ALT A crowd gathers before a stage at the Edmonton Expo Centre for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Alberta Indigenous Games. Red, yellow, blue and green horizontal lights colour the curtain behind the stage, which is flanked by two teepees. Hanging from the rafters overhead, a colourful banner reads "Alberta Indigenous Games. Canada's largest summer games and North America's Largest Indigenous Summer Games. Reclaiming our youth!"

ALT Participants in a grand entry dance in a circle around the Edmonton Expo Centre arena. Several of the women in the procession wear colourful ribbon skirts and shawls. Two men hold drums, one featuring a red palm print and the other a silhouette of a bison.

ALT A powwow participant in a rainbow ribbon shirt holds a staff from a wheel chair in Churchill Square. A helper looks over the participant from behind the chair. Several others surrounding the pair are dressed in regalia.

ALT Four powwow participants wearing colourful regalia stand next to each other in Churchill Square.

ALT A powwow dancer in colourful regalia spins in Churchill Square next to a circle of drummers.

ALT An Indigenous man wearing sunglasses, a wide-brimmed hat, a light shirt and both beaded and braided bracelets plays an ornate flute in Tawa Park.

ALT An older man with white hair, eyeglasses and a beret stands before the opening of a light-coloured tent pitched outdoors. He wears a dark shirt featuring floral and bison imagery, and a leather vest with several patches, pins and medals.