A powwow is a Native American cultural gathering featuring organized dance competitions with multiple categories including Junior Girls Traditional, Teen Boys Traditional, Teen Girls Fancy Shawl, Team Boys Fancy, Jingle Dress, Grass Dance, and Team Girls Traditional, each accompanied by specific drum groups and singers, with dancers being 'excused' after completing their performances.
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2026 Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Oyate Wacipi - Saturday
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Outstanding job. Outstanding singing.
Bullhorn. Thank you very much. Tune your boys traditional should be making your way on out to the arena. Wooden face.
You know what we're looking for? Looking for that real cho snash song for our junior boys traditional. That means all of you teen dancers should we start lacing them up. Getting it on. Jeene boys chicken I believe is going to be kicking us off in all of our teen dance categories. What do you say? Is it looking like one song again? Huh? One song. I believe all of our judges are out there as well. We got the high side wooden face contest.
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Yeah, there you have it. Come and line up. Line them up. Thank you very much, Wooden Face. All right, that take care of all of our junior dance categories.
Thank you so much for coming on out on a nice moist Saturday afternoon. Ao, where's this from?
>> Big John.
>> Big John's. All right. If you're going to get something to eat, go on over there and check out Big John's, the only restaurant in the vicinity.
[laughter] One song. Hey, Red. I believe I'm going to be turning it over to you. I'm going to eat, you know. Shout outs to Big John's, man. Bringing some some cow up here. Right in drum rotation. We're coming down here to our team boys chicken whenever you are ready.
Sick shooter. Microphones are on.
Here we go.
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Chicken, washed, potato. Hey, if you're looking for some good food, speaking of potatoes, head on over to Big John's over there. They got the poutine happening over that way as we call out our teen girl fancy Shaw dancers.
Staying right in reverse drum rotation.
I believe we're coming on over to Bad Company be standing by. Gentlemen, we get the high sign. We're coming at you.
If we need song number two, you know what to do. Singers kind of as we map it out there. It's going to be one song I believe.
And it is go time. Bad company. You're on the air.
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[music] [screaming] [music] [music] >> Make some noise, Sue Valley. There you have it. That's your teen girl fancy shawl on over here, ladies. Line on up.
Don't forget to all our junior categories, you are excused for the day.
And right after you get done dancing your teen category, you are excused for the day.
Friends and relatives over at uh Bad Nation Drum there, make sure to check in with them as they're uh they have some some drum merch over there. Go get one of those new t-shirts. And don't forget to check in with all our drums as they probably have some type of merchandise that really helps them out. We want to support all our singing groups. And again, on over at Bad Nation, they got some t-shirts. I know Otter Trail's got some shirts. Bad Company has some shirts on over here. Oh, we're going to come over to Otter Trail. Okay, we're going to jump over to you, Otter Trail, for uh this team boy Fancy. Um we're going to come back to you, Pound Maker. So, please excuse us for that as uh we jump on over here to Adder Trail. We'll give him a few seconds there. Speaking of bad nation on over there, Brother Dylan.
Brother Dylan, I have a question. What do you call a fish with no eye?
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Yeah. Okay. It is go time. Otter trail.
Microphones are on.
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>> [music] >> Oh, make some noise. Sou Valley potato man.
Juke Zephrine right out of his boots.
Line on up over here. Nephews. Awesome dancing. Awesome singing. We're going to be calling out all our teen girls.
Jingle dress dancers. Singing for you is going to be Pound Maker.
I believe song number one. If we need song number two, we'll come on over here to uh Bad Warcloud. If not, we'll go to the next category. You guys kind of know how that goes.
Yeah. As our jingle dancers make their way on out there.
>> Angelo's lost up here. Someone come help him. Yeah.
>> Oh, we're going to go into two songs. I believe we're going to go to Pound Maker. Song number one, Bad War Cloud song number two, change it up. And they said it is go time. Song number one, Pound Maker, you are on the air.
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[music] [music] Way [music] [music] higher. [music] Oh, [music] well [music] [music] Yeah. Walk around, ladies. That was song number one. Water runners. Water runners. Mountain Dew Runners. I don't know. Juice box runners. I don't know.
Give you a few seconds, ladies, and we're coming right back at you with song number two. Stand by. Bad Warcloud. When it gets to Otter Trail, Otter Trail, you know the deal, guys. We're going to jump over you there as you sang for teen boys fancy. So, there will be standing by Wild Sue right after Bad Warcloud. So, that's kind of how that's going to go.
We get to high sign. We're going to cut them loose with song number two. Don't forget juniors, you are excused. And once the teens dance your song, you are excused. Okie dokie smokey song number two. You are on the air. Bat or cloud.
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[music] >> Beautiful. Put your hands together, friends and relatives. Our team girl jingle dancers. On over here, girls.
Line on up.
