My husband and I attended the Powwow with our four grand children to watch our neighbors participate in the various dances, drumming, and singing of distinct categories of Native Americans. I welcomed the opportunity to introduce my grands to the culture of our people and learned some interesting facts regarding how the genealogy testing is incomplete which I already had suspected when it comes to the DNA of Native Americans due to the elimination of whole tribes who were first in befriending the Europeans( so much for thanking the host) and my great grandmother was, Choctaw of the Blackfoot Nation. The few who survived were adopted by...
Read moreSo I really don’t like being a Karen but I attended the fireworks this year and it was the worst experience. Getting out of the place took longer than the actual firework show. I waited in line for an hour just to move 4 cars ahead and we were the first line of cars, yet they let all the other rows out that were in line 20 min after. They were totally disorganized and will never attend that Debacle again in my life, it was not worth...
Read moreWill update after our trip, but getting here and parking was horrendous. We were staying 15 min away and spent an hour in traffic because of how slowly they were moving people as they arrived. Fair itself was OK. The schedule was wrong both in print and online. The fireworks were good. Leaving was as bad as getting in. No lanes, no one directing traffic, just Mad Max free for all in whatever direction you think the...
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