1	00:00:01:19	00:00:03:11	Sometimes it gets hard
to balance these two worlds.
2	00:00:03:13	00:00:05:00	There's different responsibilities
3	00:00:05:02	00:00:06:14	that I hold
at school.
4	00:00:06:16	00:00:07:27	There's different responsibilities
5	00:00:07:29	00:00:09:11	that I hold
for the Powwow Trail.
6	00:00:11:11	00:00:14:03	I'm a junior
at UW-Madison.
7	00:00:14:05	00:00:18:07	I come from the Band River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe.
8	00:00:20:18	00:00:24:18	[drum beat with electronica]
9	00:00:34:09	00:00:36:11	[yells]
10	00:01:07:04	00:01:09:22	>> All right,
don't go away gentlemen.
11	00:01:11:22	00:01:13:17	>> A powwow is a social gathering.
12	00:01:13:19	00:01:15:14	This is like our way
13	00:01:15:16	00:01:18:19	of bringing our whole
native community together.
14	00:01:18:21	00:01:22:17	>> Okay, I believe we are ready for our first -- entry.
15	00:01:22:19	00:01:25:22	So we are going to ask
those of you that are able
16	00:01:25:24	00:01:28:04	to please rise, remove the covers off your head
17	00:01:28:06	00:01:31:15	to pay respects not only just
to our stars and stripes
18	00:01:31:17	00:01:34:26	but to the original flag of this continent, our Eagle Staffs.
19	00:01:34:28	00:01:37:00	>> The veterans
play a huge role
20	00:01:37:02	00:01:39:06	because they
went to battle for us.
21	00:01:39:08	00:01:41:11	They went to battle
for our people
22	00:01:41:13	00:01:46:05	and they always have.
23	00:01:46:07	00:01:49:03	Powwows are used as a means to educate people.
24	00:01:49:05	00:01:51:04	That's why they're so open
to the public and everything.
25	00:01:54:10	00:01:57:15	A lot of people classify
Native Americans as
26	00:01:57:17	00:01:59:27	you know, oh,
they're all Indians.
27	00:01:59:29	00:02:02:06	Well, no, you know.
28	00:02:02:08	00:02:03:03	We're all from
different nations
29	00:02:03:05	00:02:04:28	that are all really,
really different.
30	00:02:05:00	00:02:06:27	We all have
different languages.
31	00:02:06:29	00:02:08:21	We all have
different ways of life.
32	00:02:08:23	00:02:10:16	And we're
completely different.
33	00:02:10:18	00:02:12:11	Just from being
on the Powwow Trail
34	00:02:12:13	00:02:17:22	you get to learn so much
about different native nations.
35	00:02:17:24	00:02:20:06	When I was just a little guy
I'd watch those
36	00:02:20:08	00:02:22:00	men's traditional
dancers and
37	00:02:22:02	00:02:23:16	they always
had a big
38	00:02:23:18	00:02:24:29	impression on me.
39	00:02:25:01	00:02:27:27	I always
saw them
40	00:02:27:29	00:02:30:22	almost like the protectors
of the powwow.
41	00:02:30:24	00:02:34:08	[native singing]
42	00:02:34:10	00:02:35:17	It's almost like I'm
43	00:02:35:19	00:02:38:15	hunting, especially
when you do the sneak up.
44	00:02:38:17	00:02:41:13	You're out there
looking for you prey
45	00:02:41:15	00:02:44:10	or for your Waawaashkeshi,
 we call it.
46	00:02:44:12	00:02:48:03	That's our word
for deer.
47	00:02:58:01	00:03:00:22	I started singing with Midnight Express a few years ago.
48	00:03:00:24	00:03:03:17	Those people on that drum
are my family.
49	00:03:08:18	00:03:11:04	Sometimes, like when
it's not a contest song
50	00:03:11:06	00:03:13:07	I'll get to look out there
and see all those
51	00:03:13:09	00:03:15:04	feathers out there moving
and bobbing with the beat.
52	00:03:15:06	00:03:18:13	People just jamming out
and that's a great feeling.
53	00:03:29:24	00:03:35:06	[native singing electronica]
54	00:03:35:13	00:03:37:29	When you're dancing
55	00:03:38:01	00:03:40:08	you're dancing for the ones
that can't dance anymore.
56	00:03:40:10	00:03:42:08	That's what they say.
57	00:03:42:10	00:03:45:16	You dance hard so the ones that are watching that can't dance
58	00:03:45:18	00:03:46:29	or the ones that aren't
able to make it to the powwow
59	00:03:47:01	00:03:48:10	can feel those feelings
from here.
60	00:03:52:04	00:03:54:09	I really try
to encourage younger
61	00:03:54:11	00:03:57:05	I call them little brothers
on the powwow trail.
62	00:03:57:07	00:03:58:21	That's another reason
I dance and sing
63	00:03:58:23	00:04:00:09	is to help motivate
these young ones
64	00:04:00:11	00:04:01:25	to carry on
our traditions.
65	00:04:09:18	00:04:11:28	I really feel that I was
put here on this earth
66	00:04:12:00	00:04:15:25	to help
pass things on.
67	00:04:18:24	00:04:21:11	I want to see these traditions, these ways, passed down
68	00:04:21:13	00:04:24:17	'til I'm gone, and on.