Sunday, November 3, 2013
Visitors to Stone Mountain Park were treated to traditional Native American rituals and demonstrations during the 2013 Indian Festival & Pow-Wow. The four day festival, which started Thursday and ran through Sunday at the park’s historic Antebellum Plantation, showcased Native American culture through dance, music, authentic craft demonstrations, cooking traditions, storytelling, wildlife presentations and more. Thousands of people attended as the festival gave both participants and attendees the chance to experience the central role of dance in native culture as Native Americans from across the U.S. and Central America compete in intertribal dance and drum competitions. Attendees also had the chance to learn about primitive skills such as flint-knapping, bow making, fire starting, open fire cooking and pottery. You could also crawl inside a tipi and other traditional native dwellings and parents and children participated in interactive experiences such as an encampment showing the lifestyle of local and regional historic Native American cultures.
Leilani Plendl exits a teepee during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Walker Madsen (left) and his sister Greer exit a teepee during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Jackie Fischer makes corn shuck dolls during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Carl Jones (right) crushes pecans as he helps Buck Windsor prepare a meal during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Richie Taylor demonstrates brain tanning during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Banshee the barn owl takes flight during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Banshee the barn owl lands on Dale Arrowood as he gives a bird of prey demonstration during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Michael Stuckey (right) works with clay as Steve Handley watches during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Rick Bottch dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Chumsey Harjo (center) dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Members of the Silverridge Drum Circle Joe Delgadillo (left) and Adam Wright play during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Adam Mendo (center) dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Hollie Stover (right) watches over Ollie Taylor as she dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Tiffany Jolly (center) dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Lonnie Street dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Charles Reyes dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Josh Mowatt (center) dances during the Indian Festival & Pow-Wow at Stone Mountain Park on Sunday, November 3, 2013.