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Have you heard the haunting melody of a Native American Flute being played?Would you like to play in this manner yourself?Well, you can!No musical background is assumed or needed to play the flute with beauty and grace.

In Flute Dreams, you are shown that playing the Native American Love Flute is as much a spiritual expression as it is a physical one. In this guide to learning to play the Native American Flute, students are given the tools to express love through their playing.The Author combines West and East in this unique guide to learning to play the Native American Flute.

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A Special Book About the Cheyenne
Father Peter J. Powell's work with the Cheyenne is in a class by itself. His telling of stories in the mythic past of the Cheyenne have a depth of understanding worthy of Campbell, Zimmer and Eliade. So many books on the Native Americans are not satisfying because the authors do not know enough to ask the right questions and they merely repeat what other authors have written. Father Powell lived among the Cheyenne, became a very trusted informant and tells the stories with an uncommon grasp of the subject. His list of primary sources is impressive, more so as we learn who many of these people are and who their fathers, mothers and grandparents were. The way he moves from present to near past to distant past to mythic past and back to present reinforces Cheyenne belief that the distance between them is much shorter than our culture thinks. A wonderful source book, it fills in so many gaps between Grinnell, Hyde, Bent and Lavender--and takes us deeper than any of them.

An Exceptional Work
One way of regarding what Father Powell accomplished in his epic treatise on Northern Cheyenne history is look at Vine Deloria's appraisal in "God Is Red."Deloria states: "Powell's work, particularly his style of exposition, was based primarily on conversations with reservation people and reflected their language.An Anglican priest who operated St. Augustine's Indian Center in Chicago, Powell viewed all religious expressions as sacred and consequently treated the Cheyenne tradition with respect.His book did not take the superficial approach of listing the quaint beliefs of the Cheyennes as if the reader and the author were beyond such superstitions.'Sweet Medicine' impressed Indians with the validity of their own traditions."Deloria's comments on Powell's work deserve serious consideration.After all, Deloria set the tone in Chpt. 4 of "Custer Died For Your Sins" for criticizing the historical relationship between anthropology (be it of the professional or self-taught variety) and American Indian communities.The fact that Deloria points to "Sweet Medicine" as an exceptional work is an indication that the study of American Indian culture and history is possible--even by non-Indians--when the resulting discourse is driven by indigenous sources of knowledge, as opposed to forcing research to fit the expectations of a largely non-Indian Academy.

Authoritative work
Some people don't like the idea of a priest writing a book about Cheyenne myth and ritual. Too bad for them. Who better to understand it than one who is completely accepted by the Cheyenne people and, indeed, one of the holders of the sacred regalia of the Arrows and Medicine Hat? Peter Powell has done the world an undying favor by meticulously recording, with the utmost exactitude, in both words and pictures the sacred rites (and their meaning!) of the Cheyenne people? Ignore the reviews of those who just don't -or can't- get the point of this magistral work and instead buy it and enter into a magical world.

A "don't buy this book" kinda Book
when I saw it's non-authenticity, I returned it for full credit.Fr. Powell has been duped!

Sweet Medicine is beautiful, sensitive, and scholarly
Father Peter J. Powell (who, contrary to the misinformation passed in another reader's review, is an Episcopalian priest) is the premium scholar of Cheyenne culture and religion.A Sun Dance priest himself, adopted bythe Cheyenne, Father Powell renders the beautiful story of Sweet Medicinein evocative prose.After reading his work, I was privileged to meetFather Powell on a sad, but touching occasion, when he presided over thefuneral of the great Cheyenne educator Bill Tall Bull in Lame Deer, Montanaseveral years ago.Father Powell is held in great reverence by theNorthern Cheyenne people, and on that day was sought out after the serviceby countless members of the tribe with greetings, hugs, and thanks.Icanrecommend SWEET MEDICINE without reservation to anyone with interest inPlains Indian culture. ... Read more

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This is the first comprehensive examination of the history and role of the Omaha dance lodges-circular structures that blended earth lodge design and symbolism with late nineteenth century Euro-American architectural materials and elements on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska. ... Read more

