The Native American Student Association (NASA) is requesting artwork submissions for the 48th Annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow. The winning design will be featured in advertising, the program, on t-shirts, and other official merchandise. Guidelines: • 4 color limit • The design should reflect the theme “Dance for Mother Earth” • Artists may submit Read more

The 45th annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow brought hundreds of tribe and community members together at Skyline High School on Sunday, April 2, 2017. The powwow is one of the largest in North America and is a time for “celebration for and by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Native American communities alike,” Read more

The 44th annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow brought Native Americans from many different nations to Ann Arbor on Saturday and Sunday for a weekend of singing, drumming and dance competitions. Native American students and faculty at the University of Michigan have been bringing the annual powwow to the Ann Arbor area since 1972. The Read more

The 43rd Dance for Mother Earth Powwow features dancers and drummers celebrating Native American culture. The event is presented from noon-9 p.m. April 4 and noon-6 p.m. April 5 at Skyline High School, 2552 N. Maple Road. It is hosted by the University of Michigan Native American Student Association, with assistance by the Eastern Michigan University North Read more

The Native American Student Association (NASA) at the University of Michigan and the Native American Student Organization of Eastern Michigan University came together Saturday and Sunday to put on the 42nd-annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow. The Dance for Mother Earth Powwow is a gathering for all people from all nations, and is one of Read more

Hundreds of members of the Native American community engaged in a cultural celebration this weekend during the 42nd annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow. The powwow, hosted by the Native American Student Association, brought community members together to celebrate their culture. Although past powwows have been held at the Crisler Center, this year’s event was Read more

This wasn’t LSA sophomore Sarah Ballew’s first powwow. Attending and competing at various powwows since she could walk, Ballew has grown up around the rhythmic drumming and singing of Native American culture. As internal co-chair of the Native American Student Association, Ballew helped organize the 41st annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow, a weekend-long event Read more

While many students chose to engage in St. Patrick Day debauchery this weekend, more than 2,000 people came together at Pioneer High School for the 40th Annual Ann Arbor Dance for Mother Earth Powwow. Forrest Cox, external co-chair for the University’s Native American Student Association and a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe, explained Read more

When visitors entered Saline Middle School’s auditorium this weekend, a sea of brightly colored headdresses, jewelry and regalia immediately demanded their attention. Looking closer, certain individuals in the crowded arena stood out: an aged man sewing a leather sack, young children stomping their feet in rhythm alongside their elders and three young men beating skinned Read more

Native American songs sounded through the halls, dancing pounded the gym floor and the smell of traditional foods wafted through the air at Saline Middle School this weekend. These were usually the sights and sounds of Crisler Arena during a weekend in the beginning of April. But for the first time in the past 19 Read more