Any Native American powwow performer, artisan, staffer, or organizer will tell you that a powwow — rich with intricately-beaded regalia, the dust of dancing moccasins, and the call and response of traditional songs — is a celebration of life itself; it’s a chance to honor the drum that beats in us all. But when the pandemic shut down the ability to gather, powwows and the people that make them happen, struggled to exist altogether.
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