Our Special Guest
International PowwowRusty 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 in Communications with a Concentration in Public Relations […]
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. Before picking up the mic and announcing, he was a […]
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 Hidatsa Language and Custom, Traditions at New […]
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 my life educationally, culturally as well as a powwow. […]
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. She has done various performances and presentations at schools, universities, […]
Londel Seaboy is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Sioux Tribe. Londel is married to Beatrice Seaboy and lives in Big Bend, South Dakota. He attended school at Sisseton Wahpeton Community College. He was a grass dancer for many years. Londel continues to travel to powwows to sing or to be head staff when he […]