Powwow : a celebration through song and dance
Introduces the powwow, its history, and its role in Native American and Canadian First Nations culture, and discusses the events of a typical powwow, the music and dance forms it highlights, and powwows in different regions.
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- ISBN: 9781459812345
- Physical Description 81 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | NFPL Indigenous Collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Introduction -- Chapter one: origins of Powwow culture -- 10 Colonization -- 11 The Indian Act and the Pass System -- 15 The wild west shows -- 18 Fall fairs -- 21 A growing Powwow culture -- 21 Banned no longer -- 22 Twelve months a year -- 25 My father's story -- Chapter two: What is Powwow Culture? -- 30 The Powwow grounds -- 31 The Emcee -- 32 The grand entry -- 34 Competition -- 36 The giveaway -- 37 Stories -- 38 Restoring kinship -- Chapter three: Powwow songs and dances -- 42 Drums, 43 -- The drum -- 44 Dance categories and styles -- 45 Men's traditional dance -- 47 Men's fancy dance -- 48 Men's grass dance -- 49 Women's traditional dance -- 50 Women's fancy shawl dance -- 52 Women's jingle dress dance -- 54 Intertribal and social dances -- 56 My drum story -- Chapter four: Powwows from coast to coast -- 60 Central Canada -- 62 The Canadian Prairies -- 65 The American northern plains -- 66 The Pacific Northwest -- 67 The Southwest -- 69 The East -- 70 The Midwest -- 70 Attending a Powwow -- 72 A final word from the author -- 74 Glossary -- 76 Resources -- 78 Index -- 81 Acknowledgements. |
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