Crow Fair Pow wow Grounds — Attraction in Crow Agency

Montana's Native American culture comes to life every August for the Crow Fair. It is a celebration of the Crow Nation, complete with rodeo, the Indian relays and parades. My wife and I strolled among the 1200 teepees that were set up for the fair. It certainly lived up to the moniker of "teepee capital of the world." I struck up a conversation with a young Crow man and he welcomed me inside his teepee. His young wife had just finished nursing their infant son. I was honored to be invited. This was not my first time in a teepee, having slept in one when I lived on the Flathead Reservation. However, to sit with this young family and stair through open top flap into a glorious blue sky made for a special Montana memory. The majority of Natives are from the Crow Nation, dressed in traditional wear with eagle feathers, war bonnets, old time saddles and exquisite beadwork. There is little lodging available in Crow Agency so I recommend traveling the 60 miles back to Billings on I-90 W. Make sure to grab an Indian...

The greatest of Native American powwows. Held in the big, beautiful wooden stadium in Crow Agency, Montana. There are hundreds amof dancers, old and young, in full regalia. HUndreds of teepees and brush wickiups in the trees around the grounds. Hundreds of vendors. Do running and singing. Beautiful and...

My daughter and I attended the Victory Dance today at 1000am and it was soooo beautiful. We had come up from the Navajo Rez in New Mexico. Very beautiful area and it was nice hearing the elders speak...