Sturgeon Lake First Nation, located northwest of Prince Albert hosted their annual Competition Pow Wow from Aug. 1 to Aug.3.

Malcolm Daniels from Sturgeon Lake remembers the first Pow Wow at Sturgeon Lake which took place in 1965 when he was around seven-years-old.

“My grandpa from Mistawasis, Joe Coquette, his father-in-law, I believe his name was Two Bears—he was a Sioux from the States. That old guy Two Bears, he kind of put that pow wow in because my grandpa married that Two Bears’ daughter,” Daniels explained.

He said that members of his family and extended the family as well as members of the Felix and Ermine families were also involved.

Daniels said the original pow wow location was no larger than a tipi. He said the first site was just a railing.

“That time we didn’t have a dr

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