COMPETITION POW WOW

Come celebrate the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival with the Pow Wow! Part of the National Indigenous Peoples Day activities in Ottawa, June 2022.

Don’t miss out! Drummers and Dancers from across the US and Canada will be competing for over $75,000 in prizes!

The Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival starts Tuesday June 21, 2022, with non-stop family programming…all FREE!

The Powwow starts Saturday June 25, 2022, with Grand Entry at 12:00pm, immediately followed by Intertribal Social Dancing and the Committee Specials.

Committee Specials:

Glenn Matasawagon Memorial Chicken Dance Special (18+)
Marley Fairfield-Staats Jingle Dress Special (18+)
More specials to be announced!

Registration

Saturday June 25, 2022, 9:00am to 11:30am

Registration closes 11:30am Saturday June 25, 2022, in lieu of Drum Roll Call at 11:45am.

Grand Entries

Saturday June 25, 2022, 12:00pm & 11:30am

Sunday June 26, 2022, 12:00pm

Drum/Dance Contest: (Points start Saturday, June 25, 2022)

DRUM COMPETITION:

1st Place: $5,000 | 2nd Place: $4,000 | 3rd Place: $2,500 | 4th Place: $1,500

DANCE COMPETITION:

MEN’S & LADIES (60+ open) COMBINED CATEGORIES
1st Place: $1000 | 2nd Place: $800 | 3rd Place: $500

Sr. ADULT MEN’S & LADIES (40-59) TRADITIONAL, FANCY, GRASS & JINGLE
1st Place: $1000 | 2nd Place: $800 | 3rd Place: $500

Jr. ADULT MEN’S & LADIES (18-39) TRADITIONAL, FANCY, GRASS & JINGLE
1st Place: $1000 | 2nd Place: $800 | 3rd Place: $500

TEENS (13-17) TRADITIONAL, FANCY, GRASS & JINGLE
1st Place: $400 | 2nd Place: $300 | 3rd Place: $200

JUNIORS (6-12) TRADITIONAL, FANCY, GRASS & JINGLE
1st Place: $200 | 2nd Place: $150 | 3rd Place: $100

TINY TOTS paid daily (Sat/Sun) in full regalia (5yrs & under)

Staff

Host Drum: Black Bear
MC: Wes King
Co-MC: Whitney Recountre II
Head Drum Judge: Jeremy Doxtator
Head Dance Judge: Shady Hafez
All Tabulating done by: C&T Tabulating
Sound: Hokah Sound

MENS TRADITIONAL, GRASS, FANCY & WOMENS TRADITIONAL, JINGLE, FANCY SHAWL

Youth (17 and under) & Adults (18 +) categories

1ST $500/ 2ND $300/ 3RD $200

SPECIALS – SMOKE & HOOP (ADULTS 18+)
1ST $500/ 2ND $300/ 3RD $200

DRUMS (SOLO) MENS AND WOMENS CATEGORIES
1ST $500/ 2ND $300/ 3RD $200

DRUM (GROUP) MENS AND WOMENS COMBINED
1ST $1000/ 2ND $750/ 3RD $500

All finalists (dancers) must perform to NEW and original songs produced especially for the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival by multi-Grammy nominated Northern Cree.

Finalist Performances will stream via Facebook Live @SummerSolsticeFestivals on Saturday & Sunday June 19th & June 20th. 12pm to 5pm EDT

HOST DRUM NORTHERN CREE
Northern Cree recorded NEW and ORIGINAL songs for the SSIF Pow Wow.
Northern Cree is a nine-time GRAMMY-nominated pow wow drum group from Treaty Six territory with 49 albums to their credit. The group was formed in 1982 by Charles Wood Jr., Earl Wood, Randy Wood, and Steve Wood. They started releasing music in 1991 and made history in 2017 when they became the first pow wow group to perform at the GRAMMY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Northern Cree is led by Steve Wood and includes Joel Wood, Marlon Deschamps, Shane Dion, Marcus Denny, Leroy Whitstone, Marvin Deschamps, Jordon Fiddler, Emerson Samson, Penny McGilvery, Dezi Chocan, Randall Paskemin, Jamon Paskemin, Gilbert Buffalo, Desmond Redcalf, Jonas Tootoosis, Ben Cardinal, Kyle Pasquayak, Shaina McGilvery, and Jayzer Littlewolfe.

Since 1999, Northern Cree has earned a total of 44 nominations and 18 awards for their music.