Lakota Life Mural

Powwow

       The first image is of the trip to the powwow and it shows an image of a man on a horse, very proud and very dressed up going to the wacipi, a large encampment of tipis. There are a lot of people and there's a wacipi, a gathering and celebration of life, a renewal of one with his relatives and his brothers and sisters. A celebration of song, dance, good food, happy times and a time to show off wealth and the ability to dance all the steps; to kind of boast about oneself, but in a way that's truthful.
    The powwow singers are singing the different songs for the various dances throughout the evening. You can see all the warriors dancing, some have war bonnets on, and some have pesa(s). They are very strict in their way of dancing. They dance in a circle, some are fancy dancers with a lot of bells, some have sticks in their hands and they're showing that they are very agile. Some dance the sneak-up dance and others dance more traditional styles. This is a tribal event, a gathering of all people. And again, we show the tipis on the other side, as they form a true circle.
    At these gatherings, there are foot races during these times too, and the other thing is the Grandpas and Grandmas are there to spoil their grandchildren.
    You see our cross and our hoop so that all things are united. Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Mothers, Fathers and the children, they are all family and they are all welcome. We see the American flag that flies above us at each and every powwow, one that we are very proud of and that we have displayed for a very long, long time. Many souls have been lost for her.


	Powwow The first image is of the trip to the powwow and it shows an image of a man on a horse, very proud and very dressed up going to the wacipi, a large encampment of tipis. There are a lot of people and there's a wacipi, a gathering and celebration of life, a renewal of one with his relatives and his brothers and sisters. A celebration of song, dance, good food, happy times and a time to show off wealth and the ability to dance all the steps; to kind of boast about oneself, but in a way that's truthful. The powwow singers are singing the different songs for the various dances throughout the evening. You can see all the warriors dancing, some have war bonnets on, and some have pesa(s). They are very strict in their way of dancing. They dance in a circle, some are fancy dancers with a lot of bells, some have sticks in their hands and they're showing that they are very agile. Some dance the sneak-up dance and others dance more traditional styles. This is a tribal event, a gathering of all people. And again, we show the tipis on the other side, as they form a true circle. At these gatherings, there are foot races during these times too, and the other thing is the Grandpas and Grandmas are there to spoil their grandchildren. You see our cross and our hoop so that all things are united. Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Mothers, Fathers and the children, they are all family and they are all welcome. We see the American flag that flies above us at each and every powwow, one that we are very proud of and that we have displayed for a very long, long time. Many souls have been lost for her.