The First People - Native Americans. Partial Listing below; [ * ] also can be found in the "Native American - Pow Wow" gallery. Anasazi, Baking Bread, Blessing, Canyon de Chelly AZ - Anasazi, Cherokee *, Cree *, Drums and Drum Maker, Fernando Celicon - Zuni Flutist, Hogan - Navajo, Hopi Jewelry, Hopi Kachinas, Hovenweep UT - Anazazi, Indian Health Service Clinic, Lipan Apache / Choctaw Nation *, Native American Crafts, Navajo, Navajo Cradleboard, Navajo Jewelry and Navajo Rug, Powwow *, Powwow Inter-Tribal Dancing *, Powwow Regalia *, Pueblo Bonite NM - Anazazi, Seminole *, Shinnecock *, Spirtual Service, Taos Pueblo, Turquoise Jewelry, Window Rock AZ, Zuni, Zuni Fetish and Carvers, Zuni Pueblo

A pow-wow (powwow or pow wow or pau wau) is a gathering of North America's Native people. Derives from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader". Native Americans dressed in traditional regalia for competitive dancing and dances. It is a social gathering for these indigenous people to show the ethnic pride and tradition. The First People - Native Americans at Powwows. Azteca de Mexico Dancers at ceremonial dance on the Day of the Dead on the rotunda in the National Museum of the American Indians. Powwow - Drummers Powwow - Inter-Tribal Dancing Powwow - Portraits Powwow - Preparation Powwow - Regalia - close up details