{"id":145,"date":"2020-03-15T22:18:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=145"},"modified":"2020-03-15T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T03:13:30","slug":"montana-state-university-powwow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/03\/15\/montana-state-university-powwow\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana State University Powwow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The MSU American Indian Council annual powwow, which had been scheduled April 10-11, has been canceled due to concerns about COVID-19. One of the largest powwows in the state, the event annually attracts thousands of participants and visitors from throughout the region and Canada. Photo: MSU<\/p><\/div>\n

BOZEMAN \u2013 The American Indian Council and the Montana State University Department of Native American Studies announced Friday that the 2020 American Indian Council Powwow will be canceled due to concerns about the coronavirusdisease COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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The MSU American Indian Council Powwow<\/a> is traditionally one of the largest in Montana, attracting thousands of visitors and participants. This year\u2019s powwow, which had been scheduled April 10-11, would have been the 45th at MSU.<\/p>\n

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Walter Fleming, head of MSU\u2019s Department of Native American Studies<\/a>, said his department and the American Indian Council deeply regret canceling the much-anticipated event, but the health of all participants and visitors is of foremost concern.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur powwows are intergenerational events that bring to Bozeman guests from all around the region and Canada,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cWe are deeply concerned about the health of all our visitors, vendors and participants but particularly our elders, who are among the most vulnerable. Canceling the powwow seems the safest, most prudent course of action at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fleming said the MSU Powwow Committee does not intend to reschedule this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Perry, American Indian Council adviser and director of the Office of American Indian and Alaska Native Student Success, said the university is deeply grateful to the students who have worked very hard for nearly a year to plan and raise funds for the event, which is free to all participants as a result of a year of student fundraising.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis cancellation does not negate the hard work MSU\u2019s students have put into preparations for our powwow thus far,\u201d Perry said. \u201c(The students) are disappointed but recognize that the health and safety of their families and our visitors comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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All powwow events, including a fun run, basketball tournament and a brunch sponsored by the MSU Foundation, are included in the cancellation.<\/p>\n

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For more information, go to montana.edu\/aic<\/a> or contact Lisa Perry at 406-994-4880 or lisa.perry2@montana.edu<\/a> or Nick Ross-Dick, ned@montana.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BOZEMAN \u2013 The American Indian Council and the Montana State University Department of Native American Studies announced Friday that the 2020 American Indian Council Powwow will be canceled due to concerns about the coronavirusdisease COVID-19.   The MSU American Indian Council Powwow is traditionally one of the largest in Montana, attracting thousands of visitors and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-institutions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}