Chief Lookingglass PowWow

Chief Lookingglass PowWow See you August 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2026, in beautiful Kamiah, Idaho. 🪶 If it's pointed at you, you should be dancing. She does so herself.

Chief Looking Glass (Allalimya Takanin c.1832-1877) was a Nez Perce principal architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce.

1996 KAMIAH, Idaho - Beware of the whip of Delores Lookingglass Wheeler. Wheeler was the whip woman at this year's 20th Chief Lookingglass Powwow in Kamiah, responsible for getting the grand entry in order. She doesn't strike anyone, but she will re

mind dancers by pointing to show the power of the dance. "Dance is kind of like medicine to me," 70-year-old Wheeler said. Wheeler and her two sisters, Edith Lookingglass Strombeck, 64, and Nancy Lookingglass Johns, 68, are descendants of Chief Lookingglass and the instigators of a powwow that began 20 years ago on the centennial anniversary of the Nez Perce War. "We were just going to have it one year," Wheeler said. Two decades later, the three women sat in lawn chairs alongside the action, smiling at their daughters, granddaughters and other relatives who have taken the lead in making the powwow happen every year. The three-day event was beaded with traditional dancing, food, memorials and name-giving ceremonies. Tents, teepees and trailers surrounded the powwow's grass dance floor that would become a swirl of dance at dusk. Vendors, dancers and travelers came from many tribes and many states to be in Kamiah among friends and families.

Outgoing royalty special at Lookingglass weekend! Richard Axtell has the 411.
05/27/2026

Outgoing royalty special at Lookingglass weekend! Richard Axtell has the 411.

See you there!
04/30/2026

See you there!

Spaghetti feed in Kamiah.
04/21/2026

Spaghetti feed in Kamiah.

Hey errrrrrone, here is a more detailed poster. If you share this poster rather than copy and post all the upcoming chan...
03/27/2026

Hey errrrrrone, here is a more detailed poster. If you share this poster rather than copy and post all the upcoming changes will be reflected on the share post! Have a great day and we look forward to seeing y'all at the largest outdoor powwow on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation!

03/09/2026
Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎 Darek Whitman, Ceara Vera, Jesse ThunderBoy, Kami Strombeck, Anthony Ortiz, Rose...
02/13/2026

Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎 Darek Whitman, Ceara Vera, Jesse ThunderBoy, Kami Strombeck, Anthony Ortiz, Rosella Evans, Edward Lozon, Jesse James, Dwight Ike Gibler, Sammi Jo, BJ Belisle, Jean Aitken, Chenoa Roebuck Knight, Jacqueline Lyn Crowe, Steve Howland

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

First call for powwow people in the place to be! Celebrating 50 years this summer! Mark the calendar!
01/15/2026

First call for powwow people in the place to be! Celebrating 50 years this summer! Mark the calendar!

Happy holidays! 🎄
12/22/2025

Happy holidays! 🎄

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