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August 22, 2005
Jiingtamok 2005Grand Traverse Band hosts powwowByRecord-Eagle photographer
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The powwow is a social event where the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and other tribes come together yearly to visit, feast, sing and dance. Band members expected hundreds of people - families, singers, dancers, artists and craftspeople - from all over the United States to attend its 2005 annual traditional Jiingtamok in Peshawbestown Friday through Sunday. The powwow has evolved from the Grass Dance Societies of the early 1800s, when the United States government outlawed tribal customs and religions for all native people. Peshawbestown has been the home of the Grand Traverse Band since 1852, when Chief Peshabe and his band moved from Cross Village in what is now Emmet County to Leelanau County to establish a village, originally called Eagletown. The federal government recognized the band as a sovereign nation in 1980. It has about 3,800 members. Its service area includes Grand Traverse, Charlevoix, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Antrim counties.
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