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Pow Wow wows thousands BY MELYSSA GLOUDE

Tyendinaga Mohwak Territory – For the 30th consecutive year, the sounds of drumming and feet pounding on grass could be heard throughout Tsi tkerhitoten Park over the weekend as thousands of people came together for the annual Tyendinaga Pow Wow. “Dancers come from all over, and they become friends, which is nice,” says Ruby Boomhour, who’s been working with co-ordinating the Pow Wow for over 25 years. “We always have thousands of people. We have dancers from Curve Lake, Ottawa, Onondaga, Ahkwesáhsne, Six Nations… They come from all over.” The Pow Wow, which features nearly 60 vendors and 12 food vendors, saw maximum parking capacity by Saturday morning according to Oyohserase Maracle, who was also working as a coordinator at the event. “It starts Saturday morning with the Sunrise Ceremony, and then at noon, they start with Grand Entry. We then have the Mohawk Opening, which is giving thanks to the earth, and everything that’s not man-made,” says Maracle, who says that several thousand people were in and out of the grounds throughout the weekend. “We usually have a social Saturday night and then the same thing the next day. We then do multiple inter-tribals throughout the day, dancing and singing, and we just have fun.” And fun it is. Fourteen-year-old Eagle Barberstock has been involved in the Pow Wow for two years in a row and says that aside from being a lead dancer, he also takes on another important role in the festivities. “I pack down the grass before everyone comes into the pow wow,” says Barberstock. “So there’s nothing in the grass. That’s my role here.” Barberstock’s regalia consists of brightly coloured fringe, fitting for the yearly theme of the Pow Wow: “honouring our cultural traditions.”

Bernard Nelson, whose OjiCree name means “spirit of the earth,” is shown here in full ceremonial tribal garb and makeup. Lorie Douglas/Metroland

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