Milk River Indian Days starts today in Fort Belknap

Native American tradition and culture is getting a premier showing this week near the Fort Belknap Agency with Milk River Indian Days starting today with the Youth Powwow.

This year’s event is the full return of the powwow, after it was canceled in 2020 and scaled back to a one-day, local-only event in 2021 due to COVID-19.

But the events are back this year, with the Youth Powwow starting tonight at 6.

Organizers say they are expecting a crowd of people attending from around the country and Canada, along with top-level drum groups, both local and from out of the area and out of state.

The poww...