The Lake Manitoba First Nation was set to host its powwow from June 19-21 alongside their Treaty Days.
However, after deliberation and talks with the council, Chief Cornell McLean has confirmed with CKDM that they have postponed their powwow for one month.
The new date is now July 24-26; however, McLean says "that's not written in stone", especially if a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hits the province.
"I went and met with my community members and I talked with the powwow community about this," said McLean. "Our committee was split, so we decided to air on the side of caution."
McLean said last week that they would be running the powwow in late June and that they had a plan that would make it doable. The decision to postpone was to make sure the community isn't divided.
Cornell adds that there was some criticism from community members and people from outside the community that the powwow would be run in late June.
"I would say the people that support outweigh the people that don't support," concluded McLean. "We just didn't want to divide anything. We've worked really hard to bring this community together in the past few years."
Their Treaty Days will still run June 19-21.
