Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration; but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
A twelve-year-old Ojibwa Indian living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, learns about her tribe's traditional costumes from her grandmother and gets ready to dance at a powwow.
Discusses Indian life and customs, and provides instructions for doing dances and making war bonnets, headdresses, and other articles of Indian costume and adornment.
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Tess shares a part of her Indian heritage with classmates during show and tell as she describes the Round Dance and Pow Wow and invites her class to take part in a Pow Wow held in the school gymnasium.
