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Book/Printed MaterialImage 1 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee MACY, NEBRASKA: OMAHA TRIBAL POW-WOW 12–15 AUGUST 1983 FIELD NOTES 12 August 1983 Carl met me at the Sioux City Airport around three o'clock Friday afternoon, and we drove back to the...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 2 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 2 At a cluster of tables near the main arena, we came upon Dennis Hastings and Roger Welsch, who introduced me to John Carter and Ann Billesbach of the Willa Cather Museum...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 3 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 3 principal flute player on the reservation, his “grandson” Kenny Blackbird had also learned to play the flute, and “knew all the old songs.” He suggested we try to arrange an interview...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 4 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 4 activities to outsiders, but the public address system seemed to be muddled, and he was difficult to understand. I missed a lot of introductions and explanations. There was a series of...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 5 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 5 various participants who seemed especially impressed by the youngest dancer—a boy of five. Throughout the pow-wow, individuals gave small gifts of money to the boy who they called the “Littlest Buffalo”...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 6 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 6 I returned to the grandstand to watch the series of Gourd Dances which started around 1:30 pm. Again, there were only a few dancers in the arena—I counted eight—and only a...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 7 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 7 The young male traditional dancers came next, but were not introduced by name. Fancy dancers were introduced as a group with a statement explaining the difference between traditional and fancy dance...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 8 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 8 Kerry's brother, who read a statement from the Governor; and Bill Hopner, a former aide of Senator Exon who helped the tribe get electrical power for an irrigation system on Blackbird...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 9 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 9 or in whose name the specials were given, did not speak for themselves, but rather had relatives or close friends speak for them—in this case, Melanie Parker's grandmother spoke for her—after...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 10 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 10 and knelt, while the fancy dancers bounced in place and shook their bells to the rhythm. Everyone danced vigorously to the second section of the verse. This was the first contest...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 11 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 11 the honoring song itself. The honoring and presentation followed the same pattern as the others. Brill wore a special vest with Indian design that he had been given in another special...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 12 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 12 audience. In fact, although the Whipman began each of the four customary Victory Dances, he was not acknowledged until his own recognition dance. They changed the order of entry this time....
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 13 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 13 The San Juan group ended their appearance at the pow-wow with a Buffalo Dance and two farewell songs. Members of the Pow-wow Committee gave blankets and shawls to some of the...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 14 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 14 on pow-wow regalia: headpieces made of an old rug or mop; rag tails. All clown dancers wore cloths over their heads to disguise their identities. Some appeared to be serious dancers—one...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 15 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 15 judges stood close to the contestants, there was a possibility that a disqualifying move would be missed, and I suppose the praise served to reinforce the honor system. Because the impression...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 16 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 16 participants who had come to see the dance competitions. He said that some tribes limited their specials or held them all on one day. We indicated that the specials made the...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 17 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 1983 OMAHA TRIBAL POW-WOW SUMMARY This pow-wow was very much different from the ones I attended in Minneapolis. It was an intimate, community affair, rather like a high school homecoming, with an...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 18 of 1983 Omaha Harvest Celebration Pow-Wow Fieldnotes by Dorothy Sara Lee 2 It seemed too that the importance of the recordings to the Omaha lay not in the return of the recordings and the songs on the recordings, although the contents of the...
- Contributor: Lee, Dorothy Sara
- Date: 1983-08-12