Cree dancer and Sylvan Lake resident performing at Super Bowl with other big things on the horizon
A Sylvan Lake resident, who happens to be a world champion fancy dancer, has taken his talents to the Super Bowl, happening this Sunday in Arizona.
Patrick Mitsuing, originally from Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation — also known as Loon Lake, Saskatchewan — is known locally for putting on the Powwow Times Red Deer International Gathering.
Mitsuing found out in recent months he was requested to share his art form on game day, prior to the game beginning, alongside big name artists such as Cardi B and Mary J. Blige during a festival-like set of performances.
Mitsuing acknowledges the NFL has faced its challenges with diversity the last several years, not to mention one of the teams playing this weekend — Kansas City — has an Indigenous moniker, but sees his presence and other things happening as a door cracking open.