08/02/2024
A professional Native American dance group that offers cultural awareness, social dances, and songs.
Elvira just completed a private event.
Pikes Peak or Bust Parade on this beautiful morning. Derek, Kenny, Elvira and Midnight.
Won best float.🥇🏆
Anyone Bigfooting over the holiday?
We will be performing at the Western Street Breakfast at 7:40am. We will be kicking off the event at Tejon and Pikes Peak.🤠
Derek and Sunshine performing the intertribal dance.
Kenny mc, singing and drumming.
Jacksonhole Wyoming powwow-Midnight found a friend before his contest.
Elvira’s photo shoot with Jerome Hamilton.
2024 Fort Collins Colorado PowWow.
Men's traditional Special
2024 Fort Collins Colorado powwow.
Summer Rose dancing in the Junior girls contest.
Sunshine and Summer Rose performing the intertribal dance at a private event.
Kenny mc, singing and drumming.
Kenny getting ready to mc, sing and drum to Queen Palmer students.
Summer Rose performing the sign language to “Go My Son”
February 28, 24. We are honored to join the the Flying W Wrangler on stage.
This past summer, Elvira and friends assist in set up for Skip and Mystic Marleys’ show.
Today, we completed 4 classes of presentations on native culture. We like to say thank you to Todd Nelson(American West teacher)at Palmer High School.
2023 Western Stock Show.
Today is free admission
🪶Ribbon Skirt Day🔥 Sunshine made Elvira’s birthday skirt. It won🥇prize and she won🥈 in a contest. Summer’s skirt was won in virtual contest.
Have a Happy New Year.🎊🥳🎉We wish you good blessings and a safe one. Ken, Elvira, Sunshine, Summer Rose, Midnight, Derek and David.
Our group name originated from the late Francis Sweetwater Sr., Chief Big Buffalo. 1960 in California, where he served 22 years as Chairman of American Indian Tribal Dancers( change to SPID). We are proud to carry on his legacy.
Past at the Royal Gorge, Kenny mentored Jeremy(Arapahoe)and Eddie(Apache-RIP)
Present with Jeremy at the Flying W Ranch.
We are sharing our culture with Family Tree. These are issues in need of healing.
Family tree partners with all people to prevent and overcome the interconnected issues of child abuse, domestic violence and homeless.
Summer Rose is getting ready to do the sign language about Education.
Thank you to Mrs Butcher and Queen Palmer staff.
Ken (Southern Cheyenne/Osage)was a special speaker at Palmer High School.
Topics included Sand Creek Massacre, stories passed on his Grandpa and Grandma, questions on Killer of the Moon.
Thank to American West Department and Staff.
To my son, Buffalo Sweetwater(Southern Cheyenne), little brother Emery Spencer(RIP) and my father Johnson Cowboy Spencer(RIP).
Thank you for your services.❤️❤️❤️🪶🪶🪶
Buffalo is also one of my hoop teacher.
Elvira, Sunshine and Ken performing in October. This was Art and Culture month and celebrating its 10th year.
We will be performing at Queen Palmer Elem. on November 17. Thank you to Mrs Butcher and Staff.
Midnight fancy feather dancing at Colorado State University powwow.
Summer Rose dancing at Colorado State University powwow.
Our Sweetwater tradition, eat out at our favorite place. We just completed our summer season.
PO Box 10133
Colorado Springs, CO
80932
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