For three days this weekend, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation hosts its summer powwow event. Called the Dakota Oyate Wacipi, and held at the community's Powwow grounds, the annual event draws together dancers from across the Prairie provinces, as well as the United States.
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For three days this weekend, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation hosts its summer powwow event. Called the Dakota Oyate Wacipi, and held at the community's Powwow grounds, the annual event draws together dancers from across the Prairie provinces, as well as the United States.
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For three days this weekend, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation hosts its summer powwow event. Called the Dakota Oyate Wacipi, and held at the community’s Powwow grounds, the annual event draws together dancers from across the Prairie provinces, as well as the United States.
The powwow involves a community effort, including not only the dancers, but also those who work behind the scenes to make the weekend a success.
This year was particularly special as the community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
Skylor Charbonneau of Belcourt, North Dakota prepares to take part in the teen boys traditional dance during the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Dancing continues this afternoon and evening, and into Sunday. For a full list of dance categories and further information, visit svdngovernance.com
Brandon Sun photographer Tim Smith visited Sioux Valley for the first night of the three-day powwow on Friday, July 14. Here is a selection of his favourite images.
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Dancers and drummers from all over took part in the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers prepare to take part in the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Ramie Bellegarde of White Bear First Nations prepares to take part in the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Donavon Standingready of Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation makes elk teeth necklaces at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers make their way into the arbour for the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. Sioux Valley debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Drummers warm the skins of their drums by a fire at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow as the temperature drops late Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers and drummers from all over took part in the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers, elders and dignitaries take part in the Grand Entry during the opening evening of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Helena Soto of Enoch Cree Nation dances in a jingle dance category at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow late Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Kori Waditaka, a jingle dancer from Wahpeton Dakota Nation, finishes getting ready for the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Carl Taylor, A Dakota Sioux from Portage la Prairie, helps his nephew Patrick Taylor Chaske, 11, get ready for the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. Chaske has been dancing for three years and is dancing in the junior boys grass dance this weekend.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Carl Taylor, A Dakota Sioux from Portage la Prairie, helps his nephew Patrick Taylor Chaske, 11, get ready for the Grand Entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. Chaske has been dancing for three years and is dancing in the junior boys grass dance this weekend.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Marisa Tacan of Brandon helps her daughter Mackenzie Courchene, a fancy shawl dancer, get ready for the Grand entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Marisa Tacan of Brandon helps her daughter Mackenzie Courchene, a fancy shawl dancer, get ready for the Grand entry at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Eight-month-old Aiyanna Michell-Thompson is sheltered from the rain under a big umbrella during the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Ira McNab of Regina visits with his daughter Rosie while waiting for light showers to stop during the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Thea Wasteste of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation dances to the drums outside the powwow arbour during the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers and drummers from all over took part in the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday evening. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)Dancers, elders and dignitaries take part in the Grand Entry during the opening evening of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow on Friday. The community debuted a new Powwow arbour for the annual event.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
