BraveNation Pow Wow 2024

March 23, 2024

The 2024 BraveNation Powwow and Gathering (BNPG) will be held Saturday, March 23, 2024, in the Jones Athletic Center at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Grand entry is at noon: doors open at 10 am to the public.

Admission is:

$5 for adults

$3 for elders (60+) and ages 7-18

Free for children (6 and under) and UNCP students, faculty, and staff with a UNCP ID

Non-UNCP college student admission (with college ID) is $3

Dancer and Drum Registration: each dancer and drummer will pay the general admission fee of $5 and be allowed entry into one competition.

A commemorative T-shirt is available for purchase. Adult sizes are $15, and youth are $10.

The dance categories and prize amounts are:

Drum Contest: 1st: $500, 2nd: $350, and 3rd: $200

Adult (18+): 1st: $200, 2nd: $150, and 3rd: $100 (men’s southern and northern traditional, men’s Eastern Woodland, women’s northern and southern traditional, men’s fancy, women’s fancy, men’s grass, and women’s jingle)

Teen (13-17): 1st: $100, 2nd: $75, and 3rd: $50 (teen boy traditional, teen girl traditional, boy’s fancy, teen girl’s fancy, teen boy’s grass, and teen girl’s jingle)

Junior (6-12): 1st: $75, 2nd: $50, and 3rd: $25 (boy’s traditional, girl’s traditional, boy’s fancy, girl’s fancy, boy’s grass, and girl’s jingle)

Tiny Tot (5 and under): prizes to be awarded

Head staff are:

MC: J.D. Moore ‘93

Assistant MC: Asa Locklear

Arena Director: Jamie Locklear ‘02

Host Drum: Smokey River Singers

Head Dancers: Female –Faith Jacobs and Male – Cameron Richardson

Head Judge: Kevin Chavis ‘16

Tabulator: Samantha Brayboy

Sound: Troy Richardson