Past, future come together at Northern powwow

In 75 years of life, there are some things that have changed, but at the same time remained the same for Vermae Taylor.

For Taylor, a Sioux from Fort Peck, powwows have been one of these constants and those changes.

As she sat with her 4-year-old great-granddaughter Scarlett Brien eating strawberries in the bleachers of the Armory Gymnasium at Montana State University Northern late Saturday morning, she reminisced out loud about the powwows of her youth.

In many ways, those powwows were a far cry from the bright lights of the gymnasium and the loudspeaker system that amplified voices...