The 2023 Marvin J. Curry Powwow Committee had another successful year at the annual cultural celebration. It takes months of planning to bring everyone together to coordinate all the areas to make the event a success. Visitors come from all over Indian Country and learn about the Seneca culture while sharing theirs.
We wish to thank the following Groups for the assistance this year:
- Seneca Gaming Corporation and the Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino
- Seneca Nation Council & Executives
- American Legion Post 1587 and fellow Veterans
- Salamanca Central School Board, Media, and Facilities Staff
- Families of Marvin “Joe” Curry and Clark Printup
- Shuttle driver Dennis Cogley
- Eric Westman, Electrician
- The various SNI Departments: SINM/OCC, Seneca Media, Fiscal, SNI DOT, SNI EMS, Allegany and Cattaraugus Marshal Departments, DPW, Seneca Fire, VEMO, and the TERC Construction programs
- The many Volunteers who came from near and far
- All our Sponsors from every level that make the event possible
- Drums, Dancers for traveling to the western door
- And last but certainly not least, the Committee Members: Theresa Ray, Ron Cook, Sherry Dowdy, Courtney Jemison, Sean Crane, Sharon Ray, Evelyn George-Shongo, Emily Nephew, Gerri Jimerson, Cassie Thomas, Barbara Lynn Hill, Kortney Keyes, Hayden Haynes, Walter Wilcox, Jessi Garlow, Kerry John, Maurice John Jr, and Councillors Lisa Maybee and Tina Abrams.
This year the Committee faced a loss and wanted to honor someone who had worked alongside them for years. Clark Printup was not only a Veteran, and part of the Post 1587 events, but the appointed powwow electrician year after year. At the rare times when he couldn’t be found, and he wasn’t spotted standing in formation with the Color Guard during Grand Entry, he would be out rigging everything up to keep the vendors and power going. His quick humor, and quiet chuckle were often the comic relief needed during the busy, and super muggy, moments throughout the weekend. He knew his job, he knew the grounds, and he knew what to do.
This year the Committee invited his family to come into the circle while words of remembrance were shared and a plaque in his memory was gifted to the family. We are grateful for all his assistance, friendship, and laughs throughout the years.
It is these bonds that are built upon to be a base for our culture that makes us able to come together year after year to highlight the Seneca people in “Smoke Dance Country”. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
2023 Marvin “Joe” Curry Veterans Powwow Placements
Drum Contest
1st: Meskwaki Nation
2nd: Bear Creek
3rd: Southern Boyz
4th: War Paint
5th: Young Tribe
Golden Age Women Smoke Dance
1st: Sue Isaacs, Cayuga Six Nations
2nd: Lisa Parker, Tonawanda Seneca
3rd: Maureen Redeye, Seneca
4th: Lynn Okeefe, Cherokee
Golden Age Women Traditional
1st: Marie Cornelius, Oneida Nation
2nd: Karen Wahwasuck, Apache-Navajo-Potawatomie
3rd: Amy Printup-Gutierrez, Tuscarora
4th: Dorothy Gray, Rapphannock
Golden Age Women Jingle/Fancy Combined
1st: Glenda Begay, Santo Domingo
2nd: Deline White, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
3rd: Mariette Sutherland, Anishnaabe
Golden Age Men Smoke Dance
1st: Alan George, Cayuga
2nd: Orville Greene, Tuscarora
3rd: Bill Crouse, Seneca
4th: Mickey Sickles, Oneida
Golden Age Mens Traditional
1st: Mike Dashner, Anishnabe
2nd: Schirra Gray, Piscataway Nation/Cherokee
3rd: Gerald White, Leech Lake
4th: Bill Crouse, Seneca
Golden Age Mens Grass/Fancy Combined
1st: Russ Blackbird, Odawa/Oneida
Sr Adult Women Smoke Dance
1st: Mandy Bomberry, Mohawk
2nd: Cis Skye, Cayuga
3rd: Allison Smith, Seneca
4th: Jennifer Martin, Mohawk
Sr Adult Women Traditional
1st: Veronica Bomberry, Mohawk
2nd: Helene Rice, Rapphannock
3rd:Lisa Charette, Ojibwe Wikwemikong
Sr Adult Women Jingle
1st: Heather Syrette, Oneida/Odawa
2nd: Mandy Bomberry, Mohawk
3rd: Dionne Jacobs, Oneida
4th: Shelda Tom, Ojibwe (Whitefish Bay)
Sr Adult Women Fancy
1st: Star Silas, Ojibwe/Delaware
2nd: Celina Cada-Matasawagon, Ojibway
3rd: Lisa Bernal, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota
Sr Adult Men Smoke Dance
1st: Jordan Smith, Mohawk
2nd: Heath Hill, Oneida
3rd: Chris Thomas, Onondaga
4th: Adam Skye
Sr Adult Men Traditional
1st: Joe Syrette, Batchewana First Nation
