
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 15, 1993                   TAG: 9307150021
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MONACANS

The Monacan Indian Tribe will hold its first powwow this weekend to help raise funds to buy 200 acres on Bear Mountain. The powwow will be held rain or shine at the Sedalia Center in Big Island, Bedford County, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

There will be traditional American Indian dances, food, a village of 1850s-style Sioux tepees, storytelling and crafts.

For more information, call George Branham at (804) 929-6911, Roy Johns at (804) 299-5703 or Phyllis Hicks at (804) 929-6929.

by CNB