A Pow Wow in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

A few years back, I had visited a Pow Wow up in Wisconsin.  Along with the dancing and stories, an exhibit of Native American living was present.  A hut was made by a woman from one of the Wisconsin tribes.  I was told the hut was going to go to a museum after the Pow Wow.  The man next to the Pow Wow, was demonstrating how to cook over a fire.  He had dug a pit and put some rocks in it.  A fire was lit and a set of sticks was put together over the fire to hold a chicken and fish over the fire.  This is how he had learned how to cook.  He showed me how the Native Americans used gords to hold their herbs (garlic was one of them), teas and coffee beans.  They had everything they needed by making use of what nature provided them.

By Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)