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  Powwow the Indian Boy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Powwow the Indian Boy was an animated (A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine) cartoon that played on the (additional info and facts about Captain Kangaroo) Captain Kangaroo show during the 1950's.
The cartoon featured a pre-adolescent Powwow, the tribe's (A Native American shaman) medicine man, and an (A member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived) Indian girl who was a friend of Powwow's.
The cartoons often centered around Powwow's discovery of an (A living organism characterized by voluntary movement) animal, hurt or otherwise, and his attempts to protect the (Land that is covered with trees and shrubs) forest and wildlife from various threats.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Po/Powwow_the_Indian_Boy.htm   (140 words)

  
 Powwow
Powwows had religious significance as opportunities to hold a naming, now usually conducted in the privacy of a family gathering, and honoring ceremonies.
Powwows are still very much a part of the lives of many Native Americans around the state and country and are held every weekend, often at several locations during peak periods, from June until September.
The powwow brings the circle of people closer to family, friends and the comfort and vitality of their culture.
www.bluecloud.org /powwow.html   (1373 words)

  
 Powwow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Powwow is a client program, which replaces telnet for the MUD players that want some extra features.
Powwow is based on another mud client named Cancan.
Powwow also implements the MUME remote editing protocol, which enables you to edit texts on the MUD using your own favourite editor, several texts at once if you have a windowing terminal.
linuz.sns.it /~max/powwow   (418 words)

  
 PowWow (chat program) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PowWow was one of the first Internet instant message and chat programs for Windows.
The program also had several innovative features such as allowing users to talk with each other using VoIP, a shared whiteboard, a built-in speech synthesizer, WAV sound file playing, offline transmittal of instant messages via POP/SMTP and the ability for users to 'cruise' to the same web page.
PowWow was one of the first instant messaging programs to provide interoperability between multiple instant messaging clients and was compatible with both AOL's AIM and Microsoft's MSN Messenger.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PowWow_(chat_program)   (482 words)

  
 Lesson Plan - POWWOW
Powwows are special occasions for many Native American families.
Powwows begin with a parade of dancers in a ceremony called "The Grand Entry." Dancers use bright feathers, beadwork, and handsewn cloth patterns to make buckskin "dance outfits" (people often call them "costumes" but some feel that this makes it sound like Halloween).
Powwow guests must remember not to walk across the dance area, or "cross the circle." Participants can only walk or dance in a clockwise circle around the host drum.
www.teacherlink.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/powwow   (1785 words)

  
 hoopajoo.net | powwow
powwow is a client program, which replaces telnet for the lazy mudder who wants some (only some?) extra features.
powwow is based on another client, cancan, and cancan was originally inspired by tintin (yet another client) by Peter Unold (pjunold@daimi.aau.dk), but is entirely re-written.
The orginal powwow home page is mirrored here if you need an older version or an older binary compiled for another platform.
hoopajoo.net /projects/powwow.html   (251 words)

  
 PowWow: A Gathering
PowWows are usually three day weekend events and people may travel great distances to attend.
The main PowWow season is summer (traditionally beginning with a PowWow in March in Denver), however there has been a resurgence of PowWows in the last decade, making it possible to attend a Powwow every weekend year round in North America.
The PowWow is organized by the PowWow committee, a dedicated group of members of the host tribe.
www.ktca.org /powwow/gathering.html   (610 words)

  
 Powwow History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The powwow is an exciting educational event for visitors, and a gathering of family, friends and fellow competitors for dancers and drummers.
The modern powwow is an evolution of a variety of dance traditions, combined with ceremonial, social, and warrior society dances.
Powwows gained further prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, throughout the Plains region when Sioux, Crow, and Blackfeet tribes began to sponsor intertribal gatherings for fun and dancing.
www.bbhc.org /events/powwowHistory.cfm   (600 words)

  
 Powwow Now
The dress is adorned with many rows of small metal cones that chime together during the dance to create a rhythmic "jingling" sound during the dance.  Other parts of the regalia consist of  beaded leggings, a dance belt, a feather fan and a feather in the hair.
The Powwow may be seen as entertainment by the general public, but the Powwow is a ceremonial legacy to be treated with honor and respect.  The Powwow is a link to the American Indian's past and help maintain our rich heritage.  Honor and respect please.
This book is filled with photographs showing powwow and dance regalia that have been worn during the past 100 years, along with written histories and first-hand accounts of powwow activities.
www.manataka.org /page46.html   (1215 words)

  
 Powwow Trail
This documentary, produced and directed by Allan Burke, followed Michael as he travelled from powwow to powwow with champion dancer Boye Ladd as his teacher, while dance historian Ann Brascoupé contributed teachings on this journey.
He was tapping his toe, which is a very popular step, tracing a pattern on the ground in front of him and all of a sudden he lifted it up and he brought it through to the back, passing his foot by his other knee, and then planted it behind him.
Many hundreds of powwows, large and small, are held each year, on reserves, in towns and cities all across the U.S. and Canada.
www.michael-greyeyes.com /html/powwowindex.htm   (1825 words)

