Pow-Wow This Weekend In Pocomoke Cypress Park

Written by: Bill Kerbin

POCOMOKE CITY -- Cypress Park will once again be the location for the 18th annual Drums on the Pocomoke Native American Indian Pow-Wow and Festival hosted by the Assateague People's Tribe of Delmarva on May 21-22. The pow-wow grounds will open to the public at 10 a.m. each day and close at 5 p.m. There is a $3 donation for adults over 12, and children 12 & under are free with a paying adult.

The grand entry begins at noon, followed by the flag song and veteran's honoring song. All vetrans are encouraged to particatate. Throughout the day there will also be demonstrations of the different varieties of Native American Indian dancing, including grass dancing, traditional men's and womens southern and northern styles, and fancy and jingle dress dances. There will be two dances in which public can participate -- the friendship dance and a children's candy dance.

The Host Drum for the weekend will be White Buffalo. Snow Owl of the Abenaki Tribe will be the emcee.

The lead female dancer this year will be Cynthia Adkins from Pocomoke. There will be numerous Native American craft vendors from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and New York selling leather, fur hides, jewelry, dreamcatchers, beads, blankets, herbs and homemade soaps and other numerous handmade crafts. Joan Filmer will be selling her exquisite beaded necklaces, earrings, and superb beadwork.

The Accohonnok Tribe of Bending Water Park/Marion Station will be selling Indian tacos, fried bread, buffalo burgers and other tasty treats. This year the tribe will be raffling a handcrafted knife made by the Assateague Peoples Chief Medicine Cat and a Pendleton blanket, "Navajo Water Blanket," which features a dragonfly on it, valued at $300.

This year the Pow-Wow will also include Pearl Beamer, who has been a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator and educator for 20 years. She and her husband, Jimmy "Two Hawks" Beamer Jr., take in orphaned, injured and sick wildlife. They specialize in birds of prey. They will have two red-tailed hawks, Wakon and Luta, who would have starved the death in the wild if it had not been for the Beamers.

Guests are reminded to bring their cameras.

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