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Pow-wow Words
Ch. 10
Ch. 10 part 2
100

gimiwan

it is raining

100

gizhaate

it is hot

100

dancers

Naamiwaad

100

What part of the eagle staff represents the animals?

the fur

100

What dance do the dancers dance with a skip-slide movement, while they turn, bob and weave?

crow hop

200

gisinaa

it is cold

200

noodin

it is windy

200

feather

miigwan

200

Where does the fire man sit at the drum?

west

200

What dance do the dancers shake bells to a rapid beat and then change to a quickened drum beat?

Shake dance

300

waawaate

there are northern lights

300

mizhakwad

it is clear

300

singers

negamowaad

300

Which drums were painted with pictographs that expressed the owner's spiritual power and strength?

Ogichidaa drum

300

How many times is a whistle blowed during an Eagle whistle song?

four

400

awanibiisaa

there is heavy fog or mist

400

ozhaashaa

it is slippery

400

pipe

opwaagan

400

What developed in the 1890's that changed the infrastructure of the Ojibwe social dance?

intertribal pow-wow circuit, addition of native and non-native pow-wow spectators

400

What dance ends the pow-wow?

retreat dance

500

ashibishidosh

there is a tornado or whirlwind

500

maadanimad

it is beginning to blow

500

Grand entry

biindigeshiimowaad

500

What changed the in the 1960s and 1970s with pow-wows? 

introduction of contest powwow

500

Who is the author of ch. 10?

Robert Des Jarlait