Presented by St Clair College Indigenous Student Services and the University of Windsor Aboriginal Education Centre.
Join us from Thursday, May 9th to Saturday, May 11th at the St Clair College Sportsplex and celebrate Indigenous cultures and community.
The free event will allow First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students and alumni to gather, including more than 1,000 Indigenous students from five local school boards.
The three-day event will include drumming, dancing, crafts, traditional food, and a special guest performance.
Event Schedule:
9:30 am - Doors Open
10:30 am - Grand Entry
2:00 pm - Break
5:00 pm - Feast
6:00 pm - Second Grand Entry
7:30 pm - Closing
11:00 am - Doors Open
12:00 pm - Grand Entry
4:00 pm - Feast
5:30 pm - Closing
Pow Wow Details
Dance Specials
Smoke Dance Exhibition
Switch Dance Special - Sponsored by Culture Shock Bead Co
Tiny Tots - Sponsored by Aboriginal Child Resource Centre & Ska:Na Family Learning Centre
Head Staff
Emcee – Gordon Nicotine-Sands
Arena Director – Jordan Williams White Eye
Host Drum – Little Creek
Co-host Drum - Eagle Flight
Head Dancers – Nikki Shawana & DJ White
Junior Head Dancers – Cheona Smith & Julian Sands
Head Veteran – Terrance J Riley
Flag Carriers – TBA
Get Involved:
Interested in being a vendor?
This space is specifically for Indigenous craft vendors and artists. We encourage all items to be authentic or handmade by Indigenous community members.
Vendor Applications are now closed.
Sponsor the Event
For information about sponsorship, or to access the form click on the link below.
Are you going to be attending this year's Pow Wow event? Don't forget to RSVP to our event on the Facebook event page.
See below the list of hotels you might want to consider staying at during your visit to Windsor:
- Holiday Inn Express Windsor Waterfront - 33 Riverside Drive East, Windsor, ON N9A 2S4
- Caesars Windsor - 377 Riverside Dr E, Windsor, ON N9A 7H7
- TownePlace Suites Windsor (Marriott) - 275 Pitt St W, Windsor, ON N9A 7B9
- DoubleTree by Hilton Windsor Hotel & Suites - 333 Riverside Drive West Windsor, Ontario, N9A 7C5
- Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton Windsor - 1840 Huron Church Rd, Windsor, ON N9C 2L5
Event Location: Sportsplex, St. Clair College Windsor Campus (2000 Talbot Rd, Windsor, ON N9G 2E4)
Brought to the community of Windsor by the Aboriginal Education Centre at the University of Windsor and St. Clair College’s Indigenous Student Services
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Culture ShockBead Co.
CUPELocal 1393
Royal Bank of Canada
UniforLocal 200
Windsor PoliceService
