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Austin Powwow | Great Promise For American Indians | 2019

Event Coverage · Austin · 2019

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Event Coverage

Austin Powwow 2019. Great Promise For American Indians, The Arena Floor, And A Saturday In Austin.

Film by Adam Grumbo

Aerial of the expo halls and parking lots. Film still at 0:04.
A girl in green and purple regalia. Film still at 0:14.

The Vimeo title on this file is Austin Powwow 2019 - Great Promise for American Indians. Great Promise hosted the Saturday. The cut is about two minutes: the expo halls from the air, the dance floor, and the people who walked the grounds.

Great Promise for American Indians was founded in 1991 after Austin Native American members returned from the White House Conference on Native Americans. The group incorporated in 1992 as a 501(c)(3). It later continued as the Native American Cultural Center.

The public mission is to preserve Native traditions, heritage, and culture, and to support the health and education of Native youth and families. The center sponsors the annual Austin Powwow and Native American Heritage Festival. The site is austinpowwow.net.

Moccasins under a jingle hem. Film still at 0:18.
An elder in turquoise with a feather. Film still at 0:31.

Who Hired The Camera

Great Promise booked coverage of the 2019 Saturday so the arena, the dancers, and the people on the grounds have a film of the day as it ran.

A dancer in a feathered headdress. Film still at 0:38.
Men at the dance circle. Film still at 0:49.

What The Camera Held

The aerial opens on the expo halls, vendor tents, and the parking lots. Tighter holds sit on a girl in green and purple regalia, moccasins under a jingle hem, and an elder in turquoise with a feather in her hair.

Beaded necklaces on a vendor table. Film still at 0:59.
Frybread in a black pot. Film still at 1:06.

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Later holds sit on a dancer in a feathered headdress, men at the circle, a vendor table of beaded necklaces, frybread in a black pot, and two silhouettes against a hard light. The last frames sit on a jingle dress, orange face paint through feathers, and a smile toward the camera.

The Austin Saturday

A hand on a decorated staff. Film still at 1:13.
Two dancers in silhouette. Film still at 1:30.

The organization and the Austin American-Statesman have described the Austin Powwow as among the largest single-day powwows in the country. In a recent year those accounts put attendance above 10,000 with about 300 dancers.

This film is the 2019 Saturday as we covered it: the floor, the crafts, and the people in the seats.

White feathers and beadwork. Film still at 1:33.
A girl in a floral dress and headband. Film still at 1:37.

What The Film Delivers

A one-day powwow film has to hold the floor and the people who walked it. Event hosts hire us when the next November needs a recap of the Saturday as it ran.

Metal cones on a red jingle dress. Film still at 1:47.
Orange face paint through feathers. Film still at 1:57.
A smile and a white feather. Film still at 2:01.

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