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The 12th annual All Nations Pow Wow and Gathering: Celebrating Indigeneity and Academia, a three day event with beat boxers, hip hop artists, throat singers and dancers, will start Feb. 27 at 3pm in the York University Student Centre.

Circle of Dance is a five-year exhibition that presents Native dance as a vibrant, meaningful, and diverse form of cultural expression. Featuring ten social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas, the exhibition illuminates the significance of each dance and highlights the unique characteristics of its movements and music. Music and dance have always been essential to the spiritual, cultural, and social lives of Native peoples. Unique forms of ritual, ceremonial, and social…

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Description: Powwows are large social gatherings of Native Americans who follow traditional dances started centuries ago by their ancestors, and which continually evolve to include contemporary aspects. These events of drum music, dancing, singing, artistry and food, are attended by Natives and non-Natives, all of whom join in the dancing and take advantage of the opportunity to see old friends and teach the traditional ways to a younger generation. During the National Powwow, the audience…

Native American dancer in regalia at the Barona Indian Reservation Powwow 2022. Originally a Powwow or "celebration" (as it was called in older days), was held in the spring to welcome the new beginnings of life. It was a time for people to get together, sing, dance, renew old friendships and make new ones and a time for young people to meet and court. Some trace the word "Powwow" to the Algonquin language. The Europeans may have adopted that word to mean a council or meeting. Favorite…

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Native American Dance,events calendar & Womens Fancy Shawl Dance gallery from Crazy Crow Trading Post- largest supplier of American Indian Pow Wow craft supplies and kits. Over 8000 items online.