The 26th Annual Native Americans at Dartmouth Pow-wow attracted about 1,000 spectators to witness a variety of Native American dancing and singing over the weekend.
Organizers moved the Pow-wow into Thompson arena in a last minute decision, when weather made it impossible to hold the event on the Green, as originally planned.
"The change of location didn't hurt the spirit of the festivities," Organizer Anna Tsouhlarakis '99 said. "If we would have had it on the Green, we would have had more people, because of the centrality of it."
Visitors flocked to the College from locations as far as Arizona, Canada, North Carolina and Virginia to hear the songs and watch the dances of Mystic River, the host drum or lead performance group. Many other drums also performed at the event.
The drums represented a cross-section of all the Native American groups in the United States. A drum is the Native American term for a performing group, consisting of a variety of singers and dancers.
Tsouhlarakis said the best part of the event was the participation of students in the planning and setting up of the event.
"What really stuck out was the amount of help we got from the Dartmouth community ... especially La Alianza Latina," Tsouhlarakis said. "They helped us out the whole weekend."
Overall the weekend was a great success, Michelle Fox '98 said. "We had a lot of good dancers, and more drums than we thought we would have. It went great."
