Kirke Kickingbird
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
09-08-1994
Schemitzun '93 was a blow-out: Schemitzun '94 promising big purses.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Excitements fills the air as the house lights slowly fade. The noisy arena hushes. $200,000 in prize money and a production cost of $2.5 million truly made this "World Championship of Singing and Dance" the richest pow wow in history, and everyone is anxious.

The air-conditioned, temperature controlled Hartford Civic Center Arena is huge. It has a capacity of 15,000 plus seats. The immense floor is covered with brand new gray pile industrial carpeting.

""Wayne!" Pow Wow Vice-Chairman Mike thomas calls, "The arena directors tell me the color ...