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Dancing With The Indians
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Author : Angela Shelf Medearis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Dancing With The Indians written by Angela Shelf Medearis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with African Americans categories.
While attending a Seminole Indian celebration, a black family watches and joins in several exciting dances.
Indian Dances Of North America
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Author : Reginald Laubin
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1989
Indian Dances Of North America written by Reginald Laubin and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.
Descriptions of the dances, costumes, body decorations, and musical accompaniment supplement information on the cultural background of Indian dancing
Indians And Wannabes
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Author : Ann M. Axtmann
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2013-12-10
Indians And Wannabes written by Ann M. Axtmann and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-10 with Performing Arts categories.
Colloquially the term “powwow” refers to a meeting where important matters will be discussed. However, at the thousands of Native American intertribal dances that occur every year throughout the United States and Canada, a powwow means something else altogether. Sometimes lasting up to a week, these social gatherings are a sacred tradition central to Native American spirituality. Attendees dance, drum, sing, eat, re-establish family ties, and make new friends. In this compelling interdisciplinary work, Ann Axtmann examines powwows as practiced primarily along the Atlantic coastline, from New Jersey to New England. She offers an introduction to the many complexities of the tradition and explores the history of powwow performance, the variety of their setups, the dances themselves, and the phenomenon of “playing Indian.” Ultimately, Axtmann seeks to understand how the dancers express and embody power through their moving bodies and what the dances signify for the communities in which they are performed.
A Dancing People
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Author : Clyde Ellis
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2003-10-23
A Dancing People written by Clyde Ellis and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-23 with Social Science categories.
Everywhere they are dancing. From Oklahoma City's huge Red Earth celebration to fund-raising events at local high schools, powwows are a vital element of contemporary Indian life on the Southern Plains. Some see it as tradition, handed down through the generations. Others say it's been sullied by white participation and robbed of its spiritual significance. But, during the past half century, the powwow has become one of the most popular and visible expressions of the dynamic cultural forces at work in Indian country today. Clyde Ellis has written the first comprehensive history of Southern Plains powwow culture-an interdisciplinary, highly collaborative ethnography based on more than two decades of participation in powwows. In seeking to determine what "powwow people" mean by so designating themselves, he addresses how the powwow and its role in contemporary Indian identity have changed over time-along with its songs and dances-and how Indians for nearly a century have used dance to define themselves within their communities. A Dancing People shows that, whether understood as an intertribal or tribally specific event, dancing often satisfies needs and obligations that are not met in other ways-and that many Southern Plains Indians organize their lives around dancing and the continuity of culture that it represents. As one Kiowa elder explained, "When I go to [these dances], I'm right where those old people were. Singing those songs, dancing where they danced. And my children and grandchildren, they've learned these ways, too, because it's good, it's powerful." Ellis tells us not only why and how Southern Plains powwow culture originated, but also something about what it means. He explores powwow's cultural and historical roots, tracing suppression by government advocates of assimilation, Indian resistance movements, internal tribal disputes, and the emergence of powerful song and dance traditions. He also includes a series of conversations and interviews with powwow people in which they comment on why they go to dances and what the dances mean to them as Indian people. An insightful study of performance, ritual, and culture, A Dancing People also makes an important statement about the search for identity among Native Americans today.
Dancing At Halftime
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Author : Carol Spindel
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2002-10
Dancing At Halftime written by Carol Spindel and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10 with Social Science categories.
A topical discussion of the controversial use of American Indian mascots by college-level and professional sports teams.
Indian Games And Dances With Native Songs
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Author : Alice Cunningham Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Indian Games And Dances With Native Songs written by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Social Science categories.
