Announcement ...
Pow Wow 2013 Cancelled

Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council is sad to announce we have to cancel the Summer 2013 Pow Wow formerly held at the Waterfront in downtown Vallejo. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are postponing this much anticipated event. Please keep visiting this site for further information.

We offer our sincere apologies to all the vendors who already confirmed to participate, and to all the Rancherias and California Dance groups we invited to the first California Night we had planned (Friday, July 26, 2013). We had hoped to make California Night a tradition with our Pow Wow, but unfortunately, it didn't work out..

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's
Bay Area Team News
Announcing 2013 Volunteers of the Year

The San Francisco Bay Area Volunteer Chapter proudly recognizes Bay Area team members Benjamin and Mary Ann Buggs as our 2013 recipients of the Bay Area Volunteer of the Year Award! Benjamin and Mary Ann logged an outstanding 1200+ hours in volunteer time!

Their dedication to the Faith Food Fridays organization has helped provide meals, counseling and support to thousands of Bay Area residents in need and is a shining example of Wells Fargo’s ongoing commitment to the community. Wells Fargo will donate $1,000 on their behalf to the organization of their choice, and both winners will receive assistance in applying for the enterprise-wide Volunteer Service Award.

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.