| Description |
vii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index. |
| Contents |
"We're a dancing people, always have been" -- "It's our way of life. It goes with us all the time, every day" : overview of the powwow's history -- "The sound of the drum will revive them and make them happy" : nineteenth-century Plains Society Dances and the roots of the powwow -- "There is no doubt the dances should be curtailed" : Indian dances and federal policy on the Southern plains, 1880-1930 -- "Five dollars a week to be 'regular' Indians" : shows, exhibitions, and the economics of Indian dancing, 1880-1930 -- "This is the first powwow circuit in the United States" : the powwow comes into view -- "Enormous crowds attracted by the war dances" : Craterville Park and the American Indian Exposition -- "My children and grandchildren, they've learned these ways, too, because it's good, it's powerful." |
| Subject |
Powwows -- Great Plains.
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Social life and customs.
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| ISBN |
0700612742 (alk. paper) |
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