Featuring the
Southern Band of Utes
Date:
April 18th & 19th
Starts at:
Sat. 12 pm & 6 pm
Sun. 12 pm
Address:
Cox Pavilion
4505 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Has been
CANCELLED
I have attended numerous powwows over the years…
…and was looking forward to this particular Powwow sponsored by University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).
UNLV has hosted the Southern Band of Utes from Southern Utah for the last several years…
…and I had hoped to enjoy an afternoon at this cultural event.
I previously constructed this page for the UNLV Powwow for the Future…
…in an effort to do my part to generate excitement…
…by illustrating through a series of intimate closeups what you might experience if you have never been to a powwow…
…and to help spur further public interest in the many Native American cultures and communities…
…that surround the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
I recently attended the Las Vegas Snow Mountain Paiute Powwow, a very large, popular and well attended powwow, which was held in October of last year…
…and located only twenty miles North of Las Vegas right off the I-95…
…as well as going to the Paiute/Shoshone Pahrump Social Intertribal Powwow in November located 60 miles West of Las Vegas…
…and I caught last year’s Moapa Powwow located 75 miles North of Las Vegas.
My intent with this page was to help make the Powwow more intimate…
with closeup images of many of the faces of the participants…
…to highlight the Native American communities investment…
…in these Powwows as a way to share their way of life with the general public.
The Powwow is a wonderful way to experience the variety of Native American cultures that abound just a few miles away…
…and allows us all to share a common experience…
…and, thus, to understand more deeply their humanity, their customs and their traditions…
…as rich, vibrant cultures that they are.
What you have been looking at in this gallery of images are the participants in the Grand Entry, the traditional start to the powwow…
…as well as the many strikingly beautiful designs, colors and costumes worn by the dancers for their age-group dance competitions that make up the latter stages of the Powwow.
I do hope that UNLV will to continue to sponsor these wonderful, cultural events.
Grand Entry Starts at 12 pm Sat. & Sun.
Public Always Welcome
Free Parking
CANCELLED
Thanks for visiting. 😊
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