Indigenous Traditional

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W ow "?
is a "Pow
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crea te
t ra d it ion n d the
o w" is a le a r o u
o w W p e o p
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ow w o e se rv in
w o rl d . P a n d pr for
u lt u r e l tim e
ig e n o u sc
is a s p ecia
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s t ly r ich he e r t o jo in in
ps,
va t o g e th n d s h i
o g a ther n g old frie
all t re n ew i .  
iti n g , s h ip s
in g in g , vis w r e la tion
s ld i ng ne
b u i
and

What is the meaning

of Pow Wow?
"Pow Wow" comes from the Algonquin word "pau-wau", which
means "medicine man" or "he who dreams.”
Early European settlers changed it to the English spelling we use
now — pow wow.