“We were taught to dance for the ones who can’t dance, the disabled and elderly. “I love doing this because it’s beneficial to the community, not just to me,” said Florendo, who is Eastern Cherokee-Paint Clan, Wasco and Yakama. Vendors will offer traditional crafts and foods, and a raffle will support the Native American Parent Association of Southwest Washington. The drum is what brings it all together,” he said.ĭancing, drumming, singing, solemn ceremony and great times with friends are all on the agenda at the pow wow, an annual outing that aims to draw together any and all Native Americans and anybody else who wants to plunge into that noisy, colorful, celebratory scene.ĭancers dressed in what’s always respectfully called regalia (never “costumes”) will take the floor throughout the day to show off diverse styles while visiting drum groups take turns driving the big, booming beat. “Each person has their personal dance, and there are all kinds of dances - honor dances, prayer dances, medicine dances - but they’re all in step with the drum. “I remember my father saying, ‘watch their feet and try to do what you see,’ ” said Florendo, 17, who will serve as the head male dancer at the Traditional Pow Wow at Heritage High School on March 7. Justice Florendo’s earliest childhood memory is of perching at the edge of the arena and watching carefully while dazzling dancers interpreted traditional moves in countless individual ways.

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