Traditional Grass Dance
The Grass Dance is a Native American tradition where dancers move like swaying grass, honoring the earth, sky, and cultural heritage.
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Nov 18, 20205 min read
Frybread Recipes
By 1890, the Lakota people, once powerful and free, were entirely dependent on the U.S. government. The U.S. had forcibly removed our...
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Paganens (Algonquin Wild Nut Soup)
Called paganens in traditional language, this soup is a creamy concoction made with simple stock, parsley, salt, and black pepper,...
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POYHA (Meat and Cornmeal)
Recipe by Montana Heart Song READY IN: 1hr 5mins SERVES: 8-10 YIELD: 2 loafs INGREDIENTS 2 lbs. ground turkey or 2 lbs. ground chicken...
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PUEBLO INDIAN PORK ROAST
Yield: 6 servings INGREDIENTS 1/4 c. vegetable oil 1 ½ c. chopped onion 3 garlic cloves, minced 4 dried juniper berries, crushed 1/2 tsp....
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Wild Rice and Berries with Popped Rice
SEAN SHERMAN In the Anishinaabe language, wild rice is “manoomin,” or “good berry,” and is served at many ceremonies in the Great Lakes...
Nov 18, 20204 min read
The Drum and Songs
Simply put, without a drum, there is no powwow.
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History of Powwows
For centuries, American Indian communities have conducted ceremonial gatherings. Modern powwows, however, derive from more recent ceremonies
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Prairie Chicken Dance
Chicken Dancers tend to wear very flamboyant regalia colors with flowery designs, round bustles with matching side bustles on the shoulders.
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Women’s Northern Traditional Dance
Traditional is a dance that exemplifies dignity, grace, and modesty. This dance style has more variation in its regalia than any other style
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Jingle Dress
The Jingle Dress Dance began with the northern tribe Ojibwa in the early 1900s and became prevalent in the 1920s in the US & Canada.
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Southern Cloth
Ladies Cloth is a form of Native American women's dress and dance and has both a Northern and Southern style.
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Fancy Shawl Dance
Women’s Fancy Shawl is one of the most anticipated competitions at pow wows.
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Women’s Buckskin
One of the oldest forms of Native American Women's Dance is Buckskin. This is a dance of elegance and grace.
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Traditional Dance
This dance was developed as a way for returning warriors to tell others what had happened during a hunting expedition or battle.
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Fancy Dance
The Oklahoma Feather Dance or “Fancy Dance” is one of the most popular styles of Native dance as are the outfits seen at modern powwows.
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Grass Dance
Grass Dancers always stand out by virtue of two things: their dancing style and their outfits.
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Straight Dance
he Straight Dance is a formal, tailored, prestigious form of southern dance.
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