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Everywhere they are dancing. From Oklahoma City's huge Red Earth celebration to fund-raising events at local high schools, powwows are a vital element of contemporary Indian life on the Southern Plains. Some see it as tradition, handed down through the generations. Others say it's been sullied by white participation and robbed of its spiritual significance. But, during the past half century, the powwow has become one of the most popular and visible expressions of the dynamic cultural forces at w
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- Author
- Ellis, Clyde, 1958-
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas ; Eurospan, distributor
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780700614943
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Science, Western
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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