2007 PowWows.com Member's Choice Awards

PowWows.com is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Member's Choice Awards. The Member's Choice Awards are a way for our members to recognize and honor outstanding powwows and the people affiliated with them for the past year.

(PRWEB) February 3, 2008 -- PowWows.com is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Member's Choice Awards. The Member's Choice Awards are a way for our members to recognize and honor outstanding powwows and the people affiliated with them for the past year. Nominations were accepted during December. The top nominees in each category were voted on by the members of the site during the month of January. This years awards had over 25 categories and hundreds of votes.

PowWows.com would like to congratulate all of the winners.

Best Pow Wow - Gathering of Nations

Best Contest Pow Wow - Schemitzun

Pow Wow with the Best Vendors - Gathering of Nations

Pow Wow with the Best Food - Gathering of Nations

Best 49 - Red Earth

Best Native American News Website - PowWows.com

Best Website - MySpace.com

Best Multimedia Website - Pow Wow Radio - http://radio.powwows.com

Best Vendor - Rez Dog

Best Emcee - Jason Goodstriker

Best Arena Director - Rusty Gillette

Best Overall Male - Wayne Silas Jr.

Best Overall Female - Willow Jack

Best Golden Age Female - Carmen Clairmont

Best Golden Age Male - Norman Largo

Best Chicken Dancer - Roster Top Sky

Best Grass Dancer - Rusty Gillette and Randall Paskemin

Best Fancy Feather Dancer - Spike Draper

Best Straight Dancer - Wakeen Hamilton

Best Northern Traditional Dancer - Ardell Scalplock

Best Northern Buckskin Dancer - Jodi Gillette

Best Southern Buckskin Dancer - Toni Tsatoke

Best Northern Cloth Dancer - Alva Fiddler and Dora Old Elk

Best Southern Cloth Dancer - Lynn Tsosie

Best Jingle Dancer - Willow Jack

Best Fancy Shawl Dancer - Tawny Hale

Best Male Smoke Dancer - Lyle Anderson

Best Female Smoke Dancer - Valarie Parker

Best Hoop Dancer - Lisa Odjig

Best Southern Drum - Thunder Hill

Best Northern Drum - Northern Cree

Best Hand Drum Singer - Jamon Paskamin

Best Hand Drum Group - Bear Creek

Best Pow Wow CD - Tha Tribe - Blue Scout

Best Native American Female Performer - Lisa Odjig

Best Native American Male Performer - Randy Wood

Best Native American Music CD - Wild Rice - Songs from Menominee Nation

Best Native American Performing Group - Indigeneous

To view the polls, please visit:

http://www.powwows.com/gathering/powwows-com-contests-poll-games/

PowWows.com, LLC was created by Paul Gowder in 1996. The web site was originally established as a way to bring issues in Native America to life, as well as bridging Native Americans together with others across the world. Following ten years of growth and development, membership to PowWows.com is still free and currently over 40,000 strong.

For more information, please contact:

Paul Gowder

(803) 361-1160

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