Native American early 1900’s Celebrations…Tribal Gatherings Col. A. B. Welch attended as their Honored ‘Brother,’ starting with his adoption by the Sioux Nation

 Descriptions, narratives, interviews, clippings and photos of Tribal Celebrations to which Col. Welch was invited by his Indian Friends.

 

In date order (November 17, 1912 through November 11, 1941):

 

  Sioux Nation Pow-Wow and the Making of a Movie, Nov 17, 1912

• Adoption Ceremony, at Two Shields camp on Porcupine Creek, June 5, 1913

• Presentation of Tipi to Welch, at Two Shields land on Porcupine Creek, July 6, 1915

• Feast at Fort Yates, Sept. 9, 1915.  The Indian Agent had just forbidden ‘Dancing’ at Celebrations, much to the distaste of the Tribal Members

• Formation of a War Party, Cannon Ball, July 4, 1917. Welch and the young warriors who had also volunteered for service were given “an old time” send-off to France

• Welch returns from World War I, Cannon Ball, late Sept. 1919.

• Victory Ceremonies, November 13, 1919. Welcoming Welch back from France at the end of World War I

• Sioux War Mothers Meeting, Cannon Ball, Mid-Jan. 1921.  Re-living failures of the Government to live up to Treaty Obligations

• Visit to a Dance near Cannon Ball, April 25, 1920.  Welch participates in the “Wounded Man’s” Dance

• Memorial Day, Cannon Ball, May 29, 1920.  Welch hears the “Death Song” for the first time

• Returned Soldiers Day, Solen, ND, July 2-5, 1920.  Welch observes treatment of old enemy, songs, games, medicine stone conversations

• Visit to Fort Berthold, and the ruins of old Fishhawk Village, Oct. 12-15, 1921

• Arikara, Mandan and Gros Ventre Scouts Buried at Old Fort Berthold, N.D., Oct. 14, 1921 Visit

• Reception of Marashal Foch,Supreme Commander Allied Forces World War I, November 27, 1921

• Memorial Day, Shell Village, May 29, 1922. And a visit to Black Bear’s Altar

• Memorial Day, Armstrong, May 30, 1922.  Decorated old Scouts graves and how Boy Chief treated his cancer

• Cannon Ball, July 3-4, 1922.  Community Celebration and Sham, World War I, Battles with Germans

• Memorial Day, Shell Village, May 30, 1923.  As a guest of the South Side Antelope Society

• White Horse Riders Society (Help the Poor Society), Dec. 10, 1923

• Theodore Roosevelt Monument, July 2, 1924

• Testimonials of Appreciation by President Coolidge for Service in World War I, Mandan, ND, July 4, 1924

• Armistice Day at Cannon Ball and The “Dog Dance,” ND, Nov. 11, 1925

• Little Big Horn, 50th Anniversary, Fort Yates, June 26, 1926

• Armistice Day, Cannon Ball, and The Wounded Man’s Dance, Nov. 11, 1926

• Queen Marie of Romania becomes a Sister of the Sioux, 1926, Mandan, ND. 

• Verendrye Bridge dedication, Sanish, August 5, 1927

• Old Custer Scout Society, May 31, 1928

• Rally Day, American Legion Auxiliary, Two Shield Hall, May 15, 1929

• Mowatani Society, Aug 21, 1929 (and the perils of initiation in old times)

• Armistice Day, Glen Ullin, November 11, 1930

• Meeting with “Old Scouts,” Memorial Day, Van Hook, May 30, 1931

• Town Crier’s Parade, Mandan, August 29, 1931

• Welch speaks at Armistice Day Celebration, Cannon Ball, Nov. 11, 1931. 

• Sioux Gathering at Fort Yates, Sept 1-3, 1932. Celebration the release of Sitting Bull and his people from various prisons in 1882

• Addressing White Horse Riders, Cannon Ball, June 3, 1932

• Col. A. B. Welch Inducted into the Cante Tinza (Brave Heart) Society, Poplar, MT, Oct. 28, 1932

• Extraordinary Speech by Elk at the adoption Religious Head of the Moslems, Fargo,ND, Jan. 18, 1933

• Initiation of Gov. Langer into White Rider Lodge, Cannonball, May 19, 1933

• Decoration Day, Fort Berthold, May 30, 1933. Sitting Crow talks with Welch

• Bears Arm & Drags Wolf tell of old times, Mandan, ND, Aug. 8, 1933

• Chicago World’s Fair, 1933

• Dedication of Four Bear’s Monument, Elbowoods, September 8, 1933

• Armistice Day, Little Eagle, November 11, 1933

• Richard Blue Earth, WWI Hero, honored,  Mandan, March 14, 1934

• Lake Isabel Picnic, June 27, 1934

• One Bull, Kills Pretty Enemy & White Bull, at Little Eagle, SD, July 28, 1934

• Armistice Day Speech, Steele, ND, May 30, 1940

• Horse Thief, Auntie Cross & Leo Cadotte tell of long ago, Wakpala,” November 11, 1941

• Welch takes Chief Drags Wolf and his Friends to the 1940 Minnesota Aquatenniel