Annual Pow Wow

takes place this weekend
The 34th annual Native American Student Union spring Pow Wow will take place at McArthur Court this weekend.
Grand entries and a traditional flag carrying ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.
“This is a community event to celebrate Native American heritage and honor mothers, because it is Mother’s Day this weekend,” NASU member Viola Brooks said.
At the Pow Wow, people will dance to music played by the bands Eagle Thunder, Rattling Thunder and Fox Tail. Each band has between five and 15 drummers.
There will be a dance competition with categories such as men or women’s traditional “fancy” dance, men’s grass dance and women’s “jingle” dance. For the “jingle” dance, women wear a cloth dress with cones that make musical sounds from the various dance steps, Brooks said.
The Pow Wow will also include vendors selling Native American crafts, and NASU T-shirts will be available to purchase.
NASU will be making a salmon dinner for everyone at the University Longhouse from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The event is free and open to students, faculty and the general public.

— Danielle Gillespie

Man escapes from mugger
An attempted mugging ended abruptly Wednesday afternoon when the victim, attempting
to flee, ran face first into a parked car and fell on East 13th Avenue near Willamette Street, according to police reports.
The suspect fled the scene, and the victim, a 23-year-old Eugene man, was treated and released Wednesday from Sacred Heart Medical Center after receiving treatment for cuts on his face.
Before attempting to escape, the victim “was approached by another man with a knife who demanded his wallet,” Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Mandy Fox said.
The EPD said the suspect was a blonde, white male, with an average height and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds.

— Darren Freeman