17th Annual Akwesasne International Powwow - Part 2

Host drum group Black Bear. Photo: Derrick Lafrance.

Teen Girls Smoke Dance competition. Photo: MJKS.

Iakonkwenti:io Thompson helping out with Our Big Basket. The project is an initiative of the Akwesasne Tourism Office and local basketmakers were invited to chip in in building this big basket. The grass and splints were supplied and all that was asked for was the expertise of local basketmakers. They were invited to design a row or two adding their own unique touch. Photo: Derrick Lafrance.

Shown in their regalia are the time, energy and love sewn into every bead and feather. Photo credit by MJKS

Young ladies competing in the Jr. Girls fancy shawl.

The big drum singers from Wikwemikong. Photo: MJKS.

Representatives from the Armed Forces after the Grand Entry. L-R: Curtis White, Robert Ojida, Dwight Bero, Harris Cole, Brian Ojida, Tom Francis, Peter Back, Loren Francis, Edward Hughes, Michael Francis, Jerry Cook and Theresa Connors. Hughes is a Second World War Veteran who served with the Royal Canadian Navy at Normandy. Back is a Korean War Vet. Photo: Derrick Lafrance.

A Junior Women's Fancy dancer. Photo: MJKS.

Ocean Lazore, left and Lyric Thompson-Terrance help Taieriwaie:ne up the hill during a break from the dancing. Photo: Derrick Lafrance.