Sonny & Janet Littlecrow are active in the powwow circuit, attending many dances throughout Oklahoma and the mid-west. Sonny is a Southern Straight dancer, and Janet is a Southern Cloth dancer.

Sonny makes mens & boys dance bells, bandoliers, and mens & womens breastplates, chokers, & leather concho belts.

Sonny is a descendant of several Otoe-Missouria chiefs, great-grandson of Wahdusamanee, and related to the Arkeketa, Pettit, Dent, Whitehorn & Kihega families. He is from the Elk Clan and lived at Red Rock, OK with his grandparents Murray & Ella Littlecrow as a child. He was adopted as a son by the late Southern Cheyenne chief & artist Archie Blackowl. He was also adopted as a son by the late Ted Brave Scout, champion dancer, movie actor, & drum maker.
Sonny spoke only the Otoe language until school-aged, and is one of the few remaining members of his tribe who has retained much of the language. His Uncle Loren Littlecrow taught him many Otoe Native American Church songs, which he often sings at the meetings he attends, and occasionally runs. He also sings many Otoe & Ponca powwow songs. He has served as Head Man Dancer, Head Gourd Dancer, and Arena Director countless times over the years.

Sonny was a Air Force jet engine mechanic during the Viet Nam war, and was later a jet engine build-up crew chief for Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, KS. Today he works as a precision machinist in Ponca City, OK.

Janet is widely known for creating pow-wow regalia in the authentic styles of many tribes. She designed & sold her first wedding dress at the age of 15, and began creating stomp dance clothing & powwow regalia for friends & family nearly 25 years ago in Tulsa, OK. Over the years, she has dressed champion dancers, princesses and Head Staff at major powwows, including Red Earth, Gathering of Nations, and Pechanga. She has dressed Native American dance troupe members that tour world-wide, and made several pieces of traditional clothing for the Mid-America All Indian Center Museum in Wichita, Kansas.

Janet's family were originally from the Eastern Tennessee region of the Cherokee Nation, before the Trail of Tears. She is a descendant of the Manus/ Manes family, some of whom remain members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma today. She is a life-long member of the Methodist Church, and sings many Cherokee-language church songs.

Janet has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Missouri State University, and worked as a computer programmer analyst & software designer on IBM midrange systems for 20 years. Today she runs Littlecrow Trading Post full-time, and serves as Vice-Chair of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners.

RIGHT: Janet's Grampa "Eddy" about 1905, Indian Territory

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