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Val Matteotti Gym

LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE PRESENTS:

THE SECOND ANNUAL OHKOTOKI’AAHKKOIYIINIIMAAN POWWOW ON SATURDAY, MAY 27 AND SUNDAY, MAY 28. AT LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE

Everyone is welcome to join us for the opportunity to celebrate our graduates, while showcasing the wonderful Indigenous community we have here at the college. The two-day celebration will feature a variety of events, including intertribal contest singing and drumming, hand drums, golden age men’s, golden age women’s, men’s buckskin, and junior, teen and tiny tot categories. Please contact Lethbridge College Indigenous Services if you have any questions or to get involved: indigenous@lethbridgecollege.ca

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POW WOW CATEGORIES

Male Categories: Chicken, Grass, Traditional, Fancy 
Female Categories: Traditional, Fancy, Jingle
Jr Adults (18-39): 
1st 700  2nd 400  3rd 200  4th 100
Sr. Adults (40-54) 
1st 700  2nd 400  3rd 200  4th 100
Golden Age Men (55+)
1st 700  2nd 400  3rd 200  4th 100
Golden Age Women (55+)
1st 700  2nd 400  3rd 200  4th 100
Mens Buckskin 
1st 700  2nd 400  3rd 200  4th 100
Teens (13-17) 
1st 200  2nd 150  3rd 100  4th 50
Juniors (5-12) 
1st 100  2nd 75  3rd 50  4th 25
Drum Contest 
1st 6000  2nd 4000   3rd 2000  4th 1000
Hand Drum 
1st 300  2nd 200  3rd 100
Back Up Singing: 
1st 300  2nd 200  3rd 100
Honoring Head Judge Head Mens Traditional Special: 
1st 1000  2nd 200  3rd 100  4th 100     5th 100
Head Female Judge Special – Woman’s Jingle
Mens Fancy, Mens Grass, Men’s Chicken, Womans  Fancy and Womans Traditional Specials all confirmed.

 

Registration

Contestant Registration (FREE)
Saturday May 27, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Lethbridge College – Val Matteotti Gymnasium

Head Staff

Powwow Chair: Lowell Yellowhorn
MC’s:
Travis Plaited Hair, Kainai Nation
Julius Delaney, Kainai Nation
Arena Director: David Spotted Eagle, Blackfeet Nation
Head Drum Judge: Monte Wolf Child, Kainai Nation
Head Female Dance Judge: Selena Medicine Shield, Siksika Nation
Head Male Dance Judge: Tobias Provost, Piikani Nation
Head of Registration: Marni Hope, Kainai Nation
Head of Tabulation: Marcia Blackwater, Kainai Nation Supported by C & T Tabulating
Grand Entry Coordinator: Brittany Lee, Metis Nation