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The North American Indian Days is an annual event held on the Blackfeet Indian reservation usually in July and is billed as one of the biggest tribal get-togethers in North America. They say North American instead of the Unites States because some of the participants are from tribes that live in Canada. It lasts for about a week, four days according to the advertisements, but everybody’s there early and leaves late so plan on at least five or six days if you want the full experience.

This post is about the people who participated in this gathering. It is an attempt to show the pride and dignity of the members of the various tribes who gathered here to dance, sing, display their heritage and enjoy the fellowship a gathering such as this brings. They are in no particular order or precedence. Since it is the people shown here that is important there will be very little written. Each one of these images stands on its own and as you look through the gallery you can see how important the participants take this time together. This is more than a contest, this is their history. I feel proud I had an opportunity to see and join with them in some small way.