The University of Utah is hosting its 51st Annual Pow Wow on Friday and Saturday. The event is free and open to the public.
51st Annual Pow WowEach year the university's Inter-Tribal Student Association and American Indian Resource Center select a theme for the powwow. This year's theme is "Elevating Indigenous Youth," which organizers hope will bring awareness to how issues like residential boarding schools have impacted Native Americans.
Anisha Marion, a doctoral student and member of the Inter-Tribal Student Association, said the theme touches on issues that hit close to home. Marion's grandfather spent months in the residential school system. He remembered Native children at residential schools holding secret powwows to continue traditions, like language, song and dance, that were illegal to practice.
"There were so many missing pieces, but throughout the years, my father worked so hard to piece together who he was and teach himself many Anishinaabe traditions that he could pass down to us," she said. "My father, like many Indigenous people, continued to struggle with his identity and passed away with a piece of his spirit missing. I have promised myself that I will do anything in my power to prevent this dark history from repeating.
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