Sault Tribe provides gift for LSSU pow-wow

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LAKE SUPERIOR
STATE UNIVERSITY

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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. - The Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians has helped underwrite a springtime pow-wow, to be hosted March 23-24 on the campus of Lake Superior State University.

The event is being organized by LSSU’s Native American Center and the Native American Student Organization.

Sault Tribe presented a $5,000 check to help defer costs.

The photo shows LSSU alumna and Sault Tribe Board of Directors member Cathy Abramson, center, presenting the check to, from left: Stephanie Sabatine, director of LSSU Native American Center and Campus Diversity; LSSU student Nichole Causley, secretary of the Native American Student Organization; student Jeff Gaus, NASO coordinator; Ken Peress, LSSU vice president of student affairs; LSSU President Betty Youngblood; and Naomi Weber, NASO president.

Activities begin on Friday, March 23, with an open house and spiritual gathering between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in LSSU’s Native American Center.

The building adjoins the Shouldice Library parking and is located at the east end of LSSU’s Row Houses.

The public is also welcome to a potluck feast during the day, and may bring a dish to pass around.

Saturday’s highlight is the pow-wow in LSSU’s Norris Center Cooper Gym.

Grand entries happen at 1 and 7 p.m.

Host drum is Waabishka Biijikii Onakwad, White Buffalo Cloud, from Bay Mills, Mich.

Vendors on hand will offer homemade and cultural crafts.

The pow-wow is free and everyone is welcome.

For more information, e-mail Nichole Causley at nikki_c_220@yahoo.com or Jeff Gaus at jagaus@lssu.edu, or contact LSSU’s Native American Center at 906-635-2223.

LSSU photo by John Shibley.

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