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Powwow Wow
Hundreds of Native American dancers, drummers,
and artists will converge on Austin Nov.4for
the 26th annual Austin Powwow. The intertribal
event has grown exponentially from its humble
beginnings, so much so that last year it relocated
to the Austin Expo Center; its 30,000 attendees
make it one of the largest single-day powwows
in the country. The event brings together
approximately 80 tribes-from Texas, of course,
but also South Carolina, Oklahoma, Standing
Rock, Canada, and Central America-to celebrate
their different tribal heritages and histories.
See page 69 for details.
COVER PHOTO: Will van OverbeekERLINGUA IS NO GHOST TOWN the first weekend in November. That's
because every year for half a century, the former mining outpost has hosted
up to 20,000 chiliheads vying to help crown the year's best chili con care. It
all began in 1967 as a cookoff between two chili aficionados: Wick Fowler of
the Chili Appreciation Society International, and H. Allen Smith, a former New Yorker who had
published a magazine article titled, "Nobody Knows More About Chili Than I Do." As the
legend goes, the two men tied (despite Smith's use of beans in his recipe-an abomination by
Texas standards), and so began this annual tradition. Today, hundreds of chili cooks com-
pete all year in order to obtain an invitation to compete in Terlingua Nov. 1-4. The cookoff
splintered into two festivals in 1983: the Original Terlingua International Championship
Chili Cookoff and the Terlingua International Chili Championship, held concurrently
on the same weekend, just a few miles apart, so now-in addition to arguing about who makes
the best bowl of chili-attendees can argue about which
cookoff is better. Regulars get in the spirit all week long SEPTEMBEREVENTS: Page4
by camping and enjoying live music nightly. For more - ------- Page 32
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