The Eklutna tribe’s Pow Wow and Potlatch happens only once every two years — but when it does, it draws hundreds and hundreds of people to the village of Eklutna, a short drive north of Anchorage.
A weekend of dancing, drumming and feasting kicks off at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the tribe’s Pow Wow grounds off the Glenn Highway at Mile 26. The celebration is free and open to the public.
Aaron Leggett, the president of the Native Village of Eklutna, says what makes him most proud is that no one leaves hungry, because the tribe feeds everyone.
“We’ll have moose, various types of moose stew, and roast and fish, salmon,” Leggett said. “It’s just sort of our way of really being open and good community partners.”…