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On Monday, Oct. 9, college students and group members gathered to honor Indigenous cultures on the College of Wisconsin–Madison campus with a powwow marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The occasion, hosted by Wunk Sheek, a scholar group, welcomed all who attended to a night of dancing, singing, meals and celebration.
The night’s program, emceed by Artley Skenandore, a member of the Oneida Nation, featured host drum from Oka Homma of the Choktaw Nation and head dancers, Miinan White, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk Nation, and Ken Funmaker Sr of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
At proper, Azrielle Swallow, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a UW scholar from Tomah, Wis., joins an inter-tribal dance.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
Pictured with an iconic eagle design adorning the again of his shirt, Sean Tourtillott, a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe and consultant of the American Indian Council on Alcoholism, speaks throughout the powwow.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
Oka Homma of the Choctaw nation offered host drum for the powwow.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
Isabella Portillo of Aztec Indian Dance a neighborhood Madison efficiency group, participates within the dancing.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
Kira Adkins, president of Wunk Sheek, addresses those that gathered for the powwow.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
Indigenous beadwork and metallic adorn the regalia of three tribal dancers.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
A dancer’s regalia in movement.
Photograph by: Jeff Miller
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