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In only five
years, the Hilo Inter-Tribal Powwow has become recognized as a place for
Native Americans, First Nations, Native Alaskans, and others to meet,
reconnect, re-establish their cultural roots, share, and have a grand
time.
The press and other communications media are starting to recognize
the Hilo Inter-Tribal Powwow.
Indian Country Today, May 28, 2010
"Many believe
the land, our Mother Earth, is at the heart of life and in the case of
the Hilo Powwow that is exactly so. The traditional style gathering is
held each year at Wailoa River State Park just south of Hilo Bay on the
eastern side of Hawaii’s Big Island.
Powwow organizers Tim [sic] and Liz De Roche remembered the
reason for choosing the location.
“The land there, the energy was just amazing. I was
walking in my bare feet and I could feel it and I knew it was the
place,” Liz said. . . ."
Hana Hou Magazine, Volume 13, no. 2, April/May 2010
"According
to the 2006-2008 census,
there are 3,867 people living in Hawai‘i who identify themselves as “one
race” American Indians, a tiny 0.3 percent of the state’s population.
But the number of people who identify themselves as part American Indian
jumps to 30,280, one of the country’s largest concentrations of American
Indians outside their home areas. Most arrive with the military; many
feel a connection with the Islands and stay after they’re discharged.
And many, especially those who are only part native, rediscover their
Indian identities only after they arrive. . . "
Big
Island Weekly News Magazine
Danny Miller
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