Drums will echo through Cody this weekend — and dancers, vendors and spectators will flood the Robbie Powwow Garden at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow, in its 28th year, will offer attendees a chance to learn about the tribal traditions of the Northern Plains people through an authentic and powerful cultural event. Drum groups and dancers — members of various Northern Plains tribes — will share a tradition that has been part of the Plains culture for hundreds of years. Tribal dances survived despite a ban by the United States government in the 19th Century, and powwows now serve as important, intertribal social gatherings.Both children and adults should jump at the chance to gain a better understanding of a cultural group that doesn't figure prominently in the local population.

Drums will echo through Cody this weekend — and dancers, vendors and spectators will flood the Robbie Powwow Garden at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

The annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow, in its 28th year, will offer attendees a chance to learn about the tribal traditions of the Northern Plains people through an authentic and powerful cultural event. Drum groups and dancers — members of various Northern Plains tribes — will share a tradition that has been part of the Plains culture for hundreds of years. Tribal dances survived despite a ban by the United States government in the 19th Century, and powwows now serve as important, intertribal social gatherings.

Both children and adults should jump at the chance to gain a better understanding of a cultural group that doesn't figure prominently in the local population.