Powwows move online to keep Indigenous communities together

Phoenix • As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, some Native Americans have found a way to safely host traditional powwows by moving them online.In many Indigenous communities, powwows are celebrations of culture in which tribes gather to share art, stories, food, song, dance and the company of one another.But the ongoing pandemic has made it impossible to hold these gatherings safely – in person, anyways. The Navajo Nation, for example, has set curfews and asked the 173,000 tribal membe