Hozhoni Days Powwow and Pageant bring beauty to campus [PHOTOS]

Its Navajo name means "Days of beauty" -- a description perfectly suited to Hozhoni Days, two weeks of pageantry, powwowing, and celebration of cultures that is Fort Lewis College's longest-running student-led tradition.
 
Sponsored by the Native American Center and Wanbli Ota, Hozhoni Days dates back to 1966, when the Shalako Indian Club, an early incarnation of today's Wanbli Ota, turned a small on-campus event into a full-blown celebration and renamed the multi-day event "Hozhoni Days."
 
Today, the Hozhoni Days Powwow is the campus' premiere spring event, at which the FLC community comes together to celebrate the cultural diversity that FLC stands for. This year's powwow was held at Whalen Gymnasium on April 14 & 15, and featured drummers and dancers from around the country performing and competing for prizes. At the conclusion of the 2017 Hozhoni Days Powwow, senior Business Administration major Natalia Sells was named the 38th Miss Hozhoni, joined by junior Business Administration major Jocelyn Frank as First Attendant.