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November 28, 2000 the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes accepted the opportunity
to be "Host Tribe" to all Indian Tribes during the XIX Winter
Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah by the Native American 2002 Foundation,
a part of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee Advisory Committee for
Arts and Crafts, which was established on September 2, 1998.
As the Official Tribal Host, we hereby extend to all tribal nations and members, the ‘once in a lifetime' opportunity
to actively participate in an event that involves the entire world.
We plan to have several events in the Salt Lake City environs preceding and during
the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah.
- Dances Rarely Seen - Stage performance - May 14th, 7:30pm, Park City, Utah
- Welcoming the Tribes, contest Pow-wow - Weekend before the 2002 Winter Olympics -
Fort Hall or Salt Lake
- Roll Call of Nations, Traditional Pow-wow - Held during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
- Circle of Nations - All Nations together expressing the richness and diversity of
our cultures.
- Call for Vendors - merchandise and food
- Call for distinctive tribal art
- Call for traditional foods cooks
- Call for distinctive tribal dances
- Tribal History - a time line of events important to each nation
- Call for AISES members to present our modern image
- All events are alcohol and drug free
- Call for nations to bring their tribal police
We will go before the Salt Lake City Council in Jan. 16th, 2001 and apply for permits
for the spaces we need to do all the things we plan. In order to do this we need to get feedback from all the people
of all our Indian
Nations who want to participate, dancers, vendors, artisans, food preparers, etc. We need initial responses by
Jan. 14th for everyone who would like to participate. We need to show the Salt Lake Officials how many
of us will jump on this opportunity given the space to do it. The competition for space is fierce so we need to
show interest! The city officials are especially interested in events that express our pride, the richness of our
traditions and our hopes for tomorrow.
To get the space we need, please email your response. If you are interested, include
your name and tribal affiliation and what you would like to participate in given the chance. Please tell your tribal
councils. The letters we are sending may not reach them in time for them to respond. We hope to bring in reams
of names. If you know of any other interested people, please pass the on!
Please read below for specific details for each event.
Dances Rarely Seen - May 14th, 7:30pm, Eccles-Center, Park City Utah
This cultural stage event is only 2 hours long. These are not the typical dances seen at pow-wows. These dances
are rarely seen by outsiders unless they travel to a reservation. This program will show the richness
and diversity of our Tribal heritage through dance. This event WILL NOT BE FILMED, PHOTOGRAPHED or RECORDED.
- Due to the shows time requirements, each performance is limited to 8 to 12 minutes.
- Maximum people for each group is 14, including the dancers, singers, drummers and
elder spokesperson.
- Adults only in this professional quality dance performance.
- This dance is to be indigenous to your tribe.
- The groups selected for this performance will have travel and housing paid.
- There will be a vendor area at this performance preferably selling items that are
unique to the dancers tribes. The vendors are responsible for their own transportation and housing.
WARNING: The names OLYMPICS, OLYMPIC GAMES and SALT LAKE CITY and the 5 linked rings
and the snowflake are trademarked and can not be used on any goods you sell. They will prosecute if you do.
Deadline to apply - Feb. 1, 2001
- Send either a 2 page narrative of the dance OR a video of the dance to:
The Shoshone-Bannock Official Tribal Host Committee Winter Games 2002
Mardel Tissidimit - Events Committee Chair
Dances Rarely Seen
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, Idaho 83203-0306
Phone - 888-297-1378 ask for Tribal Planning or Garth Towersap
FAX - 208-478-3933
email: towegart@isu.edu
If you want your tapes back, send a stamped self addressed envelope along with it.
These are the tribes currently on the list:
Crow Nation - Crow Hop
Hopi - Crown Dance
? Pueblo - Buffalo Dance
Rosebud Lakota - ?
San Carlos Apache - Mountain Spirit GAN Dancers
Shoshone-Bannock - Chokecherry Dance
Southern Ute - Bear Dance
CALLING ALL VENDORS:
 We need to get a count
for all people who would like to sell at the various events going on
during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The Olympics are an international
event with tremendous crowd draw, so sign up for the times that you
think you will have enough product to cover for. We don't want to book
you for a spot when you'll sell out on the first day unless you only
plan to be there for one day. This will be one of the few times that
the people of the world will get a chance to purchase genuine Indian
made products.
Projected attendance at the opening ceremonies are 1/4 million people. Daily attendance
is projected to be 70,000 people. The closing day is expected to have 1/4 million people.
