2025 Father’s Day Traditional Pow Wow

Free admission • Everybody welcome • All categories • over 40 vendors • pageants • free tent camping on site.

Specials

Tiny Tot No Regalia, Potato Dance, Men’s Open Category, Outgoing Princess & Braves.

HEAD STAFF

Arena Director: Brent Edgar • Whipman: Cecil Sheena • MCs: Stan Isadore & Gord Cuthbert • Host Drum: Sage Hills • Invited Drum: Chiniki Lake • Pow Wow Advisor: Dancing Water Sandy • Pipe Carriers: Dancing Water Sandy, Ernie Archie (Thunder Eagle), Fred Johnson Sr. Cecil Sheena • Head of Pageants: Carmen Sandy

Grand Entry

Friday, June 13: 7PM
Saturday, June 14: 1PM and 7PM
Sunday, June 15: 1PM

Schedule

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025
6:00pm	Sugar Shack Concession and Vendor Booths Open
	Princess Sr, Princess Jr, and Little Braves Pageant Sign Up @ stage
6:45pm	Dancers line up for Grand Entry  •  Welcome Song
7:00pm	Grand Entry  •  Opening Prayer  •  Eagle Feather Pick-up Song
7:30pm	All Golden-Age categories   •   All Jr. Categories
8:50pm	Little Brave Special
9:20pm	All Teen categories
11:00pm	All Adult Categories
11:35pm	Closing the Colours
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025
11:30am	Sugar Shack Concession and Vendor Booths Open
12:00pm	Pageant speeches and talent
12:40pm	Dancers Line Up for Grand Entry  •  Welcome Song
1:00pm	Grand Entry
1:40pm	Tiny Tots No Regalia Special  •  All Golden Age and Adult Categories
2:45pm	Outgoing Jr. Princess Special
3:15pm	All Jr. and Teen categories
5:23pm	All Adult Categories  •  Potato Dance Special
6:00pm	Closing the Colours  •  Hand Drum Competition  •  Pageant Speeches & Talent
7:00pm	Grand Entry
7:30pm	All Golden Age, Jr. and Teen categories
9:00pm	Sr. Princess Outgoing Special  •  All Adult Categories
10:00pm	Pow Wow Partner Special – All Adult Men’s Categories
10:30pm	All Adult Categories
11:20pm	Retiring the Colours
SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2025
11:30am	Sugar Shack Concession and Vendor Booths Open
12:00pm	Pageant Crowning & Honor Song
12:45pm	Dancers line up for Grand Entry
1:00pm	Grand Entry
1:30pm	All Tiny Tot, Golden Age, Jr. and Teen categories
4:00pm	All Adult Categories
4:50pm	Honoring Committee Song
5:00pm	Farewell Dance  •  Closing the Colours

LAHAL

At the picnic area of the Chief William Pow Wow Arbor.
Friday, June 13 at 9:00 PM
3 Man Tournament. $75 per team. Registration 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Prizes based on amount of entries. Full Payout. Top up: $500. 1st Place – $225 top up. 2nd Place $175 top up. 3rd Place: $100 top up. Open Games. Tournament will begin after Grand Entry and Registration closes.
Saturday, June 14 at 6:00 PM
Main Tournament. $100 per team (3-5 players). Registration from 2:30 PM -5:30 PM. Prizes based on amount of entries. Full payout. Top up: $1000. 1st Place $450 top up. 2nd Place $300 top up. 3rd Place $150 top up. Open Games. Traditional Game game will start at 3:00 PM. Tournament will begin after the Traditional Game is over. True Double Knock Out. Rules will be discussed before tournament begins.
Sunday, June 15 at 2:00 PM
Father’s Day Shoot Out – Fred & Karen Robbins VS Randy & Amanda Bigsorrelhorse. Open Games to follow.

MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNER:
MOUNT POLLEY MINING CORPORATION

Mount Polley is honoured to support this year’s Williams Lake First Nation Father’s Day Traditional Pow Wow as the Partner Sponsor. We are proud to walk alongside WLFN in supporting cultural and community enrichment, and to play a small role in uplifting the beauty and strength of Indigenous culture and tradition. This event brings together generations of dancers, drummers, families, and community members to celebrate identity, connection, and resilience — and we are deeply grateful to be welcomed as part of it. At Mount Polley, we believe that true partnerships are built on respect, shared purpose, and a commitment to walk forward together. Our relationship with WLFN continues to grow through collaboration, dialogue, and the shared goal of a strong, healthy future for this territory and the people who call it home. We raise our hands to the Elders, organizers, and volunteers who make this special gathering possible each year, and to the community for inviting us to be part of it. We wish everyone a joyful and memorable weekend.
Kukstemc,
Mount Polley Mining Corporation