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Generations celebrate together at Pow Wow ’Ķ

 

 

Seven-year-old Steve Keezer of Hannahville, Mich., a member of the Potawotami Tribe and a grass dancer, puts on his moccasins in preparation for the Grand Entry at Saturday’Äôs Pow Wow in Baraga. 

BARAGA ’Äì While the Saturday morning rain delayed some opening traditional dances, the weather cleared up enough to attract thousands of participants and spectators of all ages to the 23rd annual Maawanji’Äôiding, or Gathering of People, sponsored by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) during the weekend of July 27-29 at the Ojibwa Campground in Baraga.

 

Keweenaw Today guest writer and photographer Karin Emond was on hand Saturday, July 28, to capture some highlights of the day’Äôs events, including the Grand Entry, traditional dancing and the fry bread judging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cody Blue, left, and Shawn Lusser of  L’ÄôAnse help Shawn’Äôs son Shiloh Lusser, seated, get dressed in his traditional dance regalia just minutes before the start of the Grand Entry at the 23rd annual Pow Wow in Baraga Saturday.

 

 

 

 

Veteran Honor bearers enjoy conversation while waiting for the start of the Grand Entry. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head Veteran Jim St. Arnold leads the Veterans Honor Guard in the Grand Entry at Saturday’Äôs Pow Wow in Baraga. More than 400  Native American dancers from throughout the region danced during the three-day event.

 

 

 

An honored Elder, right foreground, leads several generations of women dancers into the circle at the Grand Entry Saturday morning at the Pow Wow in Baraga as the men dance towards the center of the circle.

 

 

 

Ahnung Matrious (Miss South Dakota State University, originally from the Sault Ste. Marie area, displays her  colorful regalia as she does a shawl dance with other princesses during Grand Entry at the 23rd annual Pow Wow in Baraga Saturday morning. Miss Keweenaw Bay, Daanis Chosa, wearing a dark crown, is the second dancer to the left of Matrious.

 

 

 

Dylan Walksnice of Escanaba dances a grass dance during the Grand Entry at Saturday's  Pow-wow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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