Scenes from the Grand Entry of the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Alexandria Hacker helps her son Jey Kenny, 11, both of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, get ready to enter the dance floor during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Trevor Jim, a member of the Dine’, talks with Raieen Morgan, 7, as they prepare to enter the arena for the Grand Entry during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Fancy Dancers of all ages and genders dance after the Grand Entry of the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Shia Donnell, 13, Sr. Miss Red Lake Nation, has her hair braided by her mother Misty Dow, during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
A powwow participant pulls a large drum through the parking lot and into the arena before the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Quilton Kaulaity, 4, hangs onto his father Stefan Kaulaity’s hand while watching dancers head out for the Grand Entry during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Dancers enter the main arena while having their contestant numbers recorded during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Fancy Dancers of all ages and genders dance after the Grand Entry of the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Dancers shake the hands of color guards after the Grand Entry of the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Dancers enter the main arena during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
James Herman, a member of the Ojibwe, hangs some of his tack belts up on his booth during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Stefan Kaulaity, left, greets a dancer headed out for the Grand Entry while his son Quilton Kaulaity, 4, looks on during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
Deidre Bass straightens the bonnet on her daughter Casara Wilson, 2, while her other daughter Cassandra Wilson, 8, watches her tablet during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
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