You can see some photos and some of what the dancers said on Ben Marra's powwow web page. With his permission, I chose a few of young people and what they said for my Fancy Powwow Outfits beadwork section page. These give a good idea of the wonderful contents, so here I'll say a few other things. We've all probably got little collections of photos we took ourselves of Uncle leading the Grand entry, Sister in her jingledress, etc. Nobody has any like this, though.
All attention is on the people.
These photographs are a testimony to those individuals who make the powwow magic. They are the human element behind the tradition, the real people who keep it all going. They may be construction workers, computer operators, students, or blackjack dealers during the week. On weekends, the ageless drum calls again, not to help them relive their cultural past, but to celebrate their real existence in the world. It is the dancers' faces in these photographs that speak to me the loudest, despite their quiet demeanor.