Dancers participate in the grand procession during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

John McComber of the Khanawake Mohawk Tribe in Quebec, Canada, dresses in his regalia with his tourniquet (left) hanging under his tent before participating in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Lauren “Sun Turtle” Peters of New York City of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe speaks about the wetu, a traditional family home, in the Eastern Woodland Village during Schemitzun on the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Rayne Reels, 12, of Mashantucket, an Eastern War dancer, practices before the start of the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints

The Bermuda Gombey dancers perform during Schemitzun on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Members of the Bermuda Gombey Dancers perform during Schemitzun on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Christian Maiden, 13, of Fayetteville, NC, a grass dancer with the Apache, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee and Yaqui tribes, sits under his family’s tent before the grand procession during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

From left: Noah Greene of Niagara Fall, NY, of the Mohawk Tribe, holds his son Artimas, 7 months, as he waits with his cousin Varik Greene and his father Randy Greene of the Tuscarora Tribe to participate in the Grand Entry during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints

Eleanor Coombs of Mashpee, Mass., of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, cooks in the Eastern Woodland Village during Schemitzun on the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Tayla Larocque of Listuguj, Canada, waits in the crowd to participate in the grand procession during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints

Dancers participate in the grand procession during Schemitzun at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy photo reprints