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Dances->Ceremonial: Dancing to the beat - what it all means
Posted on Monday, March 10 @ 11:25:19 PST (12508 reads)
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KEYWORDS: Pow Wow protocol honoring dance grand entry meaning of pow wow dances Kenai-based Midnight Sun drum group David Salmon Tribal Hall Alaska pow wow drum groups history of powwow dances University of Alaska Fairbanks Festival of Native Arts honoring the veterans celebrating life
AUTHOR: Dan Rice, Staff Writer for the News Miner
The jingle of bells hung from clothing and the rhythmic beats and chanting from the Kenai-based Midnight Sun drum group announced the arrival of about 20 dancers who moved toward the center of David Salmon Tribal Hall Saturday afternoon.
Don "Standing Bear" Forest used a feather to waft burning sage toward the group, which was led by five military veterans carrying flags.
Once all the dancers reached the center of room, the veterans lowered the poles so other participants could hang an eagle feather on the flags that represented the United States, the state of Alaska, POW/MIA, Alaska Native Veterans Association and the Marine Corps.
Two of the five drum groups staged against a nearby wall then played songs specifically designed to honor veterans and the flags.
As is the custom with most powwows held across North America, honoring veterans was the focus at the start of a powwow held at the tribal hall Saturday in conjunction with the Festival of Native Arts. The festival continues through Sunday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Dances->Ceremonial: Wovoka's ghost dance vision
Posted on Saturday, January 05 @ 11:58:13 PST (7326 reads)
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SOURCE: Public Domain document transcribed by the ethnologist, James Mooney in 1891
Keywords: description of ghost dance wovoka paiute spirit dance james mooney free picture buy inspirational poster jack wilson
James Mooney, an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, was sent to investigate the Ghost Dance movement in 1891.
He obtained a copy of Wovoka's message from a Cheyenne named Black Short Nose, who had been part of a joint Cheyenne-Arapaho delegation that visited Wovoka in Nevada in August 1891.
Note: Wovoka (also known as Jack Wilson) delivered his message orally, and it was transcribed by a member of the group who had attended Carlisle Indian School. Mooney renders the "Carlisle English" of this transcription in a more grammatical form.
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Dances->Ceremonial: Cherokee Legend of the Butterfly Dance
Posted on Friday, September 21 @ 03:12:16 PDT (21413 reads)
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Some say the modern day Pow Wow competition dance known as the Ladies Fancy Shawl Dance has its roots in a ceremonial dance called the Butterfly Dance. Here is a Cherokee account of how that dance came to be.
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