Honoring the Veterans Powwow
November 12, 2022 7:19 pm
• Last Updated: November 12, 2022 7:20 pm
People watch while dancers take part in a competition Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, during the Honoring the Veterans Powwow held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Veteran Al Godfrey, of the Nipmuc, Narragansett and intertribal nation in New England, from Boston talks with Jim Peters, of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, from Cape Cod, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, during the Honoring the Veterans Powwow held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. Godfrey served eight years in the Navy and seven years in the Army National Guard. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Sachem Henry ‘Hawk’ Edmond of East Providence, R.I., of the Pokanoket tribe, left, and Richard ‘Soaring Bear’ Cowes of West Haven, of the Golden Hill Paugussett tribe, dance Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in the Men’s Golden Age Eastern War Dance competition during the Honoring the Veterans Powwow held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Wicozani, an intertribal drum group, sing and beat a drum for the dancers, in background, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, during the Honoring the Veterans Powwow held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. Members of Wicozani are from the New England area and based in Mashantucket. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Nizhoni Kilgore, 12, of Mashantucket, of the Mashantucket tribe, performs the Eastern Blanket Dance while participating in the Juniors Eastern Dance competition Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, during the Honoring the Veterans Powwow held at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Honoring the Veterans Powwow was held Saturday at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum.
The powwow honored Native Americans, who have served in the U.S. military for more than 200 years.
During the powwow and dancers competed in various dances and the drummers also competed.
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