assumed she had Rudi's hair. Pictures are useful for that, I guess!) We ran into the woman again in the parking lot when we were leaving and she had changed into street clothes. She recognized Riley and thanked her again. I'm not 100% sure that Riley recognized her without her buckskin dress on!
Overall, we had a ton of fun. We are all totally worn out. By all of us, I mean Rudi and I. Riley and Avery are dancing to Putumayo's Animal Playground like, well, animals. It was so busy at the powwow, so many vendors of authentic items, so many dancers. Just a whole lot of fun.
This picture-giving thing is something that Riley seems to be doing a lot of lately. Rudi said that she gave one to the lady working at Starbucks yesterday. Hey, she could be a famous artist one day, and those people could be in possession of an early piece!
