Скачать или смотреть Rare Powwow Footage from Grand Rapids Powwow 2021 | Honoring Native Veterans, Culture, & Ceremony

🎥 This video, discovered on a USB stick purchased at Goodwill, captures powerful and reverent footage from the 60th Annual Grand Rapids Powwow, held at Riverside Park in 2021. The event, returning after a 2020 COVID pause, brought together tribes from across the U.S. and Canada for a day of remembrance, dancing, and cultural celebration.

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⏱️ Segments in the video include:

0:00 — Approaching Riverside Park and the Powwow grounds

0:37 — Walking to the central procession and dance ring

1:28 — Dancers lining up for Grand Entry

3:55 — Drums begin, Native American Powwow Music, Grand Entry procession

8:50 — Prayer in the Ojibway language

10:50 — Crowd applause for veterans

11:45 — View of the Grand River and distant drums

🪶 A minute of silence honors the 20th anniversary of September 11th. The emcee welcomes all, including non-Native guests, and introduces honored dancers and veterans. Flags and eagle staffs are posted in solemn tradition, followed by song, dance, and prayer.

📦 This is part of the Garbage Kingdom archives — lost clips featuring Indigenous memory, protest footage, and lost cultural treasures.

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