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Powwow to honor Native American WWI veterans

Submitted Photo From the left, Albert Little Owl, Dan Chase and Jack Nagel, all from the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation on the Fort Berthold Reservation, served in World War I. Native Americans who served in the military in World War I will be honored at the upcoming UTTC International Powwow next month.

BISMARCK – United Tribes Technical College will recognize and honor Native American veterans who served in World War I during the college’s upcoming powwow.

The 48th Annual UTTC International Powwow is set for Sept. 8-10 at Lone Star Arena on the college campus on University Drive in south Bismarck. The public is invited.

UTTC is the site of a former military post that was a busy assembly center 100 years ago as war raged in Europe. National Guard troops were trained and mobilized at Bismarck’s Fort Lincoln, exactly on the spot where the powwow takes place.

To mark the World War I centennial, UTTC will honor Native American servicemen from North Dakota tribes who served and sacrificed, even before most Native American people were granted U.S. citizenship.

UTTC will host the honoring Sunday, Sept. 10 for World War I Native American servicemen from the college’s governing tribes: Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate; Spirit Lake Tribe; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The honoring will follow the powwow’s Sunday 1 p.m. Grand Entry.

The names of over 350 World War I-era veterans will be announced in the powwow arena during an honor song. Families and descendants of the servicemen are invited to take part in the arena, along with veterans and others at the powwow. Native color guard and auxiliary units are invited to participate.

Attending the powwow will be representatives of the North Dakota World War I Centennial Committee and the National World War I Centennial Commission.

A Veterans Dance Special will follow with prize money for women and men participants. For more information about the honoring, contact Todd Goodsell 701-255-3285 x 2751 or email tgoodsell@uttc.edu.

Known as “Home of the Champions,” the UTTC powwow is a well-recognized cultural showcase open to the public. As a contest powwow, over $100,000 in prize money will be earned by the top singing groups and dancers in two dozen competitive categories. Prize money for the top drum is $10,000.

Upwards of 1,000 participants from the Northern Plains, around the country and across the border in Canada make this one of the premier cultural events annually in North Dakota.

For more information visit http://www.united

tribespowwow.com/.

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