After two years, it was finally time to sing and dance.
On July 16 and 17, the Marvin “Joe” Curry Veterans Powwow returned to Allegany, bringing friends and neighbors from near and far. Following two years of cancellations because of the pandemic, it was wonderful to see everyone, to watch the dancers, to hear the songs, and to share our culture and traditions once again.
This celebration would not have happened without the tireless and dedication of so many individuals and organizations. Our Powwow Committee and staff did an outstanding job (pictured above) of planning and coordinating. Countless volunteers gave their time throughout the weekend. Everyone who competed gave us an incredible show and moved us with their spirited performances. The food and crafts vendors added to the wonderful environment. Our sponsors gave their support to make the event possible.
And, of course, everyone who came out to watch, share and enjoy the powwow alongside us made the weekend one that we will remember for years to come.
To everyone who participated in the 2022 Marvin “Joe” Curry Veterans Powwow, we say “Nya:weh.” Thank you for an outstanding weekend of memories, friendship, community and tradition.
We can’t wait to welcome you back in 2023!
List of 2022 Winners:
Golden Age Women Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Cis Skye – Cayuga Ontario
2nd – Sue Isaacs – Cayuga Six Nations Ontario
3rd – Lisa Parker – Tonawanda Seneca New York
4th – Tina Christjohn – Oneida Wisconsin
Golden Age Women Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Charlene Bomberry – Onondaga Ontario
2nd – Dorothy Gray – Rappahannock Maryland
3rd – Suzy Burning – Mohawk Ontario
4th – Amy Printup-Gutierrez – Tuscarora Ohio
Golden Age Women Jingle/Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Celina Cada-Matasawagon – Ojibway Ontario
2nd – Ladybird Jack – Diné Arizona
3rd – Katrina Fisher – Plains Cree New York
4th – Delina White – Leech Lake Ojibwe Minnesota
Golden Age Men Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Orville Greene – Tuscarora New York
2nd – Alan George – Cayuga New York
3rd – Bill Crouse – Seneca New York
4th – Michael Nephew – Cherokee, Seneca Virginia
Golden Age Men Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Lonny Street – Meskwaki North Carolina
2nd – Kevin Haywahe – Nakota Saskatchewan
3rd – Schirra Gray Sr – Piscataway, Tsali Nations Maryland
4th – Mike Dashner – Anishnaabe Ontario
Golden Age Men Grass/Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Orrenzo Snyder – California
2nd – Wayne Pushetonequa – Meskwaki Indiana
3rd – Wayashsti Richardson – Saponi New Jersey
4th – Steve Sands – Bodwatomi Ontario
Sr. Adult Women Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Mandy Bomberry – Mohawk Ontario
2nd – Valerie Parker-Campbell – Tonawanda Seneca New York
3rd – Connie Danforth – Oneida Wisconsin
4th – Keona George – Tuscarora New York
Jr. Adult Women Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Reyna Prescott – HoChunk, Potawatomi Wisconsin
2nd – Alexa Rae Day – Anishinaabe, HoChunk Wisconsin
3rd – Aaliyah Begay – Kewa Pueblo, Navajo Illinois
4th – Shaolin Antone – Oneida Nation Ontario
Sr. Adult Women Jingle
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Connie Danforth – Oneida Wisconsin
2nd – Natasha Thompson – Mohawk Akwesasne
3rd – Mandy Bomberry – Mohawk Ontario
4th – Dionne Jacobs – Oneida Wisconsin
Jr. Adult Women Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Tavian Lasley – Meskwaki, Ojibway
2nd – Beedoskah Stonefish – Anishinnaabe Michigan
3rd – Jovena Scabbyrobe – Yakama Nation Washington
4th – Summer Dawn Olney – Diné, Yakama Arizona
Jr. Adult Women Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Logan Booth – Seneca New York
2nd – Kerriann Spruce – Tonawanda Seneca New York
3rd – Monique Powless – Onondaga New York
4th – Marissa Anderson – Mohawk Ontario
Jr. Adult Women Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Reyna Prescott – HoChunk, Potawatomi Wisconsin
2nd – Alexa Rae Day – Anishinaabe, HoChunk Wisconsin
3rd – Aaliyah Begay – Kewa Pueblo, Navajo Illinois
4th – Shaolin Antone – Oneida Nation Ontario
Jr. Adult Women Jingle
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Waskwane Stonefish – Odawa, Chipewa, Pottowatomi Michgan
2nd – Connie Starblanket – Plains Cree Saskatchewan
3rd – Shoshawnna Jack – Diné Arizona
4th – Savanah Phillips – Navajo, Shinnecock Connecticut
Jr. Adult Women Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Tavian Lasley – Meskwaki, Ojibway
2nd – Beedoskah Stonefish – Anishinnaabe Michigan
3rd – Jovena Scabbyrobe – Yakama Nation Washington
4th – Summer Dawn Olney – Diné, Yakama Arizona
Sr. Adult Men Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Jordan Smith – Mohawk New York
2nd – Heath Hill – New York
3rd – David Smith – Mohawk New York
4th – Herbie John – Seneca New York
