The Longest Walk 2008: Cahokia Mounds Powwow

WELCOME TO THE LONGEST WALK 2008 WEBSITE

This site is several week in the making so I would like to welcome you & thank you for visiting. This is the personal chronicling of the Longest Walk 2008 Northern Route by Chris Wintercount Teves. It has been hard to find the time to get this blog up and going but I hope that you will enjoy it. Many photographes and stories will be added in the coming weeks going as far back as Pueblo, Colorado. Please also visit the Offical Longest Walk Website and Brenda Norrell's Blogspot site for more information on the walk.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Cahokia Mounds Powwow - Day 47

Photos by: Chris Teves & Clara Curtiss

Cahokia Mounds - Cahokia, Illinois

Top Left: Powwow at Cahokia Mounds

Top Right: Billy, Jimbo, Terry, Lenny Foster, Chris

Bottom Left: Sage, Lisa & Luv The Messenger

Bottom Right: Chris & Tomas

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hey Chris the site looks great. Im over at Dino's trying yarba a drink from South America. This has been a wild trip so far don't give up. Saturday is definitely the day to be here at the Coffee Shop.
Bryan; May 31, 2008 at 11:57 AM

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