The Wolfe Pack Photo Album & Scrapbook

Native American Pow-Wow

Brunch at GARDEN CAFÉ

Pow-Wow at Inwood Hill Park

A report from Jan & Steve:

We enjoyed it.  We watched the shad being planked and set out at the charcoal bed, then explored all the vendor and educational tents.  We returned to the main stage area at about 1 p.m.  The sun had emerged and there were things going on.  There were very interesting demos of early Native American skills, such as making flints into arrowheads, antler use, making bark into rope.  Also various dance groups performing.  Since this was before the Pow Wow was to begin, there were many people dressed in colorful native attire milling in the crowd.  At 2 p.m. the shad was served.  Each plate contained samples of shad prepared 3 ways - pickled, smoked, and planked (essentially roasted) shad.  Near the shad tent were a few picnic tables, where we once again met Dana (our new member) and her friend Branka, both natives of the Balkans.

READ MORE ABOUT SHAD ROE:

• "Shad Roe -- the story of the Shad & Its Roe" from The Village Voice
  
  
• "Roe Finds Its Way" from The Wall Street Journal
  
  
• The New York Times Covers the Shad and boning it (2 articles)