These celebrations often drew a violent response from white men.
This two-day celebration of folk art, dance, music, and food drew up to 40,000 people until 1998.
Through the years, the celebration has drawn crowds up to 150,000 people during the opening weekend.
One hopes that similar celebrations throughout the year will draw further attention to the work.
While the millennium celebrations drew millions, there were relatively few casualties.
The official celebration, on Wednesday night in the arena parking lot, drew a crowd estimated at 45,000.
Today's celebration is much smaller, but still draws several hundred.
The celebration indeed drew a deep interest from the public and alumni body as evidenced by a very high attendance.
There are 884 seats in the performance hall, but the annual celebrations have sometimes drawn crowds of more than 5,000.
The celebration draws many visitors to this place.