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The Power of Powwows

May 9, 2025

5.9.25 – In collaboration with New Mexico In Depth, Indigenous Affairs Reporter Bella Davis visits a powwow dance class to explore the importance of finding community in urban spaces as well as powwow etiquette. 

Host: Bella Davis (Yurok)  

Director: Joey Dunn (Diné)  

Producers:   
Bella Davis (Yurok)  
Joey Dunn (Diné)  
Benjamin C Yazza (Diné)  

Guests:   
Niko DeRoin-Silva (Otoe-Missouria / Choctaw)  
Juanita Growing Thunder (Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes)  
Jessa Rae Growing Thunder (Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes)  
Wil Gover (Pawnee / Tohono O’odham / Cherokee)   

For More Information: 

Powwow class gives urban Native families space to celebrate culture – New Mexico In Depth