Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Rusty Gillette is Arikara and Hidatsa from the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. He is the son of Vince and Connie Gillette and the grandson of Russell Gillette. He is a member of the Dead Grass Society in White Shield, ND. Rusty earned his bachelor’s degree...
Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Vince Beyl – Emcee

Vince is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation Ojibway Tribe of Minnesota and recently retired after 28 years as the Director of Indian Education in the Bemidji Public Schools. He is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam from 1970-1971....
Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Charlie Moran – Emcee

Greetings Friends and Relatives, My name is Charlie Moran Sr. My Hidatsa name is Sheshee. I am from the Flint Knife Clan and a child of the Dripping Dirt. I am Hidatsa and Mandan from the MHA Nation and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. I’m currently teaching...
Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Rooster Top Sky – Head Man Judge

I am Chippewa-Cree from Rocky Boy MT. I am educated in health and involved in my culture, language, and a healthy active lifestyle. Powwow has given me a lot of opportunities to meet great people throughout Indian country. My late father was a huge mentor throughout...
Rusty Gilette – Arena Director

Bobbi Lynn Frederick – Head Woman Judge

Bobbi Lynn Frederick is from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. She was raised on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota. Bobbi has been dancing fancy shawl since she was in tiny tots, traveling throughout the United States and Canada....