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  2020-09-14

  Virtual Pow Wows - A result of Covid -19

  Every year as a tradition Tribes of Native Americans gather to celebrate through song and dance at events known as Pow Wows. These events reinforce long-honored traditions, the most important being unification. The Pow wows allow for the togetherness of the people and the connectedness of the tribes. Covid -19 brought an abrupt halt to that for hundreds of indigenous tribes across the U.S and Canada. As a result, the only way to share some of these meaningful traditions was to offer a virtual option. While not the same it did allow for some of the singing and dancing competitions to take place. The long-term after effect though is that not having the in-person Pow Wow resulted in a significant loss of revenue for those tribes that were hosting the event. Pow Wows bring in significant revenue from vendors and non-indigenous spectators. This loss has had a trickle-down effect on the indigenous communities making it more difficult to endure the pandemic. As a parent of a Northeastern student, not having the ability to have my daughter physically share in the in-person powwows is disappointing. Pow wows are more than just celebrations they are an opportunity to connect with your identity and heritage-which is vital for the younger generations.
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  2020-08-11

  'Keeping the culture alive’: Native dance goes digital during pandemic

  By McKenzie Allen-Charmley|Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  04/22/2020

  Stephanie Hebert Oral History, 2020/04/22

  This is an interview about the Social Distance Powwow group that was started during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The interviewee, Stephanie Herbert, gives information about the Native Powwows and how the Native People are coping during the Coronavirus Pandemic. They cannot gather together and dance in Powwows, so Stephanie and her cohorts have tried to find a workaround for that. They started a Facebook group to help foster connection with others from around the world, which immediately gathered thousands of followers.
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  2020-05-19

  Sobriety sweeps online powwow page

  "In recent days, members of the popular Facebook group Social Distance Powwow have inundated the site with uplifting messages about sober living"
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  2020-04-07

  Susanville Powwow Committee Exercises Caution and Reschedules for Last Week of May

  “Out of an abundance of caution and the Stay at Home order issued by the Governor of California due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Susanville Indian Rancheria Powwow Committee has decided to tentatively reschedule the 2020 Powwow originally scheduled for May 29, 30, 31, 2020 in Susanville, California to August 21, 22, 23, 2020…We are hopeful that the Stay at home order is lifted by August and we can gather together to Honor our Elders and Veterans.”
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  04/10/2020

  Native Americans Put Digital Spin on Traditions Amid Virus

  This article describes how traditional Native American healing rituals of song, dance, and ceremonial dress, are being applied by Native American communities across the country to address the coronavirus. Healing and prayer traditions like the donning of the Ojibwe ceremonial garb 'zibaaska iganagooday' (the dress of exploding sound), are being utilized in powwows which take place in social-distance friendly, make-shift spaces such as the parking lot of the Bad River Casino in Ashland Wisconsin, where they are recorded on video and shared through social media to community members across the nation.
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  2020-03-26

  Social Distancing Powwow

  One example pulled from hundreds of how powwow dancers are dealing with the pandemic by sharing their social distancing powwow videos to stay connected. The gathering of people at powwows may be disrupted, but the chain remains unbroken. #IndigenousStories