Hundreds attend the powwow, which features colorful costumes and ample bargains. A new museum contains war clubs, arrowheads and pottery shards dating back thousands of years. This Memorial Day weekend, the tribe will honor veterans regardless of ancestry. Any time you see Native Americans get together, they always talk about men and women who served. They are warriors and held in high regard.
Members hail from different tribes throughout the tri-state area.
The tribe holds chief and council elections every three years. Lonozo Woods served as chief of the North Bay Lower Creek Muscogee Tribe for 10 years. In 1981, the tribe held its first powwow in conjunction with the Indian Summer Seafood Festival at the Bay County Fairgrounds. The next year, the seafood festival moved to the beach. The powwow relocated to Deer Point Lake, where it has stayed.