The Harvest Moon Pow Wow returned to Boonville on Saturday for the first time since a two-year sabbatical prompted by COVID-19.
For many who attend powwows, “the world doesn’t matter, time doesn’t matter for some small time; you can take a break and enjoy your family,” said Myrietta Esau, public relations manager for Young Bucks and a Hopi-Nation tribe member.
Charley Lowery wears his dancing regalia on Saturday at the Cooper County Fairgrounds in Boonville. Lowery, who performed multiple times throughout the day, said he has been dancing since he was “knee-high.”
Emaila Santiago, 4, admires the products at a booth Saturday with Sean Riddell at the Cooper County Fair Grounds in Boonville. Riddell thought he had Cherokee ancestry until a DNA test revealed otherwise, but he still celebrates the culture.
Attendees of the eighth annual Harvest Moon Intertribal Pow Pow watch the gourd dancing Saturday in the center of the Cooper County Fairgrounds in Boonville. Preparations for the powwow were made all year and featured dancing, drumming, vendors and a celebration of Native culture.
Attendees of the eighth annual Harvest Moon Intertribal Pow Pow watch the gourd dancing Saturday in the center of the Cooper County Fairgrounds in Boonville. Preparations for the powwow were made all year and featured dancing, drumming, vendors and a celebration of Native culture.
Dolores Woolery makes fry bread on Saturday at the Cooper County Fairgrounds in Boonville. Fry bread has been a staple food in Native culture, and Woolery has made it for 30 years.
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