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...high marks for this book in scholarship and analysis--Jones' treatment of the subject is original, extensive, consistent and coherent. --THEATRE STUDIES ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Child Life, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on October 1, 1995. The length of the article is 683 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Powwow dancers.(Native American children join the dancing at the Ojibwa powwow at the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Wisconsin)(Cover Story)
Author: Dave Hurley
Publication: Child Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1995
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v74Issue: n7Page: p4(4)

Article Type: Cover Story

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This digital document is an article from U.S. Kids, published by Children's Better Health Institute on December 1, 1995. The length of the article is 445 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fancy shawl dancer. (children's story on native american dancing)
Author: Cynthia Graber
Publication: U.S. Kids (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1995
Publisher: Children's Better Health Institute
Volume: v8Issue: n8Page: p6(2)

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The words of Thomas Yellowtail, a revered Sun Dance chief of the Crow Indian tribe, are brought to life by the internationally known American Indian actor, Gordon Tootoosis. The book is illustrated with over 100 previously unpublished color and sepia photographs from as early as 1903 and traditional American Indian motifs. Also included are interviews with prominent Indian leaders, advice to American Indian youth, and special features on traditional Indian spirituality. Native Spirit is a stunning feast of rare visual images from Crow and Shoshone religious life. ... Read more

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You need this book!
This is a wonderful book.The photographs are incredible and the writing is informative, not at all what you might have been taught.I have a new appreciation for the Sun Dance.Get the accompanying DVD as well and buy one for a friend! ... Read more

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Review of Cherokee Dance book
I thought some of the illustrations were less than professional looking.I have not read all of it yet, but the information is pretty good so far.

A KEEPER
Some would say that this book is where the author left off in his prior book on How To Make Cherokee Clothing.However, the book is much more.

In the book, the author goes farther than he has in the past.He gives better illustrations and goes more into detail about Cherokee culture.

I still say that the author fails in delineating what time period of Cherokee Culture that he is talking about when he is showing an item for example.I also still say that his patterns are lacking.

With that said, his models have improved considerably.The illustrations are more professional than in his prior book.Indeed, this is just an all around better book.

There are a few things that do not jive with the prior book that he has written.For instance, in the prior book he talked about how the chief used deer toes around his ankles.In this book, there are no deer toe anklets and the moccassins of the chief now have turkey spurs.Another oddity is that in his prior book he talked about how the bear dance was lost forever from the Cherokee people...yet in this book he talks about what to wear and how to do the bear dance.

Any reader of this evaluation should note that this book WILL NOT teach you how to do Cherokee dances.There are no foot steps, no musical notations, etc.In fact, some pictures show people in a dazed and confused pose with captions noting that the models are "trying" to recreate the dances.Truly, the most that you can hope for is learning a chant or two.And, in some regards, you have to be skilled in crafting without a pattern (often relying on your own knowledge of Cherokee crafts) if you can even begin to hope for a specific project to turn out like something from the book.

Indeed, the author's skills are evolving.But, there is still much room for improvement.Yet, I am confident that the author has what it takes to be the first in American history to to a comprehensive anthology of Cherokee culture with the history, delineated period dress, stories, healing methods, dance steps, written music, chants, writings, culture, etc.

At present, the author is a blib on the radar of Cherokee culture.I feel that he can be so much more.

This is not to say that I give 5 stars to this book because it is a great book or that the author is a great writer.In reality, the book is poorly written, poorly organized, and seriously lacking in many respects.However, what it excels in is that it is an excellent piece in preserving certain aspects of a rapidly dying Cherokee culture.Often, what you find in this book you will not find elsewhere.Too many authors are trying to lump us together with other tribes and even the Mayans and Aztecs.This author stays CHEROKEE and does all things Cherokee.For that, this book is deserving of 5 stars and a sincere "THANK YOU" for its contribution to Cherokee history and cultural preservation.

