Singers and drummers from South Dakota came to Fairbanks to perform at the Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Guest performers at the Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow came up to Fairbanks from South Dakota to participate in the drumming, singing and dancing, some of them returning for the first time since 2019.
“We [came] from Standing Rock Indian Reservation in north central South Dakota,” said Frank Jamerson, a guest drummer at the powwow. The area in which they live is known as the Valley of Chiefs, just outside of Little Eagle, South Dakota. Jamerson and his daughter returned to Fairbanks for the Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow, after performing in 2019. “The first time I came up... it was different, a lot different from being at home and it was really like...
The Jamerson’s were excited to return to the land of the midnight sun and to the powwow named after the solar phenomenon caused by the Earth’s tilt. “A lot of our powwow’s back home are all centered around competition,” said Frank. This means that the focus of the performances and the regalia is to win prizes such as money. But, at the Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow, they can just have fun and work on building connections.
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