The 19th Annual Traditional Powwow takes place Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, 2025, in the C3 Sports Complex, 200 Ellis Place, State College, PA 16801.
Admission is free and open to the public. Doors open at 11 a.m. both days.

Dancer Grand Entry at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, ends at 9 p.m.
Dancer Grand Entry at noon on Sunday, ends at 5 p.m.

Host Drum*: Iron Lightning, South Dakota/Oklahoma/Ohio
Co-Host Drum: Red Blanket, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
Co-Host Drum: Maza Napin, Yankton, South Dakota
Co-Host Drum: Thunder Nation, Pittsburgh, PA/Cleveland, OH
Co-Host Drum: Medicine Horse, PA

*Drums by Invitation only

Head Veteran Dancer: Wi’hinapadutawin Shenandoah Ellis-Ulmer, MSgt (ret.) USAF Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate Breckenridge, MN OIF/OEF Veteran
Head Man Dancer: Lawrence Reddest, Sīcungu “Lakota” Tribe of Rosebud, South Dakota
Head Woman Dancer: Charlotte A. Reddest, Lenni-Lenape Tribe of New York
Arena Director: Roger Campbell, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakotah Sioux, Sisseton, SD, Vietnam Veteran
Emcee: Guy Jones, Lakota, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Standing Rock, ND
Head Cook: Mike Zerby, Mission Band Potawatomi, Wabash River Valley, IN
Cafeteria Supervisor: Joche Gayles

Vendor spaces sold out

Powwow Coordinator: John Sanchez, Apache/Yaqui