The 48th Annual Mdewankanton Wacipi sponsored by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe was held on July 16th – 18th, at the Pow Wow grounds north of town.
The Tribal Maintenance Department and the FSST Buffalo/Land Management Department were in charge preparing the Pow Wow Grounds. They did a great job in having the grounds and arena ready for the Pow Wow weekend.
This year’s Pow Wow was extremely hot, making up for last year’s unexpectedly cool Pow Wow weekend.
The Wacipi details as follows:
Friday
Tiny Tot Dancers-57
Junior Dancers-62
Teen Dancers-38
Adult Dancers-93
Total-250
Saturday
Tiny Tot Dancers-66
Junior Dancers-93
Teen Dancers-61
Adult Dancers-108
Total-328
Sunday
Tiny Tot Dancers-66
Junior Dancer-93
Teen Dancers-61
Adult Dancers-169
Total-389
Drum Groups-32
 The visiting drum groups were: Short foot Creek, White Cloud,Omaha Lodge, Native Style, Sons of the Oglala’s, Buffalo Lake, Dakota Nation, Old Agency, Thunder Bear, Iyakaptu, Ridge Runners, Rock Bottom, Omaha Young Generation, Ikceya Wicasa, Red Storm, Hoksina Waste Takojas, Elk Soldier, Rockin Boot, Lil Red Tail, Lakeside Singers, White River Crossing, Urban Crew, Whitetail Boyz, Bull Riderz, Crazy Bear, Wakinyan Maza, Black Painted Horse, Northern Scouts, Lakota Tribe, Ho-Chunk, Indian Creek, and Bird Clan.
The Miss FSST 2010 Princess contest winner was Rena Johnson of Sisseton, SD. 
The Little Miss 2010 Princess contest and the winner was Lilly Mae Smith of Sisseton, SD. Last but not least the new 2010 Gordon Weston Indian Veterans Post Princess is Alex Crawford of Agency Village, SD.
The year’s turnout was quite high considering the searing temperatures along with the thunder/rainstorms that swept across the Pow Wow grounds Saturday evening, lightning even struck two trees west of the Pow Wow grounds luckily the campers closest to the trees (10 – 15 yards) were only a bit shaken up when they were awaken.
We would like to thank all who attended and all those who helped to make the FSST 48th Annual Traditional Mdewakanton Wacipi possible.
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Lilly Mae Smith
2010 Little Miss FSST Princess
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Rena Johnson
2010 Miss FSST Princess
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Alex Crawford
2010 Miss GWP Princess
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