2026 Black Hills Pow Wow

Schedule of Events

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Parade - Downtown Rapid City

8:00 am  - Parade Downtown Line Up by in Dacotah Bank Parking Lot - Sponsored by The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board

10:00 am - Parade Starts 2nd & Main Street (Float Contest)

The Summit Arena –The Monument

11:00 am – 1:00 pm Dancer & Drum Registration – Head Table

• Arts and Info Tradeshow – Barnett Fieldhouse

10:00 am - Doors Open Main Arena & Tradeshow Venue

• Arts and Info Tradeshow – Barnett Fieldhouse

10: 15 am 2026 Miss He Sapa Win Tyler Star Comes Out - Women’s Traditional Special 21 & over

12:00 pm - Veteran’s Grand Entry – All Veterans and Dignitaries

• Flag & Victory Song – Colors Posted - Standing Rock Lakota Veterans

• Welcome Address – Miss He Sapa Win 2026

1:00 pm – Dancer Grand Entry – Adults Excused for a chance to work on routines

• Intertribals - (2/2 of Singing rotations if 20 = drums) 

• Tiny Tots – Sponsored by BHPWA – (1:30 pm)

• Inclusion/Special Needs Category (1 Song) - MUST BE REGISTERED WITH SPONSOR

• Platinum & Golden Age FINALS (1 Song) - (1:30 pm)

• Platinum Women 70+ (Combined)

• Platinum Men 70+(Combined)

• Golden Age 55-69 (Separated)

• Women’s Traditional, Jingle, Fancy

• Men’s Traditional, Grass, Fancy

• Junior and Teen Categories FINALS  - (2:10 pm)

• Junior Girl’s Categories (6-12)  Fancy, Jingle, Traditional

• Junior Boys’ Categories (6-12) Fancy, Grass, Traditional

• Teen Girls Categories (13-17) Fancy, Jingle, Traditional

• Teen Boy’s Categories (13-17) Fancy, Grass, Traditional

• Miss He Sapa Win Crowning 2025-26 – (5:30 pm)

4:00 pm Free Chili Feed – Sponsored by Partnership With Native Americans – LaCroix Hall

6:00 pm – Veterans’ Grand Entry – All Veterans and Dignitaries

• Flag & Victory Song – Colors Posted - Cheyenne River Lakota Veterans

• Welcome by Dew Bad Warrior-Ganje – BHPWA Vice President

7:00 pm – SNL Black Hills Dancer Grand Entry – “Who Runs these Hills”

• Tiny Tots sponsored by Rural American Initiatives – (8:45 pm)

**All 18+ Categories Excused for Evening**

• Senior Women’s Categories (40-54) – 2 Songs - Fancy, Contemporary Jingle, Traditional

• Senior Men’s Categories (40-54) – 2 Songs - Fancy, Grass, Traditional

• Junior Women’s Categories (18-39) – 2 Songs (9:45 pm -Fancy, Contemporary Jingle, Traditional

• Junior Men’s Categories (18-39) – 2 Songs (10:50 pm - Fancy, Grass, Traditional

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