Sr. Adult Men Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Adrian Klein – Oneida, Ojibwe Michigan
2nd – Brando Jack – Diné Arizona
3rd – Dana Warrington – Menominee Wisconsin
4th – Will Heogepeth – Cherokee/Oneida Ontario
Sr. Adult Men Grass
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Lee Jack Sr – Diné Arizona
2nd – David Trudeau – Ojibway
3rd – Kevin Kingbird – Red Lake Band Minnesota
4th – Gordon Nicotine-Sands – Cree, Ojibwe Ontario
Sr. Adult Men Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Wayne Silas Jr – Oneida, Menominee Wisconsin
2nd – Gabe Bullock – Alabama Coushatta, Sac-N-Fox Texas
3rd – Sly Isaac – Pawnee, Otoe Oklahoma
4th – Adrian Harjo – Kickapoo, Seminole Kansas
Jr. Adult Men Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Alan Dowdy – Tuscarora New York
2nd – Tekahentake Regis – Mohawk New York
3rd – Regis Cook – Mohawk New York
4th – Jaden Parker – Tonawanda Seneca New York
Jr. Adult Men Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Talon Whiteye – Ojibwe, Lenape, Delaware Ontario
2nd – Zack Antoine Jackson – Saginaw Chippewa Michigan
3rd – Tyler Richardson – Haliwa-Siponi, Lumbee North Carolina
4th – Lincoln Kingbird – Red Lake, Ojibwe Indiana
Jr. Adult Men Grass
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Peanutt Roberts – Chocktaw, Nakoda Oklahoma
2nd – Miishee Shawanda – Odawa-Cree Ontario
3rd – Kelsy Heywahe – Wasco, Assiniboine Oregon
4th – James Eaglestar – Jemez Pueblo, Dakota Sioux North Carolina
Jr. Adult Men Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Ascension Harjo – Mohawk, Kickapoo, Seminole Ontario
2nd – Josh Hill – Oglala Lakota, Seneca Pennsylvania
3rd – Sean Snyder – Diné, Ute Nevada
4th – William Leonard – Forest Co Patawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Gila River Pima Wisconsin
Teen Girls Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Gao:wisa:s Stevens – Seneca New York
2nd – Ellie Booth – Seneca New York
3rd – Grayce Anderson – Mohawk Ontario
4th – Caye John – Seneca New York
Teen Girls Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Liliana Mars – Narragansett, Navajo Rhode Island
2nd – Paungbiisohn Trudean – Ojibway Anishnaabe Ontario
3rd – Rylan Bomberry – Mohawk Ontario
Teen Girls Jingle
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Aireis Draper – Navajo Rhode Island
2nd – Grayce Anderson – Mohawk Ontario
3rd – Kayla Dreaver Odawa, LTBB Cree Big River, Oneida of Thames Michigan
4th – Addyson White – Oneida, Ojibwe Ontario
Teen Girls Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Maniyee Jack – Diné, Hopi, Tewa Arizona
2nd – Jaida Isennock – Rosebud Sioux Pennsylvania
3rd – Olivia Thunderhawk – Cheyenne River Sioux North Dakota
4th – Ellen Street – Meschawi North Carolina
Teen Boys Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Arrow Booth – Seneca New York
2nd – Kelvin George – Tuscarora New York
3rd – Hodeno:d Sundown – Tonawanda Seneca New York
4th – Ha’tsihgahdo:d Stevens – Seneca New York
Teen Boys Grass
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Miskwakone White – Leech Lake Band of Ojibway Minnesota
2nd – Audrian Day – Anishnaabe, Ho-Chunk Michigan
3rd – Talon Street – Meskwaki, Meherrin North Carolina
4th – Griffin Sands – Oneida, Plains Cree Ojibway Ontario
Teen Boys Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Arrow Booth – Seneca New York
2nd – Chaske Hill Rosebud Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Seneca Pennsylvania
Youth Girls Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Mayce Jones – Seneca New York
2nd – Halia Rivera – Seneca Nation New York
3rd – Charlette John – Mohawk, Seneca New York
4th – Rosalyn George – Seneca New York
Youth Girls Traditional
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Ne’Neya Jack – Tewa, Hopi, Diné Arizona
2nd – Keya Taylor – Rosebud Sioux Pennsylvania
3rd – Wynter Snow Dowdy – Oneida Ontario
4th – Layla Young – Oneida Wisconsin
Youth Girls Jingle
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Keshina Jack – Tewa, Hopi, Diné Arizona
2nd – Jayla Swallow – Oglala Lakota South Dakota
3rd – Taneal Metoxen – Oneida Wisconsin
4th – Mae Isennock – Rosebus Sioux Pennsylvania
Youth Girls Fancy
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Lilianna Bigsky Klein – Plains Cree Ojibwe Michigan
2nd – Lenna Metoxen – Oneida Wisconsin
3rd – Brynlee Warner – Cayuga Nation Ontario
4th – Adrennah Blackbird – Ojibway Ontario
Youth Boys Smoke
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Clay Young – Oneida Wisconsin
2nd – Kyson George – Tuscarora New York
3rd – Quinten Van Pelt – Tonawanda Seneca New York
4th – Hawenoda:je’s Printup – Seneca Nation of Indians New York
Youth Boys Grass
Place – Name – Nation/Tribe
1st – Keveon Kingbird – Red Lake Minnesota
2nd – Xander White – Oneida, Ojibwe Ontario
3rd – Haksa’diyo:go:wah Lone-Preston – Tonawanda Seneca New York
