Northwest College

The Native Ways student club at Northwest College will be hosting its annual Buffalo Feast on Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m. in the Yellowstone Building Conference Center. The feast includes smoked bison brisket, roasted red potatoes, seasonal roasted vegetables, roasted beet salad with goat cheese mousse, Three Sisters soup, bannock bread and berry soup.

This year’s featured guest performers are Jasmine Pickner Bell and the North Bear Singers. Jasmine, or Cunku Was’te Win (“Good Road Woman” in Dakota) is a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. A two-time world champion hoop dancer, she trained with her father, renowned hoop dancer Dallas Chief Eagle, and was the first woman to win the world championship in hoop dancing. She lives on the Wind River Reservation with her husband, Luke Bell, who is her drummer and member of the North Bear Singers.

Tickets are $25 for the general public, and $10 for NWC students. Those who wish to attend the event are encouraged to reserve tickets no later than April 14. For reservations and more information, contact Amy McKinney, Associate Professor of History at Northwest College, at amy.mckinney@nwc.edu or 307-754-6008.