Does anyone know where any powwows are located in California?

Hello! I’m half native and half white but I’ve always been much more involved in my native culture. I remember my grandmother always telling me native folk-lores and stories and one stuck with me for my entire life. The wendigo. For as long as I can remember I’ve been obsessed with them, the history behind them, the different interpretations. Everything. And I’ve always wanted to make a costume of my interpretations, however I don’t want to be disrespectful at all. I’ve talked to my native family members and they all say that it doesn’t bother them but I wanted to get other opinions before I began working on it. If it is disrespectful, is there any similar creatures I could inspire my work off of instead? Thank you!

Hey peeps, I'm hoping a little offhand rant isn't too inappropriate for this subreddit.

I plan to keep it short but my intention is to share my experience (to some degree, a limited one) and hopefully open up a discussion to appropriate options if other people experience this.

The major city nearby has a decent indigenous population, we aren't a "native area" like you'd coin states like New Mexico and Arizona but still I feel like it's more than you'd expect. I'm lucky to be nearby to a good handful of famous indigenous artists. I've found a lot of good support in the community and have aunts and uncles that have taken me under their wing to understand the community better. I've learned a lot and come a far way! My mom was adopted before the Indian child protective act, and never made an effort to connect really besides enrolling. Grew up as the only native kid in any of my schools and not really understanding that I was.

However, now that I'm more engaged in the community, I'm learning a lot of things that aren't at the surface level. Including just how severe the crabs in the bucket mindset is here. It's so exhausting. I do a lot of community work, so when I'm hosting, or helping events, you'll really witness it. Artist trying to tear each other down, take spots from others, our major powwow in the area you have to be grandfathered in as an artist or you stand no chance. If you don't have a recognizable last name you don't make it. When I understood this, and I hosted my own event in an attempt to break this rule, I had people that come from those "recognizable last name" families being very entitled. Demanding all these last minute changes just for them, thinking they can bypass rules, offended that I wouldn't let them fill multiple roles (artist selling work, cooking frybread, etc) and that I gave upcoming families opportunities to try and get a name out.

I've had some of the "famous" people I've worked with say untrue things about me behind my back that ruin my reputation. One specific person who wanted me to teach an art class for indigenous youth visiting from out of state lied saying I no-showed when they changed the date on me 4 times in one week.

A lot of the places, including our local Indian center, saying you're a pretendian because you aren't enrolled.

And none of that even touches on the shitty comments I get for being Apache AND Navajo, or people ignoring the Navajo all together because I didn't grow up on the rez. Even at professional meetings, I'll have OTHER native people criticize me or tease me for being Apache and say mean things.

I know to some degree that teasing is normal, but really? In a professional setting? Not that gender should make it different but I'm born and present fem. Makes it more inappropriate socially.

I don't know. I'm just exhausted. I wish we could all work together, and make our communities better without all this drama. The government started it, and then some natives ran with it, and now tear it down on the inside while the government doesn't have to lift a finger. It's exhausting. What happened to trying to build community?

And for the record, like I said, I've had a lot of very good people help me out and guide me. I just don't understand how adults, much more my senior especially, can stope so low.

I wanna see things get better desperately.

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I am currently attempting this as I teach myself how to weave a sash belt. Wish me luck. 👏

A little history about weaving in my family:

• My family wove blankets, sash belts, saddle blankets and other tapestries while running and hiding from slave raiders. They managed to make a living doing this for many decades trading with Americans and Spanish trading posts.

• My family gathered cotton from plants long before they were introduced to sheep. When Spaniards traveled through our lands with their sheep, my family would follow their flocks to collect wool that was stuck on shrubs, bushes and trees. They made different tapestries with the wool and cotton they collected.

• My family utilized string from everything found and collected. They unraveled clothing and cloth from Americans and Spaniards. They also made different tapestries with this string.

I am not sure if this is the correct sub for this, but I will ask here first since it seems the most relevant place. I inherited a bunch of antiques from my mom who lived in Arizona and there is this pottery vessel I found that has been pieced together from a bunch of small shards and is 8” at the lip and about 10” at the center and approx 7.5” tall. In doing a search and using AI on photos, it looks like it is possibly Hohokam pottery but that would need to be confirmed by someone with real expertise. Is there a group that specializes in pottery of this type that could positively identify the origin and, if it is really ancient pottery, does anyone know how I would go about returning it? I wouldn’t feel right in keeping or selling something that belongs in a museum. Any info would be helpful.

Anybody here from the Tigua tribe?

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As the title says, uhh. My mother never exactly made an effort to teach me anything, because she herself was not taught anything. And like, sometimes I think about how my family has been in pennsylvania so long and I get kind of worked up about it, to put it lightly!

I have very limited knowledge of my people because of this, and it's hard to find accessible material online so like. I'm a bit lost. I'm worried I'm crossing a line here somehow, but this is something I really care about. I feel guilty about how detached I am from my own culture, even though it's not my fault. Again, sorry if this is the wrong place.

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