This weekend, many Peace Treaty events will take place in Medicine Lodge. Starting Sept. 24 and running through Sept. 26, events include: The Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty pageant, the Intertribal Powwow, the Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo, the Bulls and Broncs Rodeo, a Trappings and Trade Show and the Historical Night Show. The Peace Treaty weekend of events occurs every three years in Medicine Lodge and includes arts and crafts shows, helicopter rides, street dances, live music, food vendors, carnival rides, alumni gatherings and parades. The pageant started in 1917 when citizens of Medicine Lodge made the initial effort to commemorate the historical significance of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge, signed in 1867 by the Peace Commission of the United States Government and the five tribes of Plains Indians, the Kiowa, the Comanche, the Kiowa-Apache, the Arapaho and the Cheyenne.
Source: Hutch News
