Topical note on the series. The “National” Gathering of the Nations at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque NM, the largest “PowWow” in the country needs a new venue. After two years of negotiations, the university and event leaders were unable to come to financial terms. The university claims that after expenses they lost $2500 each year for the last two years. Coincidentally, the university remarked it hosts a rodeo that makes several hundred thousand dollars during the same season.
Apparently more people are willing to pay to watch a rider fall off a bull than dancing and drumming. Actually while the rodeo that I took these photos at charged admission (although not during the event I photographed), the powwow was completely free.
Topical note on the series. The “National” Gathering of the Nations at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque NM, the largest “PowWow” in the country needs a new venue. After two years of negotiations, the university and event leaders were unable to come to financial terms. The university claims that after expenses they lost $2500 each year for the last two years. Coincidentally, the university remarked it hosts a rodeo that makes several hundred thousand dollars during the same season.
Apparently more people are willing to pay to watch a rider fall off a bull than dancing and drumming. Actually while the rodeo that I took these photos at charged admission (although not during the event I photographed), the powwow was completely free.