High Prairie Traditional Pow Wow & Regional Youth Hand Games

Dates: May 2, 2026

Join us for a celebration of Indigenous culture with traditional dancing, drumming, and community spirit!

Events & Registration:

Dancer Registration

• Register here

Drummer Registration

• Register here

Princess Contest Junior & Senior

• Register here

Regional Youth Hand Games 

• Register here
• Information package

Sponsorship Opportunities

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Vendors 

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Volunteers

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Tentative Agenda 

9:00 am Pipe Ceremony

10:00 am  Registration Opens

11:00 am Hand Games Start (Gordan Buchanan Recreation Centre)

12:45 pm Drum Roll Call (one start from each drum group)

1:00 pm  First Grande Entry & Opening Remarks & Invocation by Elder

                 Intertribal

                 Tiny Tots (ages 0-6) will be paid after they dance, must be in regalia and registered with a number.

                 Golden Age & Juniors & Teens

                 Retiring the Flags

5:00 pm   Free Stew & Bannock

                Metis Event

                Princess Speeches & Introductions 

                Princess Crowning

6:45pm  Drum Roll Call

7:00 pm 2nd Grand Entry

                       Graduation Honor Dance

                       Intertribal

                       Payouts for Golden Age, Juniors &  Teens

                       Adult Category

                      Organizing Committee Giveaway

                      Retiring the Flags, Closing Comments