Noipo, make sure the judges can see your numbers. Calling out all the teen guy grass dancers. Make your way on over here. Singing for you is going to be Wow, Sue. And if we need a second song, you know how that goes. We might need one, might need two. It's kind of up to the ads. Don't forget, girls, right after this, you are excused. Grab a bottle of water back here behind the announcer stand and we'll see you this evening.
>> Uh-huh. I think we're ready to rock and roll. But Wild Sue, microphones are on.
Grass dance.
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All right, grass dancers, walk around.
Oh, line them up. No, come line on up, gentlemen. You're getting one tune. Line on up. Make sure the judges can see your numbers. And we're calling out all our team girl traditional dancers. Hey, Bad Nation, Bullhorn, Wooden Face, Sick Shooter, Bad Company. You're excused.
Go to Boston's. Get me some salt and pepper wings. Pound maker. Uh, Bad Warcloud. Otter Trail. Wild Sue, you are excused.
Yeah.
Host drums, sit still. MP, sit still.
We're walking around. Yeah.
with the rest of us. All right, we're getting one tune right here. Teen girl traditional dancers. I believe we're at Dakota. Hey, gentlemen.
Watch it. Watch it.
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It's a beautiful song. DH as our team tri dancers are lining up.
Don't forget you are excused right after this. Don't forget to hydrate. Grab some mini or some Pedialyte. I know uh Clifton was guzzling Pedialyte earlier getting his electrolytes up. Haha. All our teen boy trad dancers make your way into the arena. Singing for you is Elk Whistle be standing by. Elk Whistle will coming at you hot here shortly. In the meantime, you are excused if you sang, if you danced. We'll see you at Boston Pizza. Salt and pepper wings are the best. That's a whole another story there later.
Uhhuh. One song, capital elk whistle.
I believe we are ready to rock and roll. You are on the air, gentlemen. Team boys tried.
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[music] [music] I am [music] I am I I am [music] >> [music] >> Oh yeah. Put your hands together. Walk around. Gentlemen, you're getting one more tune. Man, Elk Whistle rocking and rolling for you. We're going to come on over to Dakota Travels for song number two. All these young warriors out there, boy, telling their story. Yeah. Telling their Fortnite story. Ah. Tell her Minecraft story. Yeah.
Tell her Candy Crush story.
And it Zeff plays Candy Crush in it.
Yeah.
Santeska, he he plays Candy Crush. Yep.
Walk around, boys. You're getting one more tune, man. Fine. Dancing. You know, I was just talking with uh Angelo up here. He told me something. He says, "Hey, Red, what do you get when uh Elk Whistle walks into the room?" I said, "What?" He said, "A full set of teeth."
Ooh, Angelo that she smokey. We're going into song number two. Dakota travels.
High [screaming] >> [music] >> I beautiful young man. You're dancing to the stories of your grandfathers right there, boys. High [music] way higher.
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[music] [music] Oh man, awesome song. Dakota travels watched. Come on over here, gentlemen.
Line on up. Make sure the judges can see your numbers. Awesome dancing. You know, you're dancing to a story song there talking about your grandfathers, what they went through with that war, with that draft, those Akichita. And so as you young men dance that way, that's very beautiful to see that. Sure. All your grandfathers very proud of you, looking at you wherever they may be. Oh, hey Chito.
>> Friends and relatives. With that being said, we are officially on dinner break, supper break.
>> Yeah.
>> You know, as we uh breeze through the afternoon here. There you go, boys.
That's the what we like to see right there. That sportsmanship, that good brotherhood right there. You guys will be a dancing group for the rest of your lives. Get to know each other. It's a good one to see. All you singers, you're officially on dinner break unless you got other instructions. But nonetheless, friends and relatives, drums 6:30 drum roll call. Don't forget that this a this evening session, there is a one-time go through with a Dez Wanda memorial singing special. Your inner tribals will be judged.
Other than that, friends and relatives, find some place to cool down. Get some electrolytes, some Gatorade, maybe a Marorrow Red.
Yeah.
And we will see you this evening 6:30.
We are going to rock.
Also to uh all the relatives who are maybe tuning in to 106.9 andorpows.com.
We are going off air for a little bit.
So me and Angelo and Clifton are going to >> Yeah, we're going to we're going to have a Kappy session up here. Hey Alquistle, you have to forgive me. That really was Angelo's joke, not mine. Take it up with them. Take it up with him, man.
Yeah. All love, boys. Oh, love.
I see uh that my chief is still sitting over there.
>> Yeah.
>> Aka Leah.
Yeah. Oh, itcha.
>> Oh, okay. All right, I'll stop.
You know, friends and relatives, real quick before we shut down the PA system here. Over here on the right hand side of the announcer stand, there is bananic for sale. It's good. Gap it up. So, head on over there, grab a piece of bananic.
If you're looking for a piece of bananic or like my Ukan would do, a nice hot bowl of soup and a black cup of coffee on a day like this.
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