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Contact
If you would like more information about the Black Native American Association Pow Wow,
or to join the planning committee,
email Don Little Cloud at ltcloud@sbcglobal.net or call 510-386-5684
Planning meetings are currently (as of 5/22/10) on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at San Antonio District House
2228 East 15th Street
Oakland, CA 94606
Donations for the Pow Wow
Location
Lawn in front of Music Building at California State University, East Bay campus at Hayward
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Parking and Transportation
Students, employees, and visitors may purchase a single day permit at a dispenser for $5 on weekends. The dispensers are located in parking lots E2, G, K, N and at the kiosk on the right side at the top of Harder Rd. Daily permits are only valid in general lots. After 5 P.M., these permits are also valid in staff lots.
Closest lots are K, L and M. Overnight camping is not permitted.
Visit campus parking site
Head Staff
- MC: Val Shadowhawk
- Arena Director: Earl Neconie
- Head Gourd: Rajelio Santillan
- Head Judge: Kaylene Kimple
- Host Northern Drum: All Nations
- Head Color Guard: Joe Smith
- 2nd Color Guard: Raul Valerio
- Host Southern Drum: The Southern Brothers
- Headman Golden Age: Ben Wolf, Kiowa
- Headwoman Golden Age: Cathy Nottingham, Omaha
- Royalty: Juliet Small, UC Berkeley Powwow Princess
- Headman: Theo McGee Blackfoot
- Headwoman: TBA
- Teen Boy: Julian NoiseCat Shuswap –Camin Lake, Canada
- Teen Girl: Cheyennena Bedonie, Dine, Blackfeet, Potawatomi
Vendors' information
Call Harry Jordan at 510-304-7029
Lodging
Visitors will arrange their own lodging.
The first host hotel is Hampton Inn Hayward, 24137 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 94544. It is down the hill from campus.
Phone: 510.247.1555 | Fax: 510.247.1313
All guests will be required to book their reservations online.
Here are instructions on how to book individual reservations:
1. Go to www.oaklandhayward.hamptoninn.com
2. Put the check-in date and check-out date
3. In the “Group/Convention Code: field type in “BNA”
4. Click continue
5. Pick room type and fill out requested information with individual credit card
The 2nd host hotel is La Quinta Inn and Suites Hayward 20777 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, CA 94541
510-732-6300 | Fax 510-783-2265
Sept 17 Workshops
Workshops on Sept 17 will occur 6:30 to 8:30pm for discussion groups around Black Native American History, and exploring the contemporary relationships with Native Americans. A panel of experts will facilitate the discussion groups in cooperation with the CSUEB Sociology Dept.
Near Parking Lots L & M . Signs will be posted.
Workshops will examine Red/Black relationships and how to improve them. Noted participants on the panel include Lonnie Harrington, author of " Both Sides of the Water." a Seminole teacher/artist at the prestigious Arts Connections in New York and a native American Drummer; Dr. Andrew Jolivette, Associate Professor and Department Chief of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University and author of "Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed Race Native American Identity;" Dr. Elnora Webb-Mitchell, President of Laney College; Pastor Steve Constantine, Arawak Tribe, Guyana, South America and Jewelle Gomez,poet,critic and playwright, Director Cultural Equity Grants Program of San Francisco Arts Commission.
Another topic of interest will be how to trace one's roots through genealogy searching, to be led by the African American Genealogical Society Northern California Chapter, Oakland.
Free Admission to Public.
All Dancers and Drums Welcome! Please bring own chairs.
Please no pets. No alcohol or drugs allowed on pow wow grounds.
Pow Wow etiquette will be observed.
