Definition of "powwow" [pow•wow]

• A council or meeting with or of Native Americans. (noun)
• A Native American shaman. (noun)
• A ceremony conducted by a shaman, as in the performance of healing or hunting rituals. (noun)
• Informal A conference or gathering. (noun)
• Informal To hold a powwow. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This powwow is also one that requires 1/4 native blood quantum (at least one full blooded indian grandparent) for dancers."
• "Turnbull didn’t look up from his newspaper when he said, “Some of us are offended by the use of the term powwow in that context.”"
• "Then she went on to say that all of this was, and is, a moot point because the powwow is not a city sponsored event."