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Grande Prairie Traditional Pow Wow happening this weekend

The community is being invited to the Grande Prairie Traditional Pow Wow this weekend at Evergreen Park.

The free event is being held in the Tara Centre, with several special events taking place over the three days. Some of these events include the honouring of outgoing Grande Prairie Swan City Princess Arriana Labrecque-Demarais and the  Indigenous Graduate Honoring.

Schedule for the Grande Prairie Traditional Pow Wow
Schedule for the Grande Prairie Traditional Pow Wow

As well there will be a  Métis Celebration, Dancers & Drum Groups and a Hand Games Tournament for $10,000 plus 100 per cent of the registration fees collected. To take part in the Hand Games Tournament there needs to be eight people on a team, and it is a triple knockout layout.

Volunteers are still needed for the event.

On Friday the Grand Entry is at 7 p.m., on Saturday it is at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday it is at 1 p.m.

 

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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