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A “drum circle” provides the beat. Photo by Chen Xiaoying. SISU at the Powwow. A celebration of Montana’s Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Students from across the globe joined in the dancing. Dancer in wolf costume. Photo by Li Huizhong . The Snake Dance. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SISU at the PowwowA celebration of Montana’s Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
A “drum circle” provides the beat.
Photo by Chen Xiaoying
Students from across the globe joined in the dancing.
Dancer in wolf costume. Photo by Li Huizhong.
A tribal elder with a feathered staff led dancers into the circle for the Snake Dance, a serpentine dance held to honor the dancers’ achievements over the year.
Photo by Yu Shijie
The Snake Dance
A dancer’s costume is often the result of countless hours of work. Note the amazing handmade beadwork on this elder’s costume.
Powwows offer tribal members an opportunities to renew their ties with friends
and relatives from across Indian Country.
Photo by Tang Jinglei
A time for
reunions
Dancers across the generations.
Spectators from across the U.S.A. and from around the
globe watch the dancers. Many of the songs and
dancers honored the contributions by Native
Americans.
Photo by Chen Yijun
An “honor dance