POWWOW Calendar

Powwow of Love This Weekend at MSU

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Discussion »

10 Powwows this Weekend

EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - Each year the North American Indigenous Student Organization at Michigan State University sponsors a powwow on a Saturday close to Valentine's Day. The powwow is aptly named the Powwow of Love.

This Saturday the 29th Annual MSU Powwow of Love will be celebrated at the Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Powwow of Love is a traditional and contest powwow. Prize money will be paid to winners 13 years of age or older in the following categories: Men's - Traditional, Grass and Fancy; Women's - Traditional, Jingle and Fancy Shawl.

Prize Money:

The price of admission is:

MSU students and children 11 and under are free;

12-17 years old is $3.00;

18-59 years old is $5.00 and

those 60 and above is $3.00.

Doors open to the general public at 10:00 am. There will be two grand entries: 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

No drugs, alcohol or weapons are permitted at the powwow.

POWWOW Calendar

Below is a list of the powwows around the country:

29th Annual MSU Powwow of Love
February 18
Jenison Field House
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

3rd Lima: Honoring Our Native Heritage
February 18 - 19
1440 Bellefontaine Avenue
Lima, Ohio

Nett Lake School Powwow
February 18 - 19
Nett Lake School
Nett Lake, Minnesota

SA'HEH'WA'MISH Days
February 18 - 19
91 West State Route 108
Shelton, Washington

Otoe-Missouria Encampment Benefit
February 18
Otoe Cultural Building
8151 Highway 177
Red Rock, Oklahoma

Indian Council Winter Powwow
February 18
Kansas City Community College
Kansas City, Kansas

Biboon Fest Powwow
February 19
2101 14th Street
Cloquet, Minnesota

9th Thunder on the Beach
February 17 - 19
Indian River City Fair Grounds
Vero Beach, Florida

15th United San Antonio Powwow
February 18 - 19
Alzafur Shrine Auditorium
San Antonio, Texas

Lac Vieux Desert Mid-Winter
February 18 - 20
Watersmeet School Gym
Watersmeet, Michigan

posted February 16, 2012 6:00 am est