Fort Belknap powwow is this weekend

The Gros Ventre and Assiniboine tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community will kick off their three-day, 52nd annual Milk River Indian Days Friday

“This is the major event of the year,” said Michael Horn Weasel, the flag bearer for the 2016 Milk River Dance Committee, which is tasked with organizing the powwow. “It’s a really big thing for the Assiniboine-Gros Ventre people.”

He said that each year, the powwow draws people from as far south as Oklahoma, east as New Jersey and north as Canada. Many of those participants and visitors are drawn home to take part in the festive...