Kelso Powwow Committee Presents 38th Annual

"IN HONOR OF OUR CHILDREN" POWWOW

Saturday May 17, 2025

Noon-9pm

Grand Entries 1PM & 7 PM

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

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

Powwow Personnel for 2025

MC-Michael War Dancer

Assistant MC-Levi Little Hawk

Arena Director-Jeff Medicine Bear

Head Man-Presley Tallbut

Head Woman-Dawn Rittenbach

Host Drum-Turquoise Pride

Invited Drums-Allen Family Singers &

Thunderhawk

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

Thank you to our Powwow Personnel for 2024 Event:

MC--------------------Michael War Dancer
Arena Director-----Jeff Medicine Bear
Host Drum----------Turquoise Pride
Co-Host Drum------Allen Family Singers
Head Man-----------JC Allen-Tackett
Head Woman-------Dawn Rittenbach
Benediction---------Chuck Tackett

Special Guest Dancers--Aztec Dancers

and All the Volunteers who helped to make this all possible

We want to say a very special THANK YOU to all our donors who helped the 37th Annual Powwow event successful:

Cowlitz Tribe

Kelso School District

9th & Washington Way Starbucks

Foster Farms

Lucky Eagle Casino

Ilani

ChefStore

Red Canoe Credit Union

Fibre Credit Union

Franz Bread

PepsiCo

Safeway

KLOG, KUKN, The Blitz

Lindell Family

Rruff House

Cowlitz County Tourism

Grand Canyon University

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.