Chief Lookingglass PowWow

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August 16, 17, & 18. See you there! If it's pointed at you, you should be dancing. She does so herself.

Chief Looking Glass (Allalimya Takanin c.1832-1877) was a Nez Perce principal architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce.

1996 KAMIAH, Idaho - Beware of the whip of Delores Lookingglass Wheeler. Wheeler was the whip woman at this year's 20th Chief Lookingglass Powwow in Kamiah, responsible for getting the grand entry in order. She doesn't strike anyone, but she will remind dancers by pointing to show the power of the dance. "Dance is kind of like medicine to me," 70-year-old Wheeler said. Wheeler and her two sisters, Edith Lookingglass Strombeck, 64, and Nancy Lookingglass Johns, 68, are descendants of Chief Lookingglass and the instigators of a powwow that began 20 years ago on the centennial anniversary of the Nez Perce War. "We were just going to have it one year," Wheeler said. Two decades later, the three women sat in lawn chairs alongside the action, smiling at their daughters, granddaughters and other relatives who have taken the lead in making the powwow happen every year. The three-day event was beaded with traditional dancing, food, memorials and name-giving ceremonies. Tents, teepees and trailers surrounded the powwow's grass dance floor that would become a swirl of dance at dusk. Vendors, dancers and travelers came from many tribes and many states to be in Kamiah among friends and families.

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Thanks everyone for all the support, love and feedback from this past weekend. It's always a blessing we continue to be able to gather for food, song, dance, and fellowship. We hope to see many of you at the 50th Chief Lookingglass Pow-wow August 21, 22, and 23, 2026 in Kamiah, ID.

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More random weekend photos. Sorry, I don’t remember whose pages I stole these from.
08/18/2025

More random weekend photos. Sorry, I don’t remember whose pages I stole these from.

Photo dump from Friday and Saturday of Lookingglass 2025. Photo creds go out to Jim Roberts, Jake Whiteplume, Alex Bronc...
08/17/2025

Photo dump from Friday and Saturday of Lookingglass 2025. Photo creds go out to Jim Roberts, Jake Whiteplume, Alex Broncheau, and Randy Bowen Jr. sorry if I missed any names.

08/16/2025
Check it out!
08/16/2025

Check it out!

08/14/2025

Friends and relatives coming to the Chief Lookingglass Powwow, we are going to move some bleachers in place today. We may need to move some awnings that are already site. We apologize for doing so, but this is so more people, visitors, fans, neighbors, relatives, can also enjoy the powwow. Thank you for understanding!

Main Street Parade Grand Marshall!
08/14/2025

Main Street Parade Grand Marshall!

Community Spotlight!
08/14/2025

Community Spotlight!

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08/14/2025
Friday morning and afternon schedule.
08/13/2025

Friday morning and afternon schedule.

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Wa-A'Yas Community Center, 401 Idaho Street
Kamiah, ID

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