Sesquicentennial embrace September 20, 2007
De Soto got a taste of Western culture Sept. 15 with a re-enactment of a Pony Express mail bag re-enactment and a powwow from the Kansas City based Indian Council of Many Nations.
Five-year-old Cielo Chayre of Kansas City, Mo., watches the feet of 16-year-old Hail Barnett, also of Kansas City, Mo., as the two girls and 5-year-old Mida LittleEagle, Kansas City, Kan., circle the De Soto Community Center gym floor during a round dance soon after the start of Saturday’s powwow. The metropolitan area cultural organization, Indian Council of Many Nations, had the powwow in De Soto as part of the city’s sesquicentennial.
Head singer Lorenzo Stabler chants and he and others beat out a song on a drum in the middle of the powwow circle.
Head singer Lorenzo Stabler chants and he and others beat out a song on a drum in the middle of the powwow circle.
Max Atwell of De Soto explains the history of the Pony Express and why a young rider like Cooper Belt would be appropriate soon after the young boy helped re-enact an exchange of a Pony Express bag in front of the De Soto Post Office.
83-year-old Ken Powlas of Overland Park celebrates his roots with the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin.
A jingle dancer circles the De Soto Community Center gymnasium during the powwow.
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