Celebrating the Solstice Pow Wow Style

Celebrating the Solstice Pow Wow Style
Photo by Charlie Sark via Ottawa Summer Solstice Festival
Photo by Charlie Sark via Ottawa Summer Solstice Festival
Photo by Charlie Sark via Ottawa Summer Solstice Festival

Did anyone hit up any pow wows during the summer solstice this past weekend? Our neighbors to the north held The Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts Festival and Competition Pow Wow in Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa Ontario.

YouTube User Hoi Vien captured some great footage of the dancers.

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For more information on the event and a great photo gallery be sure to drop by the Ottawa Summer Solstice Festival website or follow them on Facebook at Ottawa Solstice.

About Toyacoyah Brown

Toyacoyah Brown is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation, currently living in Chicago. She received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. When she's not scouring the Internet for fun things to share with PowWows.com readers you can find her digging for vinyl in her local record store or curling up with a good book.


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