Spokane, Their People, and a Really Big Pit

This is a photo of a child who is a member Spokane tribe at a pow wow clothed in their colorful traditional dress. This photo does not violated copyright law because it is listed under creative commons.

M. (2007, August 26). Jingle Dress [Photograph found in Wikipedia, Spokane]. Retrieved May 17, 2017. (Originally photographed 2007, August 26) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JingleDress.jpg

This photo shows a few members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, which is a neighboring tribe of the Spokane Tribe and most likely shared a few cultural traditions, in front of a couple of tipis on their reservation in Idaho. This photo does not violate copyright law because it is listed under creative commons.

Harlow, M. B. (1907). A group of Coeur d’Alene Indians on the Desmet Reservation, Idaho [Photograph found in Coast Magazine, De Smet]. Retrieved May 16, 2017. (Originally photographed 1907, May) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeur_d%27Alene_people_and_tipis,_Desmet_Reservation,_c._1907.jpg

This is a photo of a uranium pit after it had been fully mined and then left open, and the Spokane tribe has been effected by a mine just like this for the past couple of decades resulting in pollution and many health problems. This photo does not violate copyright law because it is listed under creative commons.

Garcia, A. O. (2009, November 22). Ranger Uranium Mine [Photograph found in Wikipedia, Jabiru]. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ranger_Uranium_Mine_01.jpg (Originally photographed 2009, August 07)

 

 

The Spokane Tribe’s Annual Pow Wow

Every year the Spokane Tribe, located in eastern Washington, holds a Pow wow during labor day weekend. Each year they begin the ceremony with a Grand Entrance. They begin with the entrance of three flags the American flag, a P.O.W. flag, and their own Tribal flag. After the flags have been brought in, they proceed with the entrance the men followed by the women and the children of the tribe, all while dancing dressed in the elegant and extravagantly colored clothing. The entrance can be seen in a video called  Saturday Grand Entry Aug. 31, 2013 99th Annual Spokane Days Spokane Tribe Pow Wow Wellpinit, WA, that was published on February 11, 2014 by Jeff Ferguson under the Standard YouTube License. It is posted to educate people how each year the tribe begins their special ceremony. Ferguson is a professional photographer who grew up in Spokane, WA and is a member of the Spokane tribe but currently resides in Beaver, WA.

image by Donald Healy, 31 January 2008

During the Pow Wow many members of the tribe participate in various dances while dressed in traditional pow wow clothing. In 2014 Gathering at the Falls Pow Wow Riverfront Park, Spokane WA Women’s Traditional 2nd Dance, it shows a group of the Spokane Tribe women, both young and old, participating in a traditional dance to the beat of the drums, and dressed in their beautifully colorful traditional pow wow dress. This video is posted for the entertainment of the tribe and other that may be interested in seeing what a traditional dance during a pow wow looks like.  The video was posted on September 9, 2014 by Jeff Ferguson, who also uploaded the previous video shown above, under the Standard YouTube License as well.