Kelso Powwow Committee Presents 39th Annual

"IN HONOR OF OUR CHILDREN" POWWOW

Saturday May 16, 2026

Our New Hours: Noon-7pm

Location: Kelso High School, 1904 Allen St, Kelso, WA

Directions: I-5 Exit 39, go East on Allen St approximately ¼ mile

Powwow Personnel for 2026

MC………………….….Michael Wardancer

Arena Director....Jeff Medicine Bear

Host Drum………...Turquoise Pride

Co-Host Drum.....Allen Family Singers

Head Man………....Presley Tallbut

Head Woman…….Dawn Rittenbach

Tahitian Dancers at 4pm

Date is tentative and may be subject to being cancelled by the school district. Should that happen, we may offer a refund.

AGENDA

All times are approximate

12:00pm…………………………………………………………………..Powwow Opens To Public

12:00pm…………………………………………………………………..Cowlitz Drum Group

12:30pm…………………………………………………………………...Grand Entry Time

1:00pm………………….………………………………………………….Coming-of-age Ceremony

4:00pm…………………………………………………………………….Break

4:00pm…………………………………………………………………….Tahitian Dancers

5:00pm……………………………………………………………………..End of break

7:00pm……………………………………………………………………..Retiring of Colors Powwow Ends

We want to say a very special THANK YOU to all our donors who help make the 39th Annual Powwow event successful:

Cowlitz Tribe

Kelso School District

Tahitian Dancers

Safeway

Fibre Federal Credit Union

PepsiCo

ServPro

RuffHouse

Fred Meyer

CHEF'STORE

Flyways

Wilcox & Flegel

Starbucks

The Blitz

KUKN

KLOG

Lindell Family

All of the vendors

We would also like to say a special THANK YOU to all the volunteers without whom this event could not have happened.

About Us

Kelso "In Honor of our Children" Powwow is a Non-profit that started as an education program for Native American children and the Powwow was part of that cultural program. Since we no longer have the education program the Kelso Powwow Committee decided to continue to do the yearly Powwow as we have since 1985, to continue to share Native American culture with our community. This yearly event is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. We have traditional Native drumming, singing and dancing. To reflect our diverse Native population we are Intertribal.