A Dancing People
Subtitle: Powwow Culture on the Southern Plains
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780700612741
Subjects: American history; Customs; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Great Plains; History; Ethnic Issues; History: American; USA; Western & Pacific Coast states; Native American; Customs & Traditions; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Powwows; Social life and customs
First sentence: On a Saturday evening in August 1996, at a dance arbor near Meeker, Oklahoma, the evening session of an annual community powwow was briefly delayed as a local Sac and Fox family brought its teenaged son into the arena dressed in danced clothes for the first time.
Description: Traces the history of Southern Plains powwow culture, discussing how the powwow and its role in contemporary Native American identity have changed throughout the years and how Native Americans have used the dance to define themselves within their communities.