One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supplications." This famous statement comes directly from the preface of this book and was later etched on her tombstone. "I have arranged these dances and games with native songs in order that our young people may recognize, enjoy and share in the spirit of the olden life upon this continent, " she wrote. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs is a collection that conveys the pleasure and meaning of music and play and rhythmic movement for American Indians. Many of the activities here described are adapted from ceremonials and sports. Included is a "drama in five dances" celebrating the life of corn. "Calling the Flowers" is an appeal to spirits dwelling underground to join the dancers. Still another dramatic dance, with accompanying songs, petitions clouds to leave the sky. The Festival of Joy, an ancient Omaha ceremony, is centered on a sacred tree. In the second part Indian ball games and games of hazard and guessing are set forth, as well as the popular hoop and javelin game. Fletcher closes with a section on Indian names. Alice C. Fletcher, the foremost woman anthropologist in the United States in the nineteenth century, is also the author, with Francis La Flesche, of A Study of Omaha Indian Music and the two-volume Omaha Tribe. Both titles are available as Bison Books. Helen Myers is the coauthor of Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction.
Dancing Gods
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Author : Erna Fergusson
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-01
Dancing Gods written by Erna Fergusson and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The dances and ceremonials of the Native Americans of the Southwest are described and explained this information, authentic guidebook. The author, internationally famous Erna Fergusson, has drawn upon many years of personal observation and careful research. The principal religious ceremonies of the Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande, as well as those of the Zuñi and Hopi, are represented with an understanding of their background and significance. The reader learns about such colorful events as the Corn Dances and the Eagle Dance, and spectacular ceremonies like the Shaloko of Zuñi and the Snake-dances of the Hopis. Navajo and Apache ceremonials are covered at length, with an introduction to the life-patterns of these remarkable people. Besides the principal dances widely attended by tourists, this book discusses many of the lesser-known but equally interesting and dramatic happenings which have been a part of the religious life of Southwestern Native Americans for hundreds of years. Sixteen full-page illustrations of paintings by prominent artists give insight into the subject.
Dances And Stories Of The American Indian
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Author : Bernard S. Mason
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Dances And Stories Of The American Indian written by Bernard S. Mason and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Indian dance categories.
The People Are Dancing Again
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Author : Charles Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
The People Are Dancing Again written by Charles Wilkinson and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
The history of the Siletz is in many ways the history of all Indian tribes in America: a story of heartache, perseverance, survival, and revival. It began in a resource-rich homeland thousands of years ago and today finds a vibrant, modern community with a deeply held commitment to tradition. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians�twenty-seven tribes speaking at least ten languages�were brought together on the Oregon Coast through treaties with the federal government in 1853�55. For decades after, the Siletz people lost many traditional customs, saw their languages almost wiped out, and experienced poverty, killing diseases, and humiliation. Again and again, the federal government took great chunks of the magnificent, timber-rich tribal homeland, a reservation of 1.1 million acres reaching a full 100 miles north to south on the Oregon Coast. By 1956, the tribe had been �terminated� under the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act, selling off the remaining land, cutting off federal health and education benefits, and denying tribal status. Poverty worsened, and the sense of cultural loss deepened. The Siletz people refused to give in. In 1977, after years of work and appeals to Congress, they became the second tribe in the nation to have its federal status, its treaty rights, and its sovereignty restored. Hand-in-glove with this federal recognition of the tribe has come a recovery of some land--several hundred acres near Siletz and 9,000 acres of forest--and a profound cultural revival. This remarkable account, written by one of the nation�s most respected experts in tribal law and history, is rich in Indian voices and grounded in extensive research that includes oral tradition and personal interviews. It is a book that not only provides a deep and beautifully written account of the history of the Siletz, but reaches beyond region and tribe to tell a story that will inform the way all of us think about the past. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtAIGxp6pc
The Cherokee Ghost Dance
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Author : William Gerald McLoughlin
language : en
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Release Date : 1984
The Cherokee Ghost Dance written by William Gerald McLoughlin and has been published by Mercer University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
"In these essays a distinguished historian analyzes how the Indian nations of the Southeast grappled with nationalism, slavery, and missionaries. Against the background of this "combined onslaught on their cultural identity," McLoughlin describes what the Indians did "to preserve what they considered most important." The fate of Native Americans was inextricably bound up with the most vital questions of national life"--Publisher's description.