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• Don’t point at dancers/at regalia, that’s what your lips and chin are for ;)
• Be respectful of participants and dancers—dance regalia are not costumes and permission should be asked before taking pictures of a dancer.
• The Emcee will explain and introduce the different events and dances throughout the Powwow.
  • Always stand during honoring songs including grand entry, flag songs, veteran’s songs, and other songs as designated by the emcee. Hats should also be removed. 
• Do not enter the dance arena without permission. The arena will be open to general attendees during the following dances: 
  • Intertribal, potato dance, two-step, snake dance, round dance, life givers honor song/matriarchs in our lives, blanket dance, honor songs after those being honored have gone around the circle one time
• If a drum group is singing or about to sing, do not bother them. Permission should be asked prior to recording. 
• Chairs closest to the dancing arena are reserved for dancers, singers, and elders.

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA) is a student organization on ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s campus for Native American and Indigenous students and allies aiming to build a strong community. We also seek to increase visibility and awareness of our distinct cultures and the different experiences and challenges our communities face.

We host weekly gatherings amongst our group where we get to know each other, share food, plan upcoming events and actions, and talk about what’s going on in our lives.

We are so excited to be hosting our second Pow Wow on Saturday April 27, 2024, and to be in community with you all!

• Emcee: Shannon Martin  |  Citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Potawatomi Indians - Gun Lake Tribe
  • Shannon Martin (Lynx Clan) is an active citizen throughout “Indian Country.” Since birth, she has participated in ancestral repatriations, ceremonies, pow wows, treaty demonstrations, and other cultural and language events. Shannon has served as an Emcee at various Great Lakes contest and traditional Pow Wows since 2014. She is the Executive Director/Founder of Cultural Pathways Group, LLC, a company that supports the development of cultural activation/preservation initiatives, community-centered organizing, exhibition research/development, NAGPRA repatriation efficacy, and strategic planning for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and institutions. Her clients include the Association on American Indian Affairs, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Michigan History Center, Mukurtu (Washington State University), and New York Times best-selling author Angeline Boulley as a Subject Matter Expert on her forthcoming second novel “Warrior Girl Unearthed” (May 2023). Shannon is the former Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways (Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan) - dedicating over 19 years to the award-winning cultural center and Tribal museum. Shannon has participated on the national boards for the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library, Honor the Earth, and the Research Advisory Council for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the First Peoples Fund.

Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Address: 2705 Ashland Ave, Evanston, IL, 60208

Free Parking is available at the Welsh-Ryan Arena!

• This Pow Wow is a welcoming, inclusive, supportive and safe environment for all members of the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ community and beyond, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or gender expression/identity. 
• In light of the purpose of a pow wow and alignment of NAISA values, we prohibit harassment including anti-blackness, anti-indigeneity, sexual violence, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and all other forms; it will not be tolerated.
• We also prohibit the use of alcohol and drugs at this event.
• If you do not follow these expectations, you will be asked to leave.

Sign up sheet coming soon!