Upcoming Pow Wow, Our 30th Anniversary Kicks Off With Giveaways, Powwows & a Big Secret
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Reader June is here, and so is our 30th anniversary.
Thirty years. I honestly still can't wrap my head around it. I don't feel old enough to have something that's been around for 30 years, and I definitely don't feel old enough to have a 20-year-old kid.
And yet, here we are.
This anniversary isn't really about me. It's about you. The community is the reason we've made it this far, and this summer, you're who I want to celebrate.
All summer long, I'll be running giveaways that spotlight Native brands, products I hope you'll discover, love, and keep coming back to.
I've kicked off the first two, and there's plenty more to come. And remember, no matter which giveaway we're running, powwows.com/win will always take you to our latest one. Bookmark it.
Right now you can jump into our Circle community for a chance to win lotion from Bison Star Naturals, and I've also launched a spin-to-win where I've stacked the odds in your favor, because I want as many of you winning stickers as possible.
Fair warning though: the spin-to-win is only running for two weeks, so don't sleep on it.
We've also got live streams coming up throughout the month, and we're still dropping videos from Gathering of Nations if you haven't caught up yet.
And speaking of things to look forward to, we have a big summer of powwows ahead. You can check out some of what's coming up below, and tomorrow I'll be sending out our special newsletter with powwows for the next three months, so keep an eye on your inbox for that one.
One more thing I'm excited about, even though I can't say too much yet, I have a new podcast episode coming soon. What I can tell you is that because of this community, we were able to sit down with actors and directors from a Netflix show currently working on its second season. It was an incredible conversation, and I can't wait to share it with you. Stay tuned.
Thanks,
Paul G PowWows.com
P.S. I've been sharing some of our wildest travel stories over on my personal Facebook page and yes, sometimes things go completely off the rails. The latest one is about the time I got attacked by a shark at Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. Sort of. You'll have to watch to find out what actually happened. Come follow along β it's a good time.
This summer, we're turning 30, and we're celebrating in a big way.
June, July, and August are going to be packed with giveaways as part of our 30th anniversary celebration, and this is the page you'll want to bookmark. Every giveaway we run this summer will be linked right here, so you can always find what's happening and how to enter.
One of the things we're most excited about is the heart behind these giveaways. As part of our 30 Years celebration, the prizes are coming from Native-owned businesses, creators, and brands. These are companies doing incredible work, and we're thrilled to be able to spotlight them while giving our community a chance to win some truly special prizes.
Before Barack Obama, before every name you've been taught to associate with American political power, the first person of Native heritage to hold one of the highest offices in the United States was a member of the Kaw Nation named Charles Curtis.
He served as Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
Curtis grew up straddling two worlds, the son of a white man and a Kaw woman, raised partly on a reservation in Kansas, partly in the halls of American politics. He worked his way up through Congress, eventually becoming Senate Majority Leader before stepping into the second-highest office in the country.
And yet most people couldn't pick his name out of a history book.
There's no monument you're likely to pass. No national holiday. No chapter most of us got in school.
Just a Kaw man from Kansas who climbed to the vice presidency of the United States, and somehow got written out of the story we tell ourselves about this country.
That's the kind of history that deserves more than a footnote.
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