Dancing in powwow part of Native American heritage

Posted 5/2/03

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Lionel Bell of Arapahoe, on the Wind River Reservation, smiles as he visits with a friend while preparing to dance in the 28th annual powwow at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center on Saturday. This was the sixth …

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Dancing in powwow part of Native American heritage

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{gallery}06_23_09/powwow{/gallery} Lionel Bell of Arapahoe, on the Wind River Reservation, smiles as he visits with a friend while preparing to dance in the 28th annual powwow at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center on Saturday. This was the sixth year that Bell participated in the event. Tribune photo by Ilene Olson Dancing in a powwow wasn't something Arapaho Lionel Bell learned as a child, but he's making sure his children do.Bell, from Arapahoe, on the Wind River Reservation, began dancing in powwows six years ago. That was the same year he participated in the Plains Indian Museum Powwow at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center for the first time.

Lionel Bell of Arapahoe, on the Wind River Reservation, smiles as he visits with a friend while preparing to dance in the 28th annual powwow at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center on Saturday. This was the sixth year that Bell participated in the event. Tribune photo by Ilene Olson

Dancing in a powwow wasn't something Arapaho Lionel Bell learned as a child, but he's making sure his children do.

Bell, from Arapahoe, on the Wind River Reservation, began dancing in powwows six years ago. That was the same year he participated in the Plains Indian Museum Powwow at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center for the first time.

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