Celebrating Native American Heritage

Competition is serious at the annual Plains Indian Pow Wow.

We were lucky enough to be in Cody for the annual Plains Indian Pow Wow, a 2-day event featuring Native American dancing, food, and crafts. The Pow Wow is held on the grounds of the Buffalo Bill Museum and serves as a competition in various classes of dancing and attracts participants from Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, and the Dakotas. The costumes are striking, most made by hand by the participants themselves. I'm not sure exactly which dances the contestants were doing but one must surely have been the rain dance. While the first day of the event was sunny and pleasant, the second day brought rain and a bitter wind, canceling the final rounds of the competition.