Kamloops

37th annual Kamloopa Pow Wow happens in Kamloops

The Kamloopa Pow Wow goes this weekend. Around a thousand dancers from across the country are expected. We heard how a mother and daughter helped make this event a reality.

The 37th annual Kamloopa Pow Wow starts tonight in Kamloops

A number of people are seen in a circle, with chairs and fair merchandise around them.
Photo from a previous Kamloopa Pow Wow (YouTube)

Around a thousand dancers and many more spectators will be in Kamloops this weekend for the annual Kamloopa Pow Wow. It's the 37th annual event andone of the largest Aboriginal events in western Canada. Daybreak's Jenifer Norwell stopped by the pow wow grounds to hear from some of the people who help make it happen.

Jazmine Richard and Veronica Seymour are the Powwow Coordinators. (Jenifer Norwell/CBC)

To hear the audio, click the link:  37th annual Kamloopa Pow Wow happens in Kamloops