Very Good Book
This book is great!It has descriptions of costumes of dances which will help me with my dance ceremonies. THIS BOOK IS GREAT! ... Read more

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The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey through the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and into the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner comes to the pow-wow as a participant--she is a dancer of Oklahoma Choctaw heritage--as well as a scholar. Focusing on the Northern pow-wow, which derives from the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, Browner presents an in-depth discussion of the pow-wow's roots and traditions, protocols, and order of events. She also describes footwork, styles of singing, and the diversity of participants' regalia. Browner centers her discussion of the Northern-style pow-wow around the Lakota Sacred Hoop and the Anishnaabeg Sacred Fire. Browner traces the history of specific events such as the Grass and Jingle Dress dances and distinguishes among various dance types, including Traditional, Fancy, and "special" exhibition dances as well as ceremonial honor dances, giveaways, and memorials. She also discusses women's changing roles within pow-wow performance and thoughtfully examines how continually changing musical repertories, dance styles and regalia, and customs foster a vibrant state of transformation that coexists, often uneasily, with more traditional Native mores. She closes her study with a series of interviews with members of two families of pow-wow dancers, one Lakota and one Anishnaabeg.Marked by meticulous scholarship and firmly grounded in Browner's extensive experience as a pow-wow participant and observer, Heartbeat of the People is a unique and powerful celebration of the vibrancy, continuity, and evolution of an ancient music and dance tradition. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1068 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In the spirit: today Native American women give the powwow some of its fanciest moves.
Author: Tom Pearson
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 79Issue: 10Page: 70(5)

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on April 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2356 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Native American women have a long history of participation in sport within their tribes. This active participation in sport extends to other areas of Native American life, including governance. Native Americans view games and sports as a means to maintaining harmony, fairness and consensual leadership within the community. For the individual, sports can be a tool for developing skills needed for life, such as pain tolerance and competition.

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Title: Native American women in sport.
Author: Susan E. Keith
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1999
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 70Issue: 4Page: 47(3)

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on September 1, 1995. The length of the article is 1325 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Much of contemporary sports have their origins in Native American games but little recognition is given to Native Americans for this. Native American games were played to develop skills, pain tolerance and courage. Self-worth, self-discipline, self-reliance and skills in working cooperatively for the good of the tribe were developed by Native Americans through games. However, Native American women found that the values learned from game-playing were in conflict with values in the workplace which concentrated more on the 'self.'

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Title: Developing self-esteem and leadership skills in native American women: the role sports and games play.(Cover Story)
Author: Janice Jones Schroeder
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1995
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v66Issue: n7Page: p48(4)

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"McLerran's elegant, spare text begins by describing the result of white settlers' relentless westward movement in the U.S. The scenario is one often related in books sympathetic to Native Americans: buffalo, their hides stripped, left to rot on the prairie; streams stripped of fish; and herds of elk and buffalo depleted. In poetic prose, she talks about a Paiute visionary, Tavibo, and his son who each dreamed that if Native peoples danced, the white people would disappear and the ghosts of the wildlife that had been decimated would return. . . . Morin's thoughtful assemblages contain many objects that place the book in its historical context. The evocative paintings feature a variety of textures. . . . This stunning book will hold great appeal for environmentally conscious readers, and will interest classroom teachers seeking a poetic call-to-action." —School Library Journal, starred ... Read more

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NEW EXPANDED EDITION

Offering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals, the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Taken as a whole the essays explore the many ways in which these portrayals have made an impact on our collective cultural life. ... Read more

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Un classicodell'antropologia
irrinunciabile e suggestiva opera di notevole approfondimento scientifico. imperdibile la galleria delle misteriose"booger masks. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on February 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1887 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Cherokee Nation Youth Fitness Camp is an eight-day activity which aims to promote positive health attitudes among Native American youth. The camp is held every summer at an Oklahoma campsite near Tahlequah. Applicants are recruited from the 14 county areas serviced by Cherokee Nation. The camp's natural setting helps students break away from their sedentary habits as they become more attuned to nature.

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Title: Cherokee Nation Youth Fitness Camp: health promotion and disease prevention for native American youth.
Author: Lisa K. Perkins
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 1994
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v65Issue: n2Page: p60(3)

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on April 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1320 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Native American representation in sports is usually limited to athletic team names, logos and mascots. This offends the Indian people since mascots misrepresent their heritage and culture. The practice, which is proof of racism's long-lasting effects, conflicts with the nation's efforts to promote equality among people of different races and backgrounds. The National Congress of American Indians, National Rainbow Coalition's Commission for Fairness in Athletics and the American Indian Movement are stepping up efforts for the replacement of caricatures and names.

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Title: Perpetuating the wrong image of Native Americans.(Editorial)
Author: E. Newton, Jr. Jackson
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1997
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v68Issue: n4Page: p4(2)

Article Type: Editorial

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