A powwow is a traditional Native American gathering that features competitive dance categories including Women's Fancy, Grass Dancers, Men's Grass, Jingle Dress, Men's Traditional, Women's Traditional, and Chicken Dance, each with specific songs and performances judged by a panel of singing judges.
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[music] [music] >> Geez, I thought I was down in Oklahoma there for a minute.
Well, I'm being got your You got your singing judges.
One more.
Singing judges over to Kingbird.
Give him a quick shot of water.
Well, I'm being counting up his judges over there.
All right.
Hot dog said give those judges some water.
All right, we just got one. He's doing some fast repairs there.
Waiting for the high sign from Mr. Cheskay.
All right, Kingbird.
Change up.
>> [screaming] [music] [crying] [music] [music] >> Oh, yeah.
Come on over to the west side, gentlemen.
Fort Peck Sioux, stand by for the first song, Bear's Teeth, you'll have the change up.
Missing iron, breast plate with Oh, they they come and pick it They picked it up.
They picked it up. Oh, they got it.
Yeah, they got it. Yeah.
All right, women's fancy, make your way out.
Fort Peck Sioux, you have the first song Bear's Teeth, you'll have the change up.
Women's fancy.
Some beautiful songs tonight.
Fort Peck Sioux.
Contest is on.
>> [crying] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> All right, show some appreciation.
Good dancing. Holy smokes.
Bear's Teeth will be coming over you for that change up song.
High speed, 100 miles per hour.
Grass dancers, coming to you next.
Kingbird, you'll have the first song, Yellow Medicine.
Change up song.
Okay, he's throwing his phone around.
Bear's Teeth.
Turn them on.
>> [screaming] [crying] [crying] [screaming] [music] [screaming] [screaming] [music] [music] >> Beautiful sight to see. Come on, ladies, over to the west side here.
Men's grass, come on out.
King Bird, we're coming to you for the first song and Yellow Medicine for the change up.
Men's grass.
He is looking for his judges.
He's good to go on our judges.
King Bird singers, take it away.
Men's grass time.
First song.
Yellow Medicine, standby.
Coming to you for the change up.
>> [music] >> All right.
Let's give them a round of applause.
Jingle dress dancers, standby.
Singers, we're going to be coming to Wooden Face for the first song and Whole Chunk Station for the change up.
Give these guys a little shot of water here.
Yellow Medicine.
Change up song.
>> [music and singing] >> Just like grass swaying in the wind.
Holy smokes.
Jingle dress, come on out.
Wooden Face, we're coming to you for that first song and Whole Chunk Station for the change up song.
All you jinglers, make your way out.
Good to see these ladies here in this jingle dress category.
These pair of dresses that are here with us this evening.
Thank our Gibawey relatives for bringing this dance to all our nations.
Wooden Face.
First song.
Contest is on.
>> [laughter] [music] >> Beautiful song, beautiful dancing.
Walk around out there.
Somebody give them some water.
Ho-Chunk Station, we're coming to you for the second song.
Stand by as soon as we get the high sign from Kura Chaske.
Oh, Panama.
All right.
Ho-Chunk, turn them on.
>> [music] [music] [singing] [crying] [music and singing] [music] [music] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [screaming] [music] [music] >> Beautiful, beautiful. Come on over to the west side, ladies.
Men's traditional will be going over to to the Coeur d'Alene Travels for our first song and Long Hollow for our change up.
Men's traditional, come on out.
Got quite a few of them here.
Women's traditional, stand by. You're on deck.
Little bit switch up here.
We're going to be coming to Fort Peck Sue for the change up on the women's traditional and then Bear's Teeth for the straight song.
And then and we're going to go to the chicken category.
King Bird will have the change up and Yellow Medicine will have the straight song.
All right, singers.
Get your songs ready.
The Coeur d'Alene Travels, men's traditional dancing.
>> [screaming] [music] [groaning] [music] [music] [music] [screaming] [screaming] [music] [music] [screaming] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [screaming] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Beautiful, beautiful.
Nice song. Holy.
Long Hollow, stand by. Long Hollow, stand by.
You could just feel that being in his zone.
You got a good song.
You just feel it in your soul.
Women's traditional, stand by.
Again, we're going to come to Fort Peck Sue for a change up for the first song and Bear's Tooth for a straight song for the second song.
And then we're going to move to the chicken dance category.
King Bird, you're going to have the change up and then Yellow Medicine, you'll have a straight chicken dance song.
Making a little repair out there.
Long Hollow, standby.
All right, Long Hollow.
Turn them on.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> All right, they can hear you now, people. Let's give them a round of applause.
Holy smokes.
Good dancing.
Thank you for those beautiful songs, gentlemen.
Women's traditional, make your way out.
We're going to be calling on Fort Peck Sioux to sing our change up as our first song and then over to Bear's Tooth for our second straight song. Second song will be a straight song.
Women's traditional.
Grand entry 1:00 tomorrow.
1:00 tomorrow afternoon. Drum roll called 12:45.
Fort Peck Sioux, turn them on. Women's traditional.
>> [music] [music] [crying] [music] [music] [music] >> All right.
Good song.
Chicken dance category, standby.
We'll be coming at you right after this.
Our last category.
Again, King Bird, you're going to have the change up on that one and Yellow Medicine, you'll have the straight songs as a second song.
Ready?
Bear's Tooth.
Women's traditional.
>> [crying and screaming] [screaming] [screaming] [screaming] [screaming] [groaning] [screaming] [crying] >> All right, beautiful, beautiful.
Come on over to the uh the west side, ladies.
Chicken dancers, come on out.
King Bird, stand by for the change up.
All right.
Our last category for this evening.
I'm so impressed by all the good dancing and songs throughout the evening.
Want to thank everybody for coming, participating, coming out tonight.
Sheo Watche.
Just letting them clear out of there a little bit.
King Bird singers.
Contest is on.
Sheo Watche.
>> [laughter] [crying] [screaming] [screaming] [screaming] >> All right.
That just wants me to go make me want to go down to KFC or something. Oh.
Yellow Medicine, stand by.
Get that these guys got a drink of water.
Going about 100 miles per hour out there.
Yellow Medicine, second song.
>> [groaning] [singing] [screaming] [screaming] >> Oh, that smokes.
All right.
That is our last category for this evening.
We already took our flags out earlier.
That concludes
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