LET US DANCE 

Native Americans dance as a demonstration of cultural expression. But that is not the only purpose. Dance can represent prayer, praise, request for healing, a reflection of some past event, or a connection with man, nature, and God. It is a connection between the physical and the spiritual.

Pow Wow time is the Native American people's way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and make new ones.

This is a time to renew thought of the old ways and to preserve a rich heritage.

There are several different stories of how the Pow Wow was started. Some believe that the war dance societies of the Ponca and other Southern Plains tribes were the origin of the Pow Wow.

Another belief is that when the Native Americans were forced onto reservations the government also forced them to have dances for the public to come and see. Before each dance they were lead through the town in a parade,which is the beginning of the Grand Entry.