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KU’s First Nations Student Association Hosts 33rd Annual Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas’s First Nations Student Association (FNSA) hosted its 33rd annual powwow and 5th annual Indigenous Cultures Festival at the University's Lied Center on Saturday, April 9 to a crowd that numbered in the thousands. 

The powwow featured more than 100 registered dancers, the Haskell Color Guard, and several drum groups including Southern Boyz (Lawton, Okla.) as the host drum, Motown Singers (Red Lake, Minn.) as invited drum, Moose Hill and Jesse St. John, Crow Creek Dakota as the powwow’s Master of Ceremonies. The powwow grounds had dozens of vendors selling art, crafts, clothing, food, and other merchandise. Due to space needed for the entire day’s event, the powwow was hosted outside in the parking lot. 

“COVID-19 interrupted a lot of our plans and wasn’t sure if the powwow would happen this year,” said KU Powwow Master of Ceremonies Jesse St. John to Native News Online. “It was a privilege to be asked again this year.” 

 

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