The Penn State Powwow
March 29-30, 2025
The 19th annual Penn State Powwow will be conducted Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, 2025.
C3 Sports Complex, 200 Ellis Place, State College, PA 16801
Admission is free and open to the public.
Doors open at 11 a.m. both days.
Dancer Grand Entry at Noon and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, ends at 9 p.m.
Dancer Grand Entry at Noon Sunday, ends at 5 p.m.
2024 Powwow
Looking back at the latest Penn State Powwow, conducted Feb. 24-25, 2024, via the event's Facebook page.
Head Staff, 2025
- Host Drum: Iron Lightning, South Dakota/Oklahoma/Ohio
- Co-Host Drum: Red Blanket, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
- Co-Host Drum: Maza Napin, Yankton, South Dakota
- Co-Host Drum: Thunder Nation, Pittsburgh/Cleveland, Ohio
- Co-Host Drum: Medicina Horse, Pennsylvania
- Head Veteran Dancer: Wi’hinapadutawin Shenandoah Ellis-Ulmer, MSgt (ret.) USAF Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Breckenridge, MN OIF/OEF Veteran
- Head Man Dancer: Lawrence Reddest, Sīcungu “Lakota” Tribe of Rosebud, South Dakota
- Head Woman Dancer: Charlotte A. Reddest, Lenni-Lenape Tribe of New York
- Arena Director: Roger Campbell (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakotah Sioux, Sisseton, South Dakota), Vietnam Veteran
- Emcee: Guy Jones (Lakota, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Standing Rock, North Dakota)
- Head Cook: Mike Zerby (Mission Band Potawatomi, Wabash River Valley, Indiana)
- Cafeteria Supervisor: Joche Gayles
- Powwow Coordinator: John Sanchez (Apache)
Call for Volunteers
Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Bruce Teeple, at mongopawn44@hotmail.com for more information about volunteer opportunities.
Thanks for considering sharing your time with the Powwow.
Contact Us / Powwow Coordinator
For more information about our powwow and how you can participate, please email John Sanchez at apache@psu.edu. He is our powwow coordinator and he is always happy to talk powwow.
John Sanchez / apache@psu.edu
123 Carnegie Building
Penn State
University Park, PA 16802-5100