Powwow aims to raise breast cancer awareness - The Buffalo Post

Vanessa Roberts, 15, of Davenport, a member of the Lakota Sioux from Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, left, and Sophie Shuckahosee, 4, of Tama, a member of the Yankton Sioux, dance during the 7 Feathers Foundation's Honoring Women of the Sweet Grass Path Pow Wow. (Dan Williamson/Freelance, the Gazette))

Pink has become synonymous with fight against breast cancer, and the pink shawls and regalia were many at this weekend?s Honoring Women of the Sweet Grass pow wow in Iowa City?s Upper City Park.

The Gazette reports that the powwow was held to help raise awareness about the disease, which is four times as likely to kill Native women.

The event included information about the Pink Shawl Project, a project funded by the Iowa Cancer Consortium which brings Native American women together to sew shawls and talks about breast health, the Gazette reports.

The event was sponsored by the nonprofit group Seven Feathers.

(Seven Feathers Executive Director Judy A. Morrison) emphasized that attending pow wows is not only a great way to make new friends, build relations, celebrate community and learn more about Native American culture, but also raise awareness of obstacles, including health issues, being faced by Native American communities.

?We [Seven Feathers] depend on donations from events like pow wows and grants to survive,? Morrison said.

Jenna Cederberg

Source: http://buffalopost.net/?p=15020

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