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Link to Video on Wisconsin Powwow / Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People Ojibwe powwow in northern Wisconsin.

For Adults

Heth, Charlotte, general editor, Native American Dance: Ceremonies & Social Traditions, 1993, National Museum of the American Indian, in cooperation with Fulcrum Publishing (Starwood Publishing division), Golden, Colorado.

Koch, Ronald P., Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians, 1977, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Laubin, Reginald & Gladys, Indian Dances of North America, 1976, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Marra, Ben, Powwow: Images Along the Red Road, 1996, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York.

Paterek, Josephine, Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume, 1993, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California.

Powers, William K., War Dance: Plains Indian Musical Performance, 1990, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Roberts, Chris, Pow Wow Country, 1992, American & World Geographic Publishing, Helena, Montana.
Available from Chris Roberts, P.O. Box 7218, Missoula, MT 59807.

Powwow Calendar, The Book Publishing Company, P.O. Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483.
An annually-published paperback listing of powwows throughout the country.

Pow-Wow on the Red Road, Native American Co-op, 2830 South Trasher, Tucson, AZ 85713.
A frequently-updated paperback listing of powwows throughout the country.

For Children

All of these books are illustrated with color photographs on every page. Unless otherwise noted, the author is also the photographer.

Ages eight and up.

Ancona. George, Powwow, 1993, Harcourt, Brace & Company, San Diego and New York.

Braine, Susan, Drumbeat...Heartbeat: A Celebration of the Powwow, 1995, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis.

Crum, Robert, Eagle Drum: On the Powwow Trail with a Young Grass Dancer, 1994, Macmillan Publishing Comany (Four Winds Press division), New York.

King, Sandra, Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer, 1993, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis.
Photographs by Catherine Whipple.

 

Prepared by the Resource Center, National Museum of the American Indian, in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service, Smithsonian Institution

 

 
 


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