- Call for traditional foods vendors - There will be high demand for ‘real 'Indian foods.
There will be a special Utah Health Dept food handling training session that all food handlers must attend. This
training will occur just prior to the events. Dates to be announced later.
- Name the events you'd like to be a part of and how long you would like to be there.
We haven't determined fees at this time since we don't know how much they will charge us yet for use of the spaces.
- How much space does your booth require?
- Tribal affiliation
- Some photos typical of the products you sell or a brochure. Label all photos and brochures
with your name, address and phone.
- All goods must have the "Made By American Indians" trademark on them. We
will supply you with the application forms if you send a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to us requesting it.
The Shoshone-Bannock Official Tribal Host Winter Games 2002
Garth Towersap - WG02 Committee Chair
Vendor applicants
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, Idaho 83203-0306
Phone - 888-297-1378 ask for Tribal Planning or Garth Towersap
FAX - 208-478-3933
email: towegart@isu.edu
CONTEST POW-WOWS
The contest pow-wow will be held in Pocatello, Idaho at Holt Arena on the Idaho State University campus OR at the
Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus. Dates, prizes and drums to be announced later.
Roll Call of Nations, Traditional Pow-wow
The grand entry of this pow-wow will follow the format of the Olympics in that Nations enter the arena. Rather
than use the english alphabet to determine the order of entry, the path of the sun will determine which order the
nations enter the arena.
This is our chance to show the world that we are vital people with rich and strong traditions! Roll Call will be
heavily advertised once we get the location and date.
- Each nation is to provide a banner of their own design that is readable from the upper
sections of a stadium. This banner is to have their name and the original area they are from so that visitors will
know.
- This banner will be in front announcing the nation to the world. We also ask that
each tribe bring a flag that will stay in Salt Lake City after the games.
- Nations wishing to participate in this grand entry must respond and let us know their
name and their original location so we can plan the grand entry lineup.
- All dancers are to wear their traditional tribal regalia for this pow-wow.
- Each nation may bring dances they wish to share. Please let us know how much time
you'd like so we can schedule it.
- There will be intertribals, round dances, stomp dances, friendship dances and what
ever the nations choose to bring.
- Each nation is to bring their own singers and drummers and equipment if needed for
their specialty dances.
- A giveaway to thank our major contributors is planned.
- There will be a feast for all the nations who participate and for invited guests.
We need to know who's coming to prepare for the feast.
- If tribal members want to do a giveaway, let us know so we can schedule it.
- For tribes needing assistance with travel and housing let us know so we can start
fundraising. We want as many nations as possible to make the roll call.
- Your presence at Roll Call tells the world that your people are still here and walks
forward into the future.
- We request that prosperous nations help out with housing and travel costs for this
once in a lifetime opportunity to present ourselves to the world ourway. This is your chance to demonstrate how
great we Indian people are.
CALL for each tribe to have a booth of their own traditional tribal products.
We want the world to know HOW MUCH FOOD Indian people have contributed to the world.
Tribal Vendors are to cook their traditional foods as the main items. We will allow some hot dogs & such but
expect to see traditional dishes eaten by your respective tribe.
CALL for AISES members of each tribe to present the brilliance of our people to the
world at their tribal booths exhibiting the achievements of it's members. We want to see listings of names for
every tribal member
holding degrees, Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD's, etc. We want to list all of our physicists, engineers,
doctors, lawyers, technicians, nurses, etc. It is time to stand tall and show the world who we are.
Respond to:
The Shoshone-Bannock Official Tribal Host Committee Winter Games 2002
Garth Towersap - WG02 Committee Chairman
Mardel Tissidimit - Events Committee Chair
Roll Call of Nations
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, Idaho 83203-0306
Phone - 888-297-1378 ask for Tribal Planning or Garth Towersap
FAX - 208-478-3933
email: towegart@isu.edu
 Circle of Nations
We are working on the permits needed to get the space to house this facility. To do that, we need a fast list of
all those who would like to participate given the chance. This list of names, tribes and numbers of participants
must go to the Salt Lake City Council on January 16th. So we need your response by January 15th so we can bring
down piles of papers with names and tell the council that all these nations and the people in these nations want
this event to happen. Allow us to have the space to do it. The Circle of Nations will be open throughout the Olympic
Games and the Para-Olympic games.
