INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL INC

TO ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN RACE, TO PRESERVE ANDPROMO TE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL VALUES AND TO ENHANCE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE TRIBES OF NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. TYPICALLY THE TRIBES COMPRISING MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING THEIR CULTURE THROUGH POW-WOWS AND CERIMONIAL EVENTS HELD WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. EVENTS SUCH AS THE MIAMI TRIBE'S ANNUAL GATHERING AND THE QUAPAW'S 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND ANNUAL POW-WOW ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF EVENTS WHICH DRAW THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE REGION TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE OF THE LOCAL TRIBES. IN ADDITION, THE LOCAL TRIBES PARTNER WITH MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND NEO A&M COLLEGE TO SPONSOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE THE VISTORS WHO COME TO THE REGION.