The inter tribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Now in paperback, Tara Browner's "Heartbeat of the People" is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events.
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Browner aims to document the contemporary intertribal pow-wow for future generations of Native peoples and to "offer non-Indian readers an entry point into a richly textured realm of music and dance." A Native American ethnomusicologist who teaches American Indian studies at UCLA, Browner is both participant and observer. As a dancer herself, she had immediate access to the community of pow-wow participants, and as a scholar she brings a historical and critical analysis to a politically sensitive subject. The introduction includes a summary and critique of 19th- and 20th-century pow-wow research, describing both its value and flaws. Descriptions of the diverse dance styles, regalia, songs, singing styles, and the structure of pow-wow events are covered in chapters separate from interviews. Browner limits her treatment of the subject to pow-wows of the Lakota and Anishnaabeg peoples, and, within this limit, this is an accessible work for both Native and non-Native, nonspecialist audiences. Recommended for both academic collections and large public libraries. Faye Powell, Portland State Univ., OR
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Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"The most comprehensive and detailed source available on the pow-wow, including an excellent compiliation of information on its origins as well as its various styles of music and dance."
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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." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expedition songs, intertribal dancing, intertribal songs, intertribal dances, incomplete repetition, contest rounds, grass dance, straight songs, jingle dress, cadential patterns, dance regalia, head singer, dance arena, honor songs, drum group, grand entry, head dancers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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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." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expedition songs, intertribal dancing, intertribal songs, intertribal dances, incomplete repetition, contest rounds, grass dance, straight songs, jingle dress, cadential patterns, dance regalia, head singer, dance arena, honor songs, drum group, grand entry, head dancers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ann Arbor, Great Lakes, Northern Plains, Great Plains, Native American, Pine Ridge, Norma Rendon, Omaha Dance, World War, Mother Earth, Northern Traditional, United States, University of Michigan, Dress Dance, Fancy Shawl, South Dakota, American Indian, Crow Hops, Round Dance, Three Fires, Gros Ventre, Whitefish Bay, Bear Clan Singers, Frances Densmore, Maggie White New!
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- Indian Country, L.A.: Maintaining Ethnic Community in Complex Society by Joan Weibel-Orlando in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Study of Omaha Indian Music by Alice C. Fletcher on page 5, and Back Matter
- Indian Story and Song from North America by Alice C. Fletcher on page 6, and Back Matter
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