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KEITH NAHANEE of the Squamish Nation participates in a men’s traditional dance. Approximately
.100 native dancers are expected to perform at this year’s annuai Squamish Nation pow wow to be

held cn the Capilano reserve.

Wednesday, July 8,

Capilano Reserve July 31 -

1992 — North Shore News - 39

Aug. 2

THE SQUAMISH Nation is getting set to host the fourth
annual pow wow to be heid on its Capilano reserve.

Band member Gloria Nahance
said the annual event, set for July
31 to Aug..2, has grown every
year since 1989. Before that, said
Nahanee, the local band had not
hosted a pow wow festival for
over 30 years.

**The last year we had it was in

1989. Our elders used to have it
from 1937 to 1958. Then it stop-
ped because we were losing our
elders,’’ said Nahanee.
- She added that most of the
band’s younger residents are now
becoming interested in learning
about their culture. Many are also
Jearning: the traditional dances.
The dancing is one of the
highlights of the popular pow
wow. °

**Some of the children were not
learning the culture and had been
brought up in Catholic schools.
My girls have just started to learn
hew to dance at the Indian Centre
in Vancouver,"’ Nahanee said.

Nahanee added that most senior
natives, who have been turning
out at the Squamish Nation’s pow
wow for the past three years, have
fond memories of participating in
pow wows on the Capilano reserve
in the past.

“Some of the elders said they
remembered going to the Capilano
reserve. I know most of their
grandchildren now,’’ said
Nahanee.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

She added that. the Squamish
Nation’s pow wow has grown
each year since 1989 and that the
band has.been receiving calls from
across the province and across the
country for more information on
the upcoming event.

Nahanee said that the event at-
tracted about 20 traditional native
dancers when it was held in 1989
and that number grew to about
100 fast year. ,

“It evolves by word of mouth
on the pow wow circuit. It’s
growing each year. It’s also a
good learning experience for our
kids,"’ said Nahanee. ‘A lot of
our young people are now learn-
ing about the dancing.””

She added that it will be the
Squamish Nation’s youth who will
continue to carry on the tradition
of hosting the annual pow wow.
She said that besides providing
entertainment for band members
and ihe general public, the pow
wow is also a way for band
members to visit their friends and
relatives.

The non-profit and drug- and
alcohol-free pow wow will be held
at the Squamish Nation's
longhouse on the Capilano

” reserve.

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