Pride in MotionIndigenous culture shines at 44th annual powwow.

With drums thundering and regalia flashing, hundreds of performers celebrated Indigenous culture in Gill Coliseum at the 44th annual Klatowa Ina Competition Pow-Wow. The May 20 event — the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began — was organized by the OSU Native American Student Association and the Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws cultural center in collaboration with the Division of Student Affairs. Dancers competed in the Jingle, Grass Dance, Women’s Fancy, Men’s Fancy, Women’s Traditional and Men’s Traditional dance styles, with awards from $500 to $1,000. The spring weekend began with the cultural center’s annual salmon bake, which honors the salmon leaving freshwater spawning grounds to return to the ocean, as well as the fish’s importance to Pacific Northwest tribes. Both events were free and open to the community.

More info on this year’s Pow-Wow is here.