  
 Wisconsin Powwow: Teacher Guide - Lesson plans and activities
The powwow was held to commemorate their history and celebrate their culture.
Powwow dancers create regalia that has personal meaning and/or is visually appealing to them.
Wisconsin Powwow (42 minutes) is a general treatment of the powwow itself as it has come to be held by the Ojibwa people in northern Wisconsin.
www.ecb.org /wisconsin/powwow/guide.htm   (2478 words)

  
 FileForum | PowWow
PowWow is a fully integrated instant messaging, interactive communications and online community solution that features the only instant voice messaging and integrated voice chat capabilities available, as well as group chat, instant messaging, buddy lists, and real-time peer-to-peer communication.
PowWow is much better and kicks the living butt out of ICQ and all of you losers who worship ICQ, are jealous that there is one program that is much better.
And for those who don't know what PowWow looks like, then it looks nthing like the picture above, for that picture is of the previous version.
fileforum.betanews.com /detail/950478572/1   (501 words)

  
 Powwow
The word "powwow," which we associate with the powwow celebrations, or with powwow dances, actually began as a name.
The powwow as we know it today and is shown in these video clips was largely influenced by the Indian people of the Great Plains in the early 1800s and had its roots in the celebrations of North American tribes long before European entrance into the western hemisphere.
The contemporary powwow provides an opportunity for people to celebrate their identification with Indian culture and have become pan-Indian and inter-tribal expressions of pride.
www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/powwow   (424 words)

  
 Keep powwow open
Everymember of powwow has welcome me like a friend and to lose them now would be a sin.I do understand that things change sometimes not for the better,and closeing POWWOW would not be for the better.
Please reconsider allowing PowWow to remain available to all who have come to love it as much as I have and to those that are still out there that have yet to discover a very unique program, unlike any other on the Internet.
Powwow has always been touted as a one-of-a-kind program, ant it is true.
www.linksplace.com /pw/keeppowwow.htm   (4353 words)

  
 Pow-wow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the folk magic system and religion, see Pow-wow (folk magic); and for the chat program, see PowWow (chat program).
A pow-wow (sometimes powwow or pow wow) is a gathering of Native Americans.
Unlike other dances, the gourd dance is normally performed with the drum in the center of the dance arena, not on the side.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Powwow   (1426 words)

  
 Using PowWow for Internet Teleconferencing
PowWow supports basic teleconferencing tools such as a shared whiteboard, chat window, and sending and receiving files, plus Web tours, which allow a group of people (up to seven) to visit specific Web sites that the tour guide specifies.
For example, there is an existing PowWow conference on education, the Education Station, which is managed by Monty Carlton at Tribal Voice.
PowWow is a PC/Windows-based Internet teleconferencing system that supports up to seven people with a shared whiteboard, chat window, Web tours, voice, and conferencing.
commtechlab.msu.edu /sites/letsnet/noframes/bigideas/b9/b9u3l3.html   (807 words)

  
 Native American BEADS: Fancy Powwow Outfits
Here powwow dancers express meanings dancing has for them, sometimes relating it to beadwork on their powwow outfits.
At powwows he was taken to as a little child, he had no outfit.
HS Pow-Wow Page--Fairly complete Southwestern powwow listings (as yet almost no others), but also pix, memories, what to wear/see/do, how to act, food to serve at a...
www.kstrom.net /isk/art/beads/powwow.html   (993 words)

  
 Powwow Power - Powwow Etiquette - pow wow, powwows, pow-wow
He is coordinating the powwow and advises the visitors of additional protocol.
Non-natives are welcome at powwow celebrations to learn and share in the cultural and social traditions but are expected to show respect and understanding for these events.
The majority of powwows are public events and taking pictures of the dancers during inter-tribal or during dance competition is usually acceptable.
www.powwow-power.com /powwowetiquette.html   (727 words)

  
 Wacipi PowWow
Each summer, thousands of Native American peoples across the country celebrate their connections to tradition and spirituality, to the Earth and to one another, in a social, personal and spiritual meeting: the PowWow.
More than an homage to a great ancestry, the Powwow is an event of contemporary significance for the individuals and communities making up the hundreds of Native American nations.
In an attempt to capture the beauty, excitement and cultural importance of these events, KTCA produced...
www.ktca.org /powwow   (106 words)

