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Encampment Schedule

All events in East Side Park, unless noted

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Chronicle photo by Dee Camp

Women move around the dance circle
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Sunday, Aug. 5
     Tepee camp opens
Wednesday, Aug. 8
     Arts and crafts and food vendors open
     Encampment committee meets, powwow tent
Thursday, Aug 9 (Campers' night)
6-7 p.m. Dinner, sponsored by various families
     Open stick games, stick game tent
7 p.m. Powwow opening ceremonies (Memorials, rejoining, naming, new dancers, introduction of royalty candidates, intertribal dancing)
Friday, Aug. 10
     Open stick games continue
5 p.m. Kids' stick game, stick game tent
6 p.m. Registration for dancers, drummers, visiting royalty
7:15 p.m. Drum roll call
7:30 p.m. Grand entry with veteran honor guard
     Invocation, flag song, introduction of royalty, dance contests (junior boys and girls, teen boys and girls, adult exhibition)
     Royalty candidates introduced; raffle start
Saturday, Aug. 11
     Open stick games continue
8:30 a.m. Gather for kids' parade, powwow tent
10 a.m. Kids' parade, downtown Omak
11 a.m. Encampment committee, Stampede board stick game
12:45 p.m. Dancers, drummers register
1 p.m. Registration for adult stick game tournament
1:15 p.m. Drum roll call
1:30 p.m. Grand entry with honor guards
     Registration for team dancers, owl dance couples, drum contest
     Royalty contest, dance contests (junior boys and girls, teen boys and girls, adults)
5:30 p.m. Session closes, veterans honored
6 p.m. Dinner in powwow tent
7:15 p.m. Drum roll call
7:30 p.m. Grand entry with veteran honor guard
     Invocation, flag song, charging song
8 p.m. Veterans honored, veterans' dance special
     Chicken dance special, dance contests (team, owl), drum contest
Sunday, Aug. 12
     Open stick games continue
8:30 a.m. Gather for grand parade, powwow tent
10 a.m. Grand parade, downtown
1:15 p.m. Drum roll call
1:30 p.m. Grand entry
     Invocation, flag song, dance contest (adults), drum contest, speical dance contests (owl, team), chicken dance special, crown royalty, closing ceremonies, announcement of winners
Miss Omak Stampede Indian Encampment: Angelina Spencer
 

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