The 4th of July Pow Wow, held 3 miles south of Lame Deer, MT, is the largest pow-wow held on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. The Native American Pow Wow is the people’s way of meeting together, dancing, singing, and visiting to celebrate old traditions and preserve a rich heritage.
Traditional costumes, drumming, singing, and dancing set the colorful atmosphere around us where we all felt very fortunate to interact and mingle amongst the festivities.
The green bus attracted a diverse group of event participants and observers. The main issues we addressed were energy, biofuels, and green building.
Also present at the PowWow was a university group from Penn State working locally to enhance sustainable building practices on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. The students and faculty from Penn State Native American Housing Initiative are exploring straw bale building and affordable green designs to promote sustainable housing solutions for low-income areas. The building initiative can be visited at www.engr.psu.edu/greenbuild.
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