Dance Styles
This Style mimics a butterfly.
Women's fancy Dance
A song performed when anyone can dance along to it.
Intertribal
This dress style has 365 bells on it
Jingle Dress Style
What direction must you walk in the powwow grounds? (in Anishinaabe territory)
Clockwise
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Gsinna
This dance represent a bird hopping.
Crow hop
A veteran song
This male dress style usually has natural colours, and they carry a weapon, eagle staff or medicine wheel on them.
Male Traditional Dancer
You offer this medicine to the drums for performing
Tobacco
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Traditional Female dance
A song performed to intentionally trick a dancer into making a mistake.
Trick song
This dance style use to have grass tucked into their belts.
Grass Dancer
You must do this when an honour song is playing.
Remove your hats and stand if you are able.
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Mtig
This dance style involves a huge tall step, followed by many small steps close to the ground.
Grass Dancer
This song is usually performed when someone has accomplished something significant, or has a significant role in the community.
Honour Song
This female dance style mimics a butterfly
Women's fancy shawl dancer
Never do this to a dancer or drummer without asking permission first.
Take a picture of them
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Nimkiikaa
This dance style is done in a pair with someone else.
Owl Dance
This songs are performed at competition powwows.
Competition songs
This male dance style is very athletic, has kicks, flips and a very intricate foot pattern.
Male Fancy Dancer
Powwows are a celebration of _________________.
Life
Translate: Can I go to the bathroom?