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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