Participants are expected to return to everyday life with a difference - their spirit renewed. Until the next powwow. To his left is Vietnam veteran retired Army Master Sgt. Marvin Burnette of the Rosebud, S.D., Lakota tribe was the lead powwow dancer. The drums and singers are the voice, heart and soul of powwows.
Vocables are sounds replacing words so singers of various tribes can sign together.
Rudi Williams Vietnam veteran retired Army Master Sgt. Marvin Burnette of the Rosebud, S.D., Lakota tribe was the lead powwow dancer at the National Native American Veterans Powwow.