The Salishan language family includes five branches and more than 20 distinct languages spoken by tribes across the Pacific Northwest and Plateau regions. Here's how they connect.Continue to Salishan Language Tree: Branches, Tribes, and Native Languages of the Pacific Northwest →
Each year the Red Earth Pow Wow holds a Men’s Fancy Feather contest dance competition. Through out the years the Pow Wow committee developed a competition of former winners of Red Earth Pow Wow Fancy Feather Contest and it’s called the Championship of Champions. Watch a video of these champion dancers.Continue to Red Earth Pow Wow Championship of Champions Contest →
The final three song set of the Denver March Pow Wow Grass Dance Finals in 2011 goes to overtime with an extra song to determine a winner for the title. The Powwow features more than 1,600 dancers from close to 100 tribes from 38 states and three Canadian provinces.Continue to Denver March Pow Wow Grass Dance Finals Video →
A Pow Wow is a gathering where Native American dancing, singing and celebration take place. There are dozens of different pow wows that take place throughout the country in all seasons of the year, but the most popular pow wow season is summer in the Northern US and winter in the Southern states.Continue to What is a pow wow? →
Although pow wows may differ, depending on the location or type, and the exact order may be different, the Grand Entry usually starts off the festivities. Here is the usual order at Northern Pow Wows.Continue to The Grand Entry →
Pow Wow participants include dancers and drums from tribes throughout the United States and Canada, who participate in the hundreds of pow wows and Native American celebrations each year. They come from every state in the Union and every province of Canada. At times, even participants from the Native tribes of South America participate.Continue to Pow Wow Participants →