Photos: Cante Skuya Round Dance

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Amelia SchaferNorth Central Bureau Correspondant

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Photos: Cante Skuya Round Dance

by Amelia Schafer, ICT
February 16, 2024

					<h1>Photos: Cante Skuya Round Dance</h1>
<p class="byline">by Amelia Schafer, ICT <br />February 16, 2024</p>
					
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<p>Scenes from the 2024 Cante Skuya Round Dance Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaze Ballroom in Rapid City. The event was organized by the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p>Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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<p> Scenes from the Cante Skuya Round Dance at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)</p>
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