Ceremonial Dance

Saturday I attended the ikwe dewe'igan ceremony. There were many people in attendance. At this dance, there were special visitors from Prairie Island Community, Sisseton and Fort Peck. There has been some cross culture sharing about the ikwe dewe'igan and the vistors wanted to participate in the ceremonial dance. The Bwaan presented a gift of a horse to the drum keepers. The horse was covered with blanket gifts and the Bwaan sang songs as the horse was lead to the circle outside of the dance hall. They smoke the pipe and talked about how it has been over 100 years since this type of gathering has happened.