Sweet Home Welcomes Native Connections, Tiwahe, NAEDC

The Sweet Home was the place to be this past Friday. In honor of Native American Heritage month, Native Connections, Tiwahe and Nakoda Aaniiih Economic Development Corporation (NAEDC) visited to “amplify indigenous dances for the people. Showcased were the Fancy, Traditional and Grassdance following with our Elders.”

Jeremy Ritchie who mentors through NAEDC highlighted the youth who are at the core of their powwows. “It is the youth who do everything from budgeting to all the background tasks behind the scenes,” he said. “Our job as mentors is to guide them and let them lead. The powwow brings...