Cuyamaca College Powwow Returns for Second Year on Feb. 6

East County Magazine

Coral Bradley may be only barely a teenager at 14, but when it comes to expressing her Native American heritage through dance, she is a seasoned veteran. The eighth-grader at Roosevelt Middle School in San Diego has been dancing at powwows from the time she learned to walk, and she is a featured dancer at Cuyamaca College’s second annual Powwow, set for 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, in the front lawn of Building B, the Communication Arts Center. The free event, open to the public, will showcase native dances such as the graceful shawl dance, in which Coral excels and has been selected to perform as the head young woman, a leading position all girl dancers aspire to. The powwow opens with gourd dancing, followed by the grand entry at 11:30, the procession of all dancers into the dance arena. The dancers in their brilliant regalia are led by the head man and woman, followed by the head young man and young woman and the head boy and girl… Native American arts and crafts, along with fry bread and Indian tacos, will also be the order of the day, in addition to information booths for the Barona Cultural Center and Museum, Kumeyaay Community College, the San Diego American Indian Health Center, Family Health Centers of San Diego, the Southern California American Indian Resource Center (SCAIR) and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. Read full article here.