During a mini powwow held at the Chiniki Cultural Centre for Aboriginal Day, a handful of dancers performed – each dance telling a story of tradition, healing, or community. Sequinn Young performed a jingle dance that told a story derived from the Ojibway Nation in Ontario. As the tale goes, a woman named Maggie White was dying of cancer. The doctors told her death was imminent, and to expect it soon. Then, she had a dream where she was visited by a great spirit. White was instructed to make a dress made with 200 silver cones. White obliged to the spirit and when the dress was completed, she performed a dance at a powwow, which she dedicated to healing and praise to the spirit. According to the story, her cancer vanished soon after the performance. Other performances at the Chiniki Centre powwow included a men's traditional dance by Dallas Powderface, a men's grass dance by Vaughn Daniels and a fancy dance by Reanne Young. At the end of the powwow, all spectators including non-Stoney members were invited to participate in a closing dance.
