CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A giant round drum, surrounded by a group of singing drummers sitting at the center of a swirling Native American dance circle, was the beating heart of the Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) annual powwow Wednesday.

Greg Day, who is Eastern Shoshone and lives in Ethete on the Wind River Indian Reservation, recently launched the “Dawn and Jeff I won’t be Silent” foundation in memory of his two deceased children.