Author: Helen Willard
Born: 07 June 1913
Bio: Helen just had her 97th birthday on June 7, 2010. Pow Wow is her third book and she is working on two more books.  

Pow Wow is filled with beautiful photographs.

**(Taken from the cover of Pow Wow**) Twenty years in the making, this book is first-hand information of several aspects of the lives of the People of the Yakima nation who live on the Yakima indian Reservation in South Central Washington.  

She (Helen) is a long time friend of the Yakima Indians. She has been writing about them, and photographing them for about twenty years. Many of the "elders" that she knew, interviewed and recorded over the years are gone now. The beuatifuly Yakima Nation Cultural Heritage Center Museum at Toppenish, WA has established a Helen Willard section  with the photos and information to aid in passing on the history of thee people to the present and future generations. 

The fact that she considers them a wonderful and intersting people shines through in her work. 

Helen is a woman of many interests. She writes for a number of publications - the local propper, Wa newspaper, The Ruralite, and several agricultural, travel, wine and hunting dog magazines. 

She has earned state and national awards with her writing/photography. She has a reputation for accuracy and knowledge of any subject she pursues.