Powwow

Looks at the importance of the powwow and how its revitalization is helping the youth learn about past traditions. Article found by scrolling to page 24.

Need to return to traditional format of Indian ceremonies is discussed.

Several speakers voice concerns about changes that have crept in to the ceremonies. Recall how things were done in former times and stress need to return to old ways.

The custom of gift-giving at traditional ceremonies. How some ceremonies have been changed and abused.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2019.

Examines the Plains Indian Snake Dance at the Woodlands Six Nations Powwow in Ontario through an ethnographic lens.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--South Dakota State University, 2002.

Photographs of powwow contestants along with descriptions of the dancers' regalia.

Produced in conjunction with an exhibition of 11 examples of regalia worn by dancers. Contains links to series of ten videos about the history of the powwow, curator's talk and demonstrations of the various dance styles. Related material: Educational Guide

Describes the origin of the Thunderbird American-Indian Dancers, made up of Cherokee and Hopis Native Americans, who operate out of New York City, often holding powwows at the YMCA.

Comments on the important role the master of ceremonies or emcee plays in the success of the powwow.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1981.

Review essay examines definitions, focus and knowledge of powwow music from within three books: Intertribal Native American Music in the United States: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by John-Carlos Perea. Recording Culture: Powwow Music and the Aboriginal Recording Industry on the Northern Plains by Christopher A. Scales. Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America by Elaine Keillor, Tim Archambault, John M. H. Kelly.

Discusses the social and spiritual power of traditional and contemporary dance.

Comparative Religion Thesis (M.A.)--Western Michigan University, 2002.

Ethnomusicology and Musicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2001.

A group of Cree men, women and children in powwow style clothing pose in front of a group of teepees. Taken at Yorkton Jubilee celebrations, July, 1958. An Aboriginal man in western clothing kneels at the centre.

Explores the history of organized physical leisure practices of Native North Americans.

Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture. Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.

Book review of Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales.

Book review of: Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales.

Book review of: Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales. Review located by scrolling to page 176.

Describes formation and achievements of Red Bull Singers drum who appeared at powwows throughout Saskatchewan in the summer of 1998.

Looks at an anniversary celebration of a First Nations educational institute which was highlighted by a powwow.

Documents young man's journey to renew the connection to his Atikamekw roots. Duration: 15:31. Related material: Mini-Lesson.

Discusses reasons for Aboriginal participation in the military, links between historic warrior societies and powwows, and the activities at contemporary powwows which honour veterans.

Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library Extracts from James Clinkskill's memoirs, including a description of Clinkskill's arrival in Western Canada; of some of the events leading up to the Northwest Resistance of 1885; and of a number of incidents involving Indians and "half-breeds" before and during the Northwest Resistance, especially in the town of Battleford.

Book reviews of: The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith. Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber. Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena. American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.

Book reviews of: Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann. Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick. The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.

Book reviews of: Ke-ma-ha: The Omaha Stories of Francis La Flesche edited by James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. Life and Death in Mohawk Country by Bruce E. Johansen. The Feathered Heart by Mark Turcotte. Eagle Drum: On the Powwow Trail with a Young Grass Dancer by Robert Crum. Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization by Robert H. Jackson and Edward Castillo. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.

Highlights the modern day powwow.

An Aboriginal Ring Dance at the Pion-Era festival in Saskatoon, SK. 1958.

Interview with Roland Cotton about different kinds of dances and Blackfoot traditions. Duration: 59:55.

The 22.17 minute video, titled 'La Ronge Indian Days', records the visit to La Ronge of a number of well-known Indian performers including singers Shannon Twofeathers and Winston Wuttenee, hoop-dancer Billy Brittain, and Vic Thunderchild and his Pow Wow Dancers.

Historical note:

A video made by La Ronge Community Television recording the 1978 La Ronge Indian Days.

Poem about the powwow trail.

File contains 4 negatives depicting a Saskatchewan Cree woman named National Indian Princess in September 1972. Scanned image shows woman in a procession, presumably at the ceremony crowning her Princess, exact date and location unknown.

Powwow held at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon.

Introduces a peer-led pilot intervention that takes a strengths-based approach to promoting Indigenous youth sexual health in a culturally safe context.

Explores the complexity of indigenous performance and issues of identity and representation.

Image of nine Aboriginal "Sioux" men and three boys, all dressed in ceremonial dance outfits. The photo has been coloured after the fact using a chromolithograph process.

Looks at post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in three Native American veterans.

Duck Lake Student Residence start a powwow and cultural program for students.

Looks at the history and importance of powwows in Saskatchewan, some of which are the best in North America.

Overview of the Fort Armstrong Centennial Celebration and the 1916 participation of the Meskwaki people as a deliberate strategy to present their culture to their non-American Indian neighbors.

Author attends and dances at pow-wows, in Germany and Denmark, and documents the performances.

Looks at a traditional powwow in Newfoundland and a contest powwow in Elsipogot, New Brunswick.

58 images (14 scanned here) of Inuit and First Nations singers and dancers performing in Saskatoon on August 18, 1980.