{"id":886,"date":"2018-03-13T15:43:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=63375"},"modified":"2018-03-13T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T22:43:12","slug":"48th-annual-puvungna-pow-wow-showcases-native-american-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/48th-annual-puvungna-pow-wow-showcases-native-american-culture","title":{"rendered":"48th Annual Puvungna Pow Wow Showcases Native American Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-63380\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/csulbpowwow5-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Angela Truong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 48th annual Puvungna Pow Wow was held at Cal State Long Beach over the weekend, showcasing traditional Native American dances and colorful garb from throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it was raining Saturday afternoon, many attendees gathered around the campus\u2019 central quad to watch the performances from the dancers and drummers. Attendees were invited to leave an offering to bring luck to the tribes before the Gourd dance began, during which they were also welcomed to join in and move along with the dancers to the beat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-63376\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/csulbpowwow1-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guests interested in buying jewelry, art and accessories were also treated to rows of vendors who showcased popular or regional Native American items. Attendees were also able to purchase food like \u201cNavajo tacos\u201d as they sat and watched the dancers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CD3CKhnpsW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/celebrate-native-american-culture-during-csulbs-annual-pow-wow\">Celebrate Native American Culture During CSULB\u2019s Annual Pow Wow<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Celebrate Native American Culture During CSULB\u2019s Annual Pow Wow&#8221; &#8212; the Hi-lo\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/celebrate-native-american-culture-during-csulbs-annual-pow-wow\/embed\/#?secret=9qz0tehFLF#?secret=CD3CKhnpsW\" data-secret=\"CD3CKhnpsW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Louis Leonard, who showcased a Northern traditional-style dance during the pow wow, said the event gives him patience and helps him deal with a lot of things that are happening in society today. Leonard added it was good to see the youth participating because that\u2019s like healing medicine to him, too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-63377\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/csulbpowwow2-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I\u2019m in doubt, I\u2019ve always got my cultural values where I come from and it puts me back into perspective,\u201d Leonard said.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017-2018 Ms. UCLA Pow Wow Princess Monica Jacome said she loves having the event around because it brings her back to her extended family and she\u2019s able to share her culture with everybody. She said her family is Kumeyaay, a Native American people from southwestern U.S., so their traditional dances represent birds and are set to a gourd rattle. In order for Jacome to dance a different style she had to ask an elder for permission because the Gourd dancing is not from within her own tribe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-63379\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/csulbpowwow4-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe aware of other people\u2019s culture, especially Native Americans,\u201d Jacome said. \u201cThe history books tend to put us in the past and picture us a certain way, when we\u2019re far away from that. We\u2019re still here, we\u2019re not in the past and we\u2019re not nonexistent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 48th annual Puvungna Pow Wow was held at Cal State Long Beach over the weekend, showcasing traditional Native American dances and colorful garb from throughout the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":66384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[493],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-pow-wow","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}