Located just outside of Caledonia, the Plank Road One Stop hosted the Lyle Anderson Memorial Smoke Dance Competition this Sunday, July 26.
With several wampum belt flags erected on wooden poles marking the dancing circle, dancers arrived and began preparing for the competition. The competition got off to a late start as speaker Cam Hill postponed to wait for dancers still dancing for the Grand River Powwow.
Spectators and family members gathered around the circle as Haudenosaunee social dances intertwined with smoke dances and age groups from junior to golden age competed. Along with “Shake the Bush” and “Women’s Shuffle Dance,” dancers also competed in a “Switch Dance,” where men and women partner to trade regalia and compete in their partner’s outfits.
Winners for the contest are as follows:
Junior Girls
1st – Grayce Anderson
2nd – Laniya Antone
3rd – Caye John
4th – Meira McDonald.
Junior Boys
1st – Dodie Shenandoah
2nd – Jacob Skye
3rd – Shakorennawis Doxtator-Swamp
4th – Errick Antone
Teen Girls
1st – Iaonhatie Deom
2nd – Marissa Anderson
3rd – Chooch Jonathan
4th – A.J. Douglas
Teen Boys
1st – Frank Wasaw
2nd – Keelan Green
3rd – Sako Elijah
4th – Sequoia Hill
Adult Women
1st – Monique Powless
2nd – Keysa Parker
3rd – Yegunaharaeta Printup
4th – Brittany Clause
Adult Men
1st – Eddie Santiago
2nd – Eddie Jimerson
3rd – Dexter Jimerson
4th – Adam Norwall
Golden Age Women
1st – Sue Isaacs
2nd – Lisa Parker
3rd – Brenda Mitten
4th – Donna Phillips
Golden Age Men
Lou Johnson & son Coby Johnson
Switch Dance
Montana Martin
Dexter Jimerson
