Sweetgrass Society celebrates with powwow

Montana State University-Northern's Sweetgrass Society is holding a celebration, its annual powwow, on Saturday.

"The reason for the powwow is to hold a celebration for Native Americans being educated," Clint Brown, president of the society, said Monday.

Sweetgrass Society this year selected a theme for the powwow for the first time in its 27-year history, society advisor Elaine Healy-Berger said.

The theme, "Uniting Native Cultures Through Education," perfectly fits the reason the powwow is held, Brown said.

He added that all Native American college graduates and all graduating this year can...