Jonathon Nomee reacts as he looks down at his two-month old son, Jhett, who is fast asleep on a cradleboard on Nomee’s lap as the pair prepares to compete at the first entry of the 53rd Kyiyo Pow Wow on April 24, 2022. Nomee, Jhett and his wife made the trip from Worley, Idaho. The 53rd Annual Kyiyo Pow Wow Celebration returned to the University of Montana campus on April 22-23 after the event took a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The celebration honored the life and advocacy work of Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person, a nationally renowned Indigenous leader who died last year. Old Person was named honorary master of ceremonies for the powwow.

