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Music
and Dance
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Creations
Journey
Presented by the National Museum of the American
Indian. From powwow music to Christian songs in Cherokee to Irish
reels, Native peoples from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Bolivia present
living traditions and crossovers to Euro-American musics.
http://www.si.edu/folkways/40410.htm
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Crow
Fair
The
Crow Fair Powwow, Rodeo and Race Meet is the largest Northern Plains
Indian celebration in Montana, and one of the biggest powwows in the
country.
http://travel.state.mt.us/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=8832&SiteID=1
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Dance
Styles
As
even the most novice of visitors will notice, there are many different
styles of dance seen at pow wows. Although every dancer looks different,
there are certain guidelines that all dancers follow when making their
regalia. (Notice the lack of the word costume.) These styles have
evolved from the old days and each has its own unique story and traditions
http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/styles.htm
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Inuit
throat singing
A kind of competition between two singers, throat
singing is ideal for cold climates.
http://www.stuff.co.uk/media/polar-relay/inuit.html
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New
Dawn of Tradition: A Wisconsin Powwow
Experience a Wisconsin powwow and learn
about one aspect of Native American Culture through the New Dawn of
Tradition video program and Web site. The resources on this Web site
and the 15 minute instructional television program are designed for
fourth and fifth grade students
http://www.ecb.org/wisconsin/powwow/index.htm
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Special
Songs
Many times, during cultural events and public presentations, there
is a need to have special songs of societies, flag songs, family songs,
etc. Men such as you see in this photo are responsible for rendering
those songs. Chief Earl Old Person is one of the Blackfeet who have
been gifted with the knowledge of them. These songs are used in honorings,
giveaways, recognition of society members, and respect for veterans.
http://www.lewis-clark.org/black_songs.htm
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Ute
Bear Dance
The annual Ute Bear Dance in June is social
and honors the grizzly bear, who was created by Sinawaf, the One-Above,
to teach the Ute strength, wisdom, and survival, and to resist the
mischief of Coyote. The dance is to awaken bear, and he will lead
the people to gather roots, nuts, and berries. During this four-day
festival the women choose partners, and this often leads to courtship
and marriage.
http://www.ausbcomp.com/redman/ute.htm
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Transportation
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Appaloosa
The Appaloosa's heritage is as colorful and
unique as its coat pattern. Usually noticed and recognized because
of its spots and splashes of color, the abilities and beauty of this
breed are more than skin deep.
http://www.cowboyheaven.com/breeds/breed1.htm
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Building
a Birchbark Canoe
We build birchbark canoes using historically
documented methods and materials. The following example shows the
construction of a 15 foot Ojibwe style ricing canoe that we built.
http://www.squeedunk.com/building.htm
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Center
for Wooden Boats
The Center offers an opportunity to experience
the dimensions of an earlier time, to put your hands on the oars of
a graceful pulling boat or the tiller of a traditional wooden catboat.
http://www.cwb.org/index.htm
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Constuction
of a Birch Bark Canoe
The first step in the construction of
a birch bark canoe was the making of a frame or jig in the general
shape of the canoe.
http://www.whiteoak.org/learning/canoes2.htm
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Give
Me of Your Bark Oh Birch Tree
It would
be hard to overstate the importance of the canoe in the history of
Canada and the Great Lakes Region. The canoe is an almost perfectly
designed artifact. It is so simple, beautiful and versatile that it
has managed to stay in continous use for hundreds of years. It has
been called one of the greatest gifts of the First Peoples to all
those who came after.
http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/canoe/canoes.htm
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History
of the Horse
The horse
has been with us since the beginning of time. In fact, the horse was
around approximately 50 million years before the dawn of mankind!
Here's how it went:
http://wildheartranch.com/horses/horse_history.asp
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Ivakkak:
The Return of the Inuit Dogs
To this date, the pure-bred Husky dog is nearly
extinct in Nunavik. Nowadays, the people mostly travel by snowmobile.
Yet, the memories of another time when dogs were man's most reliable
partners are not so far behind. In a desire to bring back the dogs
to Nunavik, Makivik, a corporation representing the Inuit of Nunavik,
organized Nunavik's own dog team race, one that would pass through
various communities. With the support of other northern organizations,
Ivakkak 2001 was born. Given its name by Nunavik Governor and old
time dog teamer Johnny Watt, the first Ivakkak, an Inuit word that
means "when the dogs are at their best pace" would begin
on the Hudson Coast, from Umiujaq to Puvirnituq, passing through Inukjuak.
http://www.ivakkak.com/
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Native
American Watercraft-Tomol
The
Chumash. who lived in the Santa Barbara Channel area and the Tongva
who lived south of Malibu (sometimes called Gabrielleno by the Europeans)
were an ocean people. They has a very special relationship with the
sea, which nourished and sustained them. The Chumash built a unique
watercraft, a plank canoe called a tomol to travel on the ocean
http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/kids/watercraft.htm
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Nez
Perce Horse Registry
The Nez
Perce Horse, administered by the Nez Perce Young Horsemen Project
will re-establish the Nez Perce as the leaders in horsemanship.
http://www.nezpercehorseregistry.com/
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Nez
Perce Spotted Horse
Few Tribes Could Rival the Nez Perce Indians
in the Art of Selective Breeding.
http://web.raex.com/~gkmiller/app3hist.htm
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Skin
Boats
The Alutiiq constructed two distinct
types of boats - large open skin vessels known as anyaq (called baidara
by the Russians) and smaller skin-covered qayak (called baidarka by
the Russians).
http://www.alutiiqmuseum.com/education/skinboats.htm
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