Edmontonians preparing for the powwow trail

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CBC podcast This Is Edmonton visits a growing powwow practice in the downtown core and speaks to an Indigenous dancer about preparing for the powwow season

This is Edmonton is posted online every Wednesday

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An Indigenous woman stands smiling in the middle of a gym, behind her are dancers in brightly coloured regalia.
Danni Okemaw is a powwow dancer and has been dancing for most of her life. She attends weekly powwow practices in Edmonton to practice her different styles before she hits the powwow trail this summer (Clare Bonnyman/CBC)

Indigenous dancers from across the Prairies spend the summer visiting communities for powwows. In Edmonton there are weekly practices to make sure dancers are in tip-top shape, and those communities have grown greatly in recent years.

13:14Preparing for the powwow trail

This week on the local CBC podcast This Is Edmonton, host Clare Bonnyman visits a downtown powwow practice and speaks with dancer Danni Okemaw about her own dancing journey.

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This is Edmonton is posted online every Wednesday. Listen here or get in touch at thisisyeg@cbc.ca.

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