2nd: Russell McCloud, Puyallup/Yakama/Walla Walla
3rd: Will Hedgepeth, Cherokee/Meherrin/Oneida
4th: Billijo Printup, Tuscarora
Sr Adult Men Grass
1st: Matthew Pheasant, Ojibwe
2nd: Ronnie Preston, Apache
3rd: Darryl Bolton, Tsimshian
Sr Adult Men Fancy
1st: Wayne Silas Jr, Oneida/Menominee
2nd: Gabe Bullock, Sac n Fox
3rd: Adrian Harjo, Kickapoo and Seminole
4th: Adrian King, Ojibwe/Oneida
Jr Adult Women Smoke Dance
1st: Logan Booth, Seneca
2nd: Emily Regis, Mohawk
3rd: Jamisin Cathers, Oneida
4th: Eva Dowdy, Tuscarora
Jr Adult Women Traditional
1st: Krystal Bigsky, Plains Cree
2nd: Natha Little Crow, Otoe-Missouria/Osage
3rd: Rylan Bomberry, Mohawk
4th: Paige YoungBear-Brown, Meskwaki
Jr Adult Women Jingle
1st: Diana Sanapaw, Oneida
2nd: Hokian Win McCloud, Fort Peck Dakota Sioux
3rd: Maya Schuyler, Oneida/Odawa
4th: Marley Fairfield-Staats, Mohawk
Jr Adult Women Fancy
1st: Malia Jacobs, Oneida/Oglala
2nd: Ember Sarazin, Algonquin
3rd: Autumn Raine-Pierce, Seneca
4th: Nikki Dashner, Ojibwe
Jr Adult Men Smoke Dance
1st: Jaden Parker, Tonawanda Seneca
2nd: Frank Wesaw, Seneca
3rd: Solon Spruce, Seneca
4th: Johnson Jimerson, Seneca
Jr Adult Men Traditional
1st: Talon Whiteeye, Ojibwe/Lenape
2nd: Noodin Shawanda, Ojbwe/Odawa
3rd: Tego Warrington, Menominee
4th: Zach Antoine-Pheasant, Saginaw Chippewa
Jr Adult Men Grass
1st: Misheen Shawanda, Odawa/Ojibwe
2nd: Josh Richardson, Haliwa Saponi
3rd: James Eaglestar, Jemez Pueblo/Dakota
4th: Chayton Hedgepeth, Oneida
Jr Adult Men Fancy
1st: Ascension Harjo, Mohawk/Kickapoo/Semiole
2nd: Dasan Schofield, Potawatomi/Wintu
3rd: Albert King Jr, Oneida
4th: Nodin Jackson, Ojibwe
Teen Girls Smoke Dance
1st: Kyleeya Johnson, Onondaga
2nd: Maylayna Potack, Onondaga
3rd: Olivia Cooke, Mohawk
4th: Gao:wisa:s Stevens, Seneca
Teen Girls Traditional
1st: Kendra Hale, Prairie Band Potawotomi
2nd: Lily Barnaby, Mikmaq/Eel Ground/FN New Brunswick
Teen Girls Jingle
1st: Jourdina Whiteye, Oneida/Ojibwe
2nd: Ellie Booth, Seneca
3rd: Kylie Two-Axe McMullin, Algonquin/Mohawk
4th: Addyson White, Oneida/Ojibwe
Teen Girls Fancy
1st: Sara Bointy, Fort Beck Dakota/Kiowa/Comanche
2nd: Selese Syrette, Oneida/Odawa/Ojibwe
3rd: Alaa Pashe, Dakota/Odawa
4th: Ayah Hatez Sarazin, Algonquin
Teen Boys Smoke Dance
1st: Caias John, Seneca
2nd: Arrow Booth, Seneca
3rd: Roger Antone, Oneida Nation of the Themes
4th: Ha’tsigahdo:d Stevens, Seneca
Teen Boys Traditional
1st: Kordue Kingbird, Ojibwe
2nd: Roger Antone, Oneida Nation of the Themes
3rd: Ethan Warner, Cayuga Nation
4th: Mateo Smoke, Cayuga Nation
Teen Boys Grass
1st: Miskwakone White, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
2nd: Tristan Dreaver, Mistawasis Cree
3rd: Xander White, Oneida/Ojibwe
Teen Boys Fancy
1st: Pershing Kaquatosh, Menominee/Seneca
2nd: Patrick Burtt, Winnebago Tribe
Junior Girls Smoke Dance
1st: Lorenza Dowdy, Seneca
2nd: Sakyrii Jimerson, Oneida
3rd: Mayce Jones, Seneca
4th: Halia Rivera, Seneca
Junior Girls Traditional
1st: Layla Young, Oneida
2nd: Aria Bear, Meskwaki
3rd: Lilly Pheasant, Ojibway
4th: Mattelin Pheasant, Ojibway
Junior Girls Jingle
1st: Yer-aye Yerechyah okatha Hedgepeth Bethea, Cherokee/Tuscarora
2nd: Sunshine Myke, Mohawk
3rd: Ga-Chee Kaciaihskews Hedgepeth Bethea, Cherokee/Tuscarora
4th: Sophia Nicholas, Ho Chunk
Junior Girls Fancy
1st: Violet Sutherland, Annishinaabe Ojibwe
2nd: Hailee Pinnance, Walpole Island
3rd: Brynlee Warner, Cayuga Nation
4th: July Hunter, Meherrin
Junior Boys Smoke Dance
1st: Clay Young, Oneida
2nd: Kyson George, Tuscarora
3rd: Randon George, Seneca
4th: Avery Cooke, Mohawk
Junior Boys Traditional
1st: Clay Young, Oneida
2nd: Presley Myke, Mohawk
3rd: Kayden French, Eastern Band of Cherokee
4th: Romero Qunones, Eastern Cherokee
Junior Boys Grass
1st: Cameron Jackson, Sicangu Lakota/Oglala Lakota
2nd: Hoyondih Laduke, Ojibwe/Seneca
Junior Boys Fancy
1st: Koda Hunter, Shinnecock Lumbee
2nd: Albert King III, Oneida
3rd: Landon Doxtator, Oneida
Woodland Worldwide Committee Special (18+years)
Women
1st: Paige Young Bear-Brown, Meskwaki
2nd: Laniya Antone, Oneida
3rd: Mandy Bomberry, Mohawk
4th: Bella Thompson, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Men
1st: Miishen Shawanda, Odawa/Ojibwe
2nd: Noodin Shawanda, Odawa/Ojibwe
3rd: Tego Warrington, Menominee
4th: Jordan Smith, Mohawk
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