Ceremonies, powwows work to adapt to rising global temperatures

Ceremonies, powwows work to adapt to rising global temperatures

As Shaylynn Bird danced across the arena under the hot midwestern summer sun, the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara and Oglala Lakota woman began to feel off. Bird, who once won a 76-song iron woman competition at the 2024 Mandaree Powwow, began to see stars as she danced her 28th song in an Iron Woman special at the Mille Lacs Hinckley Grand Celebration Powwow in Hinckley, Minnesota, on June 22.