ALLENDALE, MI - The “All Walks of Life Pow Wow” returned Saturday to Grand Valley State University’s campus for its 23rd year. MLive/The Grand Rapids Press was present Saturday, April 13 for the first ...

In the center of a large pow wow, five toddlers stared wide-eyed at the cheering audience encircling them. Dressed in brightly colored feathers and embroidery, some took shelter behind their parent’s ...

The baseline is the drum beat, and the melody is the cheering babble of hundreds of elementary students dancing in a clockwise circle.

Under a handful of canopy tents encircling Dix Park’s massive open field Saturday morning, Nina Martinez and her entourage were busy. In less than an hour, they’d join a group of nearly 100 dancers in ...

Jason Warwick, left, a Lumbee Eastern band Cherokee, carries the American flag, as Josiah Hill, a Seneca and Ojibwe tribe member, right, carries the Eagle Staff, the Native American flag, during the ...