Fancy dance, jingle dress dance, prairie chicken dance.

More than 100 Native American dancers from Colorado and surrounding states will participate in about half a dozen dances at the annual Garden of the Gods Rock Ledge Ranch Powwow.

The event is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, with grand entry at noon, at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3105 Gateway Road. Admission is $6-$12 and free for ages 2 and younger, dancers and powwow families; rockledgeranch.com/event/annual-powwow.

“It’s a social and cultural gathering,” said powwow coordinator Debbie Howell, a member of the Pawnee and Dakota tribes. “The love of dance has always been there. The importance of dance. To honor and hold dear our traditions. We had dances for certain things: to make things right, for healing, a lot of different things, but it’s always been there in different communities.”

The Rock Ledge Ranch Powwow, which started in 2009, will also offer food, including Indian fry bread, Native American vendors selling handmade items, competitions and the crowning of a new Powwow princess.

Native Americans have conducted ceremonial gatherings for centuries, but modern powwows grew out of more recent ceremonies in the Plains area, according to the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage.

Nowadays, powwows are held every weekend across the U.S. and Canada, Howell says. She encourages non-Native Americans to experience the tradition.

“It’s a cultural experience,” Howell said. “Just like everyone should try going to a Juneteenth celebration or different types of celebrations. To get a taste of something new. And think, hey, we do that too, it’s just a little different. There’s a connection between cultures and humanity.”