Last Chance Community Pow Wow 2023: Honor The Children

The 24th annual Last Chance Community Pow Wow in Helena kicks off with a spectacular display of Native drumming, dancing, food, crafts, and fun. Native Drum Groups at the pow wow will provide powerful music for dancers, in traditional regalia, from all over Montana, the northwestern US, and Canada.
The theme of the pow wow is "Honor the Children". One of the pow wow’s missions is to help teach our youth the many traditions of Native American culture and to share this with their peers to create a better understanding between Native and non-Native. Children are the light and future of the Native culture.
On Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, Native dancers and drummers who provide Native dancing, drumming and cultural exhibitions specifically designed for local elementary school children. This is a meaningful, fun, and educational time for area youth to celebrate Native American Awareness Week.
Each day, the celebration kicks off when the dancers enter the arena during Grand Entry. Grand Entry is a colorful display of young and old dressed in traditional regalia, dancing to the “heartbeat” of the drum. This is followed by intertribal and competition dancing. Winners of the dancing categories will be announced on Sunday at the end of the final session.
Vendors will line the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, selling Native American arts and crafts, famous Frybread, Pow Wow Indian Tacos, soft drinks and many other items.
The Last Chance Community Pow Wow invites and welcomes everyone to this free community event. There will be round dances and intertribal dances that are open for all to dance in the circle.