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Black Hills Powwow - He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate
Dew Bad Warrior-Ganje has served as Vice President of the Black Hills Powwow since 2010 and has been a dedicated volunteer with the powwow for more than 15 years. Working alongside the Black Hills Powwow Board of Directors, she helps guide the long-term vision, growth, and sustainability of one of the region’s most significant cultural celebrations.
In her leadership role, Dew oversees several cornerstone program areas that help shape the powwow experience each year. Her responsibilities include helping coordinate the Miss He Sapa Win – Black Hills Powwow Princess program, the former He Sapa Style Show, the Fine Arts Show, vendor relations and logistics, and Youth Day programming. These initiatives uplift Native artists, entrepreneurs, youth leaders, and culture bearers while creating space for intergenerational learning and celebration.
Dew plays a key role in building partnerships, supporting fundraising and sponsorship efforts, and helping ensure the powwow continues to grow while staying grounded in Lakota values, traditions, and community priorities. She is especially passionate about creating opportunities for youth and families to stay connected to culture through leadership development, arts, fashion, and community engagement.
Through her years of service, Dew has helped strengthen the powwow’s impact as a welcoming gathering space that celebrates identity, supports Native businesses and artists, and brings together communities from across the region and beyond.
"I have had the utmost honor to work alongside Mrs. Dew Bad Warrior-Ganje for the past decade. The work we have done within our communities has been so successful with the help of her great leadership and wisdom! Thank you Dew for your fantastic energy and the drive you have to do so much for our people, this truly inspires so many, including myself."
- Stephen Yellowhawk, President, Black Hills Powwow Association, President
SOUTH DAKOTA NATIVE TOURISM ALLIANCE
Dew is a Consultant with the George Washington University and is the Project Manager for the South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance. This project brings our nine federally recognized tribes in together along with local, state and federal partners to help promote and maintain the Lakota values of respect, compassion, honesty, generosity, humility and wisdom that are important to our Lakota people. By working alongside each other we can help foster economic development, community pride and understanding of our beautiful culture. Dew’s community organizing experience and knowledge has been critical to the community engagement
from Tribal stakeholders.
Dew presenting at the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen Assocation Meeting.
“Dew brings a refreshing and creative perspective to her work. I have had the pleasure of working with her since May of 2021 in organizing meetings, events and engagement opportunities for the South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance. She is often thinking of ways to improve what we are doing and finds creative solutions when challenging obstacles occur. Her dedication to working with people from all walks of life in the pursuit of a better world for us all is inspiring. I am honored to call her my friend and colleague.”
- Elizabeth Wright, Program Manager, South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance
I have had a professional working relationship with Dew Marie for over 17 years now. She is a hard working, reliable communicator who is detailed in any task at hand with ideas and solutions that are innovative and well thought out. Knowing the established work ethic, I look forward to working on any project with Zuya Sica Consulting.
- Adrienne Zimiga-January, Graphic Designer