  
 What is a Powwow? ~ Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut
Pow wows, as individuals, were revered for their knowledge; the Narragansett word for "a wise speaker" is 'taupowaw'.
Powwow's were needed to help to drive away sickness, ensure success in battle, interpret dreams, or to help individuals or tribes in other ways.
~ Sommers, CT The spiritual center of a Powwow is THE CIRCLE; a place to be respected and honored, it is a sacred place that is blessed by a spiritual leader.
www.nativetech.org /Nipmuc/powwow.html   (486 words)

  
 jazy.net powwow experiment
PowWow was/is a Windows-based program developed by Tribal Voice in 1995 which contained many innovative features such as online presence detection, buddies, group chats, a bulletin board, file transfer, a speech synthesizer, instant messaging, voice-over-IP, a shared whiteboard for drawing and so forth.
As PowWow is a live-chat experience with real people, your online experience may change, and this it to let you know that we have no responsibility nor ability to control what others may type and/or say, nor anything that is transmitted to PowWow.
PowWow may display error messages when initially attempting to register and after file transfers have been successfully completed.
www.jazy.net /powwow   (754 words)

  
 hoopajoo.net | Welcome
Some new commands have been added to the proxy server to allow text-rendering of maps and player status for users who do not wish to run the gui client, though support is limited.
03/21/2005 - This is the perl extension for powwow and allows you to call perl code including xs modules from powwow, and allows perl to access powwow variables and execute actions.
This supercedes the perlwow fork that originally embedded perl support in powwow.
hoopajoo.net   (1314 words)

  
 Powwow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Come experience the music, colors and energy of the 25th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow in the Robbie Powwow Garden adjacent to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Younger visitors have the opportunity to try on different types of powwow clothing and become familiar with the various dances, as well as learning powwow etiquette.
BBHC Security patrols the powwow grounds at night, but cannot be responsible for booths left unprotected.
www.bbhc.org /events/powwow.cfm   (475 words)

  
 Welcome to the 36th Annual United Tribes International Powwow
NEW: The United Tribes International Powwow has been listed on the website of the ABA (American Bus Association) as one of the "Top 100 Events in North America".
The Powwow is held annually in the Lone Star Arena at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota and has become one of the premier cultural events of North Dakota, receiving numerous awards over the years.
This was the first powwow appearance by a group from the Aleut culture.
www.unitedtribespowwow.com   (522 words)

  
 Powwows - Native American Powwows - Powwow Power - pow wows, powwow, pow-wow
Included is History and Description of a powwow, description of powwow Dancers, Drums and Songs as well as basic Etiquette.
The powwow listings are based on submissions made to this site so in no way is the Powwow Calendar a complete listing of all powwows in the world.
This site is a culmination of my experiences on a powwow committee, attending powwows, my photography and art, college research paper and input from native friends.
www.powwow-power.com   (241 words)

  
 Powwow Chat Program - Voice - Games - Instant Messaging
PowWow goes a step beyond many other chat products by being truly real-time.
PowWow's "robot" voice allows users to hear text as it appears in a window.
This option lets a PowWow user lead a group on a Web site tour by remotely directing their Web browsers to selected pages.
jabi.com /internet/3   (263 words)

  
 NativeZone.com
59 Actors stared in POWWOW a roller coaster movie that shows how fun and crazy a three day Powwow can get.
"POWWOW" DVD has an extra footage..This unedited footage shows a scene in which a ghost is present during filming.
The stories in "POWWOW" are based on true events.
www.geocities.com /thenativezone/nations.html   (117 words)

  
 The Post-Tribal Voice PowWow FAQ
When PowWow first runs, several error messages will appear stating that PowWow is not able to locate registration hosts.
What is happening is that Powwow is attempting to register with the original user and buddy registration servers, but because these servers no longer exist PowWow displays an error message.
You can still add to and use the PowWow's Buddy List but because there is no longer a master buddy server to handle routing it has to be done in a slightly-different fashion.
www.jazy.net /powwow/faq   (872 words)

  
 Cherokee Trail Of Tears Commemorative Park
The name of each clan is set forth in a carved redwood sign by its tree.
Every year on the first full weekend of September, the Trail Of Tears Commission sponsorsan intertribal PowWow at the park.
There are no pets, alcohol, or firearms allowed during PowWow time.
www.trailoftears.org   (649 words)

  
 POWWOW LISTINGS
Powwow will be held at St. Lucie County Fairgrounds in Fort Pierce, FL.
Your Powwow Listing: Detroit Lakes Middle School, it's the Minnesota Drum and Dance Competion for schools in the state of minnesota to compete with other children and bring home a trophy.
Your Powwow Listing: Music, Dancing,Lectures, Demonstrations, Children's Activities, Workshops, Cost $8.00 adults $3.00 Children Fort ancient is located 7 miles Southwest of Lebanon, OH and is part of Ohio Historical Society.
members.aol.com /trb1972/powwowlisting.htm   (7656 words)

  
 Powwow Calendar and Links 2005
This year's Powwow is dedicated to the late Chief Peter John.
A true highlight of the powwow is the expression of Native culture through song and dance.
Powwow Hotline - (877) 830-3224 or (301) 238-3023
www.snowwowl.com /pwlinks2.html   (7467 words)

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