We plan to obtain a large open area where we can bring in large temporary, heated warehouse
sized buildings. Each building is to have venues for all the nations belonging to a ‘geographical region'. The
regions are: Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Intermountain, Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska,
Hawaii and Samoa. Participating tribes will have space in the building representing their original region-NOT their
current removal/relocation position.
This facility will allow each tribe to present themselves to the world in a way that
is meaningful to them through sharing of fine arts, traditional skills, storytelling, dance, traditional foods,
games, etc. AND, most
importantly, so that the world can get a clear idea that totem poles are in the northwest and Alaska. Tipis are
in the great plains and surrounding areas, wigwams and long houses are in the east coast, hogans and pueblos
are in the southwest, tule and redwood bark houses are in California, igloos are in arctic Alaska, etc., etc.,
etc. And which art forms go with which tribes and regions.
We want a vital, exciting Circle where things are happening! We want visitors to be
so overwhelmed with our vitality that they will come back again and again! We want all kinds of things to be going
on at the same
time! Let us show the world who we really are!
There will be 4 entrances to this facility. Each entrance will exhibit what the Circle
of Nations is all about and will also name every contributor, large and small in alphabetical order.
There will be open grounds between ‘regions' for traditional outdoor winter games and
activities.
Each region would have a very large, enclosed area that the tribes from those areas
will decorate to represent themselves. Locations inside to be parceled out equitably for each tribe participating
in that region.
Each ‘region' will have:
A large dance area and several smaller areas with bleachers seating for the public. There is to be always something
going on there during the times the facility is open, tribal dances, hand game demonstrations, giveaways, songs,
hand drum, flute, kids programs, storytelling, traditional skills exhibits etc. whatever the tribal coordinators
for those regions come up with as suitable for their tribes and regions. Each participating tribe gets space to
represent themselves in the way it wants the world to see them through fine arts exhibits or tribally distinctive
sales items.
Secure changing facilities for participants ONLY, lockers to store their belongings,
restrooms, and individual shower stalls for dancers inside each regional building. AND the restroom stalls are
to be tribal size. This
facility will be under constant guard, requiring a pass, to eliminate theft and vandalism.
Each region will have a traditional foods pavilion. This is to be a major portion of
the menu. Of course there can be pop & hot dogs & such. There will be one huge professional kitchen area
to maintain Utah public health
standards, seating, etc.
All registered tribal participants will be issued 3 meal tickets per day to be used
in any regional food area. The entire facility will have 24 hour security on the premises at all times in all areas.
Disruptive persons will be immediately removed from the plaza.
CALL for regional committees, made up of members from the tribes in those areas. Their
purpose is to make sure that everything is ready for opening day. They answer to the Shoshone-Bannock Official
Tribal Host Winter Games 2002 Committee and must work to coordinate efforts with the Host committee so that we
present the richness and diversity of our culture to the world in the best way.
It is also understood that the regional areas are to be set up in visually attractive
ways that promote cultural awareness and understanding for those tribes and should be specific to those tribes.
We are here to promote
pride in our cultures.
CALL for AISES members of each tribe to present the brilliance of our people to the
world in their regional areas by exhibiting the achievements of it's members. We want to see listings of names
for every tribal member holding degrees, Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD.'s, etc. We want to list all of our
physicists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, technicians, nurses, etc. It is time to stand tall and show the world
who we are. To
show the world that we hold fast to our traditions as we face the future.
Since there is the Olympic Village with rooms for athletes, there will be plans for
an ‘Indian Nations Village' for all tribal participants in this extended event. Rooms, meals and washing facilities
will be provided.
To all Tribes and tribal members wishing to participate in the Circle of Nations, We
need:
- Number of people in your group
- Photos/brochures typical of your fine art with your name, address & phone number
- Tribal affiliation
- Videos of dances, traditional skills, etc. if available
- Regional committee volunteers
Respond to:
The Shoshone-Bannock Official Tribal Host Winter Games 2002
Garth Towersap - WG02 Committee Chairman
Mardel Tissidimit - Events Committee Chair
Circle of Nations
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, Idaho 83203-0306
Phone - 888-297-1378 ask for Tribal Planning or Garth Towersap
FAX - 208-478-3933
email: towegart@isu.edu
Spread the word of this once in a lifetime event! Please forward, print and send copies of this email to all the
tribal people you know. Bring this letter to pow-wows! Only the will of the people can make this event happen!
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