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UCO to Host 51st Annual Spring Powwow, April 5

April 1, 2025

Old North on the UCO Campus.
Old North on the UCO Campus.

The University of Central Oklahoma’s Native American Student Association (NASA) will host the 51st annual Spring Powwow at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 5, in Hamilton Field House on Central’s campus.

The event will feature traditional dance, songs and displays of Native American artistry, providing an opportunity for cultural exchange and education. As one of UCO’s longest-standing traditions, the powwow honors and uplifts Indigenous voices.

The event will begin with the Gourd Dance followed by a traditional Native American dinner at 4 p.m.

The grand entry will begin at 6 p.m., signifying the official start of the powwow.

The dance contest begins at 6:30 p.m. Contest categories include men’s straight, men’s grass, men’s fancy, men’s traditional, women’s cloth, women’s buckskin, women’s jingle and women’s fancy dances.

The UCO Spring Powwow is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Shatima Bennett, student engagement coordinator, at sbennett18@uco.edu. ​

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Devan Wielgos

Devan Wielgos

Communications and Marketing Coordinator, UCO University Communications

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The University of Central Oklahoma is a campus community in motion—leading, innovating and creating transformative learning opportunities that foster success for our students. As Oklahoma’s largest metropolitan university, we provide high-quality, nationally recognized programs that are always evolving and adapting to the needs of our students and the community. This commitment is rooted in our founding in 1890 as the state’s teacher’s college, training those who would educate the next generation of leaders and innovators. We remain dedicated to offering an accessible, affordable education, earning national accolades for social mobility, veterans’ outreach and first-generation student programs.

Guided by the motto “ubi motus est” – which translates to “where movement is” – the university continues to evolve and grow, offering 119 undergraduate and 81 graduate programs to our more than 12,000 students from our main campus in Edmond, Oklahoma, and facilities throughout the Oklahoma City metro. Our colors were the first adopted of any university in the state, and our Bronze and Blue symbolize our greatest strengths—the illumination of new ideas and the endless expanse of a clear sky above. At UCO, anything is possible.

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