Phil Konstantin's 2003 Vacation Through Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana



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Eagle Butte Powwow to the Blessing Ceremony


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The Grand Procession at the Powwow in Eagle Butte,
South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.




More of the Grand Procession...a bit out of focus...




Yes, that does appear to be a CD
in the middle of the feathers in the next to last dancer.




A young woman in a blue jingle dress.




Day-glo regalia...




One of the many drums and singers at the powwow




This was on May 24, 2003.














I loved this headdress.



















David Beautiful Bald Eagle's flag
at his house on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.




David's son and one of his friends
from Athens, Texas getting ready for the powwow on May 25th.




The Chief's house not far from Howes, South Dakota.
The Chief was in the 82nd Airborne and landed in Sainte Mere-Englise.




Another day at the powwow in Eagle Butte.
That's Chief David in the cowboy hat. People often ask him about when he took Marilyn Monroe out dancing while they were filming "River of No Return."














Karen Sussman is the President
of the Society For The Preservation of Wild Burros and Mustangs. She helps manage a ranch for wild mustangs and burros on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. I was there for a blessing ceremony for her new house and for the group's efforts. That's Karen without the hat.




More of the crowd at the traditional lunch served after the Blessing ceremony.
Seated at Karen's table are Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Louie Freiberg, the Moccasins and myself.




According to Karen, this group of horses
(by way of DNA testing) were part of a herd which can be traced back to the original horses brought from Spain in 1640 by Father Kino. They are from the Gila River area of Arizona.




This is one of the Gila River herd.
Karen's group is trying to keep these animals from being sold individually to slaughter houses.




Arvol Looking Horse performed the blessing ceremony.
He is flanked by his wife and myself. He is the 19th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe.





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Page 2003: Spokane, Washington to Grangeville, Idaho
Page 2003a: Grangeville, Idaho to Kamiah, Idaho
Page 2003b: Kamiah to Lolo Pass
Page 2003c: Lolo, Montana to Salmon, Idaho
Page 2003d: Salmon, Idaho to Gilmore Summit, Idaho
Page 2003e: Kilgore, Idaho to Yellowstone National Park
Page 2003f: More Yellowstone
Page 2003g: Grand Tetons to Lander, Wyoming
Page 2003h: Wind River Canyon to Legend Rock, Wyoming
Page 2003i: Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site to Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, Wyoming
Page 2003j: Shell Creek Falls to Wagon Box Battlefield, Wyoming
Page 2003k: Rosebud Battlefield to Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Page 2003l: Little Bighorn Battlefield to Crow Agency, Montana
Page 2003m: Fetterman Battlfield to Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming
Page 2003n: Crazy Woman Creek to Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
Page 2003o: Oregon Trail to Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Page 2003p: Grattan Battlefield, Wyoming to Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Page 2003q: Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Nebraska to Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota
Page 2003r: Devil's Tower, Wyoming
Page 2003s: Rapid City to Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Page 2003t: Eagle Butte Powwow to the Blessing Ceremony
Page 2003u: Sakakawea Monument to Fort Buford
Page 2003v: Fort Union to Old Fort Peck
Page 2003w: Cree Crossing to Fort Assiniboine
Page 2003x: Glacier Park
Page 2003y: Glacier #2 to Missoula, Montana
Page 2003z: blank (so far)