My mother told me of it. I've always been proud of it. That was seven years and innumerable powwows ago. The drum beat for a southern dance, she said, is slower than the northern. I've seen some stay up on their toes.
Southern women bow from the waist and do different footsteps.
Costumes differ, too. It's similar to buckskin but without the fringe. Southern dancers don't have the feathered bussel down the back that others have, he said. Spectators are likely to see a variety of costumes and footsteps during each intertribal dance. Some do southern, some do northern dances, depending on the area they're from.