Description: | From Plains Indian Museum Powwow Website: Join us for the 34th annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow, a cultural celebration and competitive dance competition, on June 20 and 21, 2015. Grand Entries are at noon and 6 p.m. Saturday, June 20, and noon Sunday, June 21.
Dancers, drum groups, and artists from Northern Plains tribes gather to celebrate their vibrant cultural traditions and histories. Dance categories include traditional, jingle dress, fancy, grass, team dancing, tiny tots, and chicken dance. Men, women, teens, and children compete in various age groups for more than $25,000 in prizes. The Learning Tipi is a popular educational program that invites visitors to discover the traditions of powwow.
Visitors shop for authentic Indian jewelry, beadwork, quillwork, clothing, basketry, pottery, paintings, sculpture, and more at more than forty vendor booths, and enjoy fry bread and Indian taco vendors, as well as food and beverage concessions.
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