Announcement..
Sweet Medicine

"Sweet Medicine" all women drum group, will be opening for the 160 year Anniversary celebration of the City of Oakland on Friday morning, May 4, 2012 at 11:15am at the Frank Ogawa Plaza, 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA.  We are very honored to be invited, and extend an invitation to the community, as well.

We appreciate your support,

Midge Wagner, Keeper of the Drum,
"Sweet Medicine"

Announcement..
Pow Wow news . . .

Greetings,

The Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council has made the difficult decision to postpone its annual Pow Wow celebration for the summer of 2012.

Although we are very disappointed about having to take this action, we feel it is in the best interest of the community we serve and for us, the Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council as an enduring organization.

We will now be focusing on securing a site and then a building that will serve as a cultural center for our community and permanent home for the annual PowWow. We ask for your patience and support in this endeavor.

We will provide updates as they occur here, so keep checking back periodically for further announcements, and news of our progress, as we look forward to a great future.

To all of our friends, members, donors, vendors, and supporters, on behalf of all the Board members we wish to thank all of you for the support you have shown over the past 16 years.

-Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council

A Native American friend in the news...
About our own Mary Ann . . .

Hello Everyone - Mary Ann shared this with me and I know you all would like it too.
Enjoy, Midge

Wells Fargo Customer Connection - Diversity Council update, WFCC diversity news
Mary Ann Hood delights with dance

Mary Ann Hood, WFCC on-line CSR in Concord, Calif. is a very proud full-blooded Native American, originally from Oklahoma. She is a member of the Caddo tribe and also an affiliate of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe. Mary Ann’s culture is very important to her, and she has spent much of her life celebrating that culture. (more...)

Native American Studies ...
Photos of our Dancing Class

  Click here for a few photos from our Native American Dancing Class.

Remembering ...
Pennycook Elementary School
Multi Cultural Event

Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council was proud to participate in the Pennycook Elementary School Multi-Cultural Event held on Thursday, September 29, 2011.

Chairman Eric StrongBear Fisher, Midge Wagner, Sierra Reid, and EJ Fisher had a great time decorating the classroom in a Native American Intertribal theme, as each classroom was decorated in a theme depicting foreign countries. We were happy to represent the United States.  We used Native flags all around the walls, and a table with several Native items, such as a hand drum, dolls, beadwork, cradle, basketry, dreamcatchers, and a California clapper stick. In the background, we had Native American flute music playing to continue the theme.   We were to provide a Native food, so we chose small pieces of fry bread and "wosapi", pudding in Lakota, and for an activity for the children, we chose hair ties, made with strips of leather, beads and feathers, which we helped the children make and were able to take home with them. 

Later there were many different cultures involved in doing a presentation in the auditorium.  We brought the drum and our Staff.  Eric, Midge and Sierra sang a song, while E.J. danced in his Northern Traditional regalia. He did a fantastic job, for a 10 year old in his second year of dancing. 

Eric then explained the significance of the Staff and how the drum was made to the children and the families in the audience.  We were warmly welcomed and it was agreed that fun was had by all.  We want to thank Pennycook School for inviting us, especially Rhonda Davis who graciously volunteered to help us make our participation in this event a very pleasant one.

Over, but not forgotten...
16th Anniversary Pow Wow
"Health & Wellness"

When: Saturday & Sunday, July 23 & 24, 2011
Saturday - 11:00am to dusk.
Sunday - 11:00am to 6:00pm. Grand Entry - 1:00pm.

Where: Vallejo Waterfront Park - on Mare Island Way in Vallejo next to the Ferry Building.

  Detailed information.

Contact: (707) 297-0580 (Vendors contact: (707) 226-1234)

VENDORS: email: rattlingleaf70 (at) hotmail.com, or call: 707-226-1234

 Vendor applications, non-profit booth applications, food provider applications, program advertisement form, map, etc

Committee Volunteers Needed: the Pow Wow Committee meets every two weeks. For meeting times and places, contact: (707) 297-0580 (Vendors contact: (707) 226-1234.)

...remembering the 2010 Pow Wow