Heartbeat of the People
Subtitle: MUSIC AND DANCE OF THE NORTHERN POW-WOW (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780252071867
Subjects: Dance; Folk music; Indigenous peoples; Music; Ethnic Issues; North America; Dance - Ethnic; Ethnic; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
First sentence: Just what is a pow-wow? When teaching courses on Native American music, I always start the unit on intertribal pow-wows by having the students memorize the following phrase: "A pow-wow is an event where American Indians of all nations come together to celebrate their culture through the medium of music and dance."