GALLERY: Eden Valley school hosts powwow

Robert Korotyszyn Jun 7, 2024 2:15 PM
Olizus Powderface, from Mini Thni (Morley), dances a men’s traditional dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Bearspaw First Nation Chief Darcy Dixon speaks before a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Participants make the grand entry during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Nakoda Lodge drums during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Massiah Rider, from Eden Valley, dances at a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Eva Lefthand Bearspaw dances a jingle dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Charish Wesley, from Mini Thni (Morley), dances a jingle dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Nevaeh Mark, from Mini Thni (Morley), dances a jingle dance at a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Niki Sky Kaquitts, from Mini Thni (Morley), performs a women’s traditional dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Sokova Simeon, from Mini Thni (Morley), dances a fancy shawl dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Zachery Kaquitts, from Mini Thni (Morley), performs a chicken dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Lane Bearspaw does a grass dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Zack Bearspaw does a grass dance during a powwow at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲
Travis Jimmy John speaks to visiting students before a powwow starts at Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley on June 6. ▲

Students from around the Foothills area were invited to a powwow on Thursday.

The powwow was hosted by Chief Jacob Bearspaw School in Eden Valley and attended by First Nations drummers and dancers, as well as students from Diamond Valley, Okotoks, High River and Longview.

 

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