By Bryan Eneas

Wahpeton Dakota Nation set to celebrate culture camp

Aug 27, 2018 | 12:00 PM

The Wahepton Dakota Nation will be celebrating their culture for another year.

The culture camp is set to return to the Nation’s cultural grounds and features a variety of activities around language, gender roles and traditional games along with live entertainment. This year’s theme is “Focusing on the Youth of Wahpeton,” according to a poster circulating on social media.

Aug. 28 marks the first day of the camp. Opening ceremonies are preceded by an 8 a.m. pipe ceremony. Breakfast will be followed by gender role teachings and a mini powwow. Teachings about Buffalo Ball, a traditional game, will take place in the afternoon before Emery Burningrass hosts a show at 6 p.m.

The day will be concluded with a full moon ceremony for women and a sweat lodge ceremony for men.

Activities on Aug. 29 appear to shift to focusing on the lands; a medicine walk starts the day, which is followed by games and hunting and art teachings. Participants will also have a chance to learn about smoking meat.

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The evening’s fun comes in the form of two neckbone eating contests for those under and over the age of 15.

The final day of the camp, Aug. 30, features a variety of teachings revolving around clothing. Moccasin, skirt and shirt teachings are all featured, alongside education about the drum. The camp is concluded with a feast-style luncheon in the early afternoon.

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