Credit: Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Delina White, Leech Lake Ojibwe, won both old-style jingle specials over the weekend and placed in Sunday’s Pink Jingle Dress Special. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Credit: Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Credit: Eunice Straight Head, Cheyenne River Lakota, was crowned Miss He Sapa Win on Oct. 12. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Eunice Straight Head, Cheyenne River Lakota, was crowned Miss He Sapa Win on Oct. 12. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
Dancers from across the United States and Canada gathered Oct. 11-13 to compete for over $180,000 in cash prizes during the 36th annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)

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Amelia Schafer is a multimedia journalist for ICT based in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is of Wampanoag and Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation descent. Follow her on Twitter @ameliaschafers or reach her...