photo gallery

2005 Grand Entry
 Left: Rick Brown and Center, John Hedgecoth

The Parade through the Village

 

Calling Songs Through Leiper's Fork
Little Corn Drum

2004 Grand Entry

 

Spirit Shield Dance 
Grady Jones & Hawk Laughing

Traditional Ladies Buckskin
Siouxsan Robinson
2004 Head Lady

Traditional Ladies Buckskin

Jacqueline Cedar Tree Hicks

 

Ladies Southern Cloth
 (Left to Right:) Besty Jolly, Chrisie Vogel & Kat Gilliam

2004 Natchez Trace Pow Wow Princess

(Left to Right:)  April Cantrell, Event Coordinator, Nikki Bell, Pow Wow Princess,  Jimmy Reedy, Arena Director & Sheila Jones, TNAEO President

 

  Men's Traditional Dancer
Matthew Nickens

 

J.J. Kent, Emcee 

Men's Traditional Dancer  & 2004 Head Man
Grady Shadow Hawk Jones

 

Intertribals "Everybody Dance"

(Left to Right foreground:) Rick Brown, Traditional Dancer  & Charles Ladd, Leiper's Fork local

Jimmy Reedy Arena  Director

 

 Champion Hoop Dancer
Lowery Begay, Navajo

 

  
   
   

"Drumming...
It's the Heartbeat of our People"

Grey Wolf Singers
Philadelphia Band of Choctaws

 

Shoti Ikbi Singers
Choctaw from Henley, Tennessee

 Warrior's Path Singers
Johnson City, Tennessee

                              

 

HONORING OUR LOCAL VETERANS

 

(Pictured from left to right) William "Moon" Poynor-U.S. Air Force Korean War, Mark Cantrell, Jasper King-U.S. Army WWII, Jeff Mangrum-U.S. Army WWII and Donley Mealer-U.S. Army Korean Era

 

 

 

INTERTRIBALS

Betsy Jolly

 

Jeff Burres, Grass Dancer

and Jacqueline Cedar Tree Hicks, Ladies Buckskin

Kerry Reed, Cherokee-Fancy War Dancer
 

Charles Robinson, Choctaw-Men's Traditional Dancer
 

Shaun Hedgecoth-Grass Dancer

Cherokee basket maker, Marilyn Huey
 

 

Carl Vanderford & Buddy Hayes demonstrate the art of flint knapping

 

 

 

the children are our future

 

Without them there is no need to carry on...

 

Fancy War Dancer

Terrill Bell, Choctaw

Fancy Shawl Dancer

Teah Plumlee, Cherokee & Lumbee

Young Aztec Dancer

Gabriel Herra

Cedar Jaminez

 

 

OUR VOLUNTEERS

 

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!

 


(From left to right:) Kahn Garrett, Kelly Brennon, Larry Montgomery, Sam Messmer, Gregg Pelham & Butch Gorman


Aubrey Preston & Bruce Hunt


(Pictured left to right:)  Wayne Christenson, Ann Christenson & Butch Gorman


"We're entitled to a break....."


(Pictured Left to Right:)  Roy Snow, Chase Cantrell & Briar Reedy

"I'm gonna be part of the REAL security now...they said so!"


(Left to right:)  Wayne Christenson, Ann Christenson & Butch Gorm

 


Gregg Pelham & David Gatlin


Aaron Headon, Bruce Hunt  & Sam Messmer
 

 

"Yes, we're open for business."

 


Thomas Murphy & Wayne Christenson


Kathy German


"It's not really that bad of a job."


Kahn Garrett


(From left to right:) Claudette Heithcock, Tammy Gatlin, Tandy Heithcock & Catherine Anderson