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Many Americans have heard of the Native American ritual called the Pow-Wow but most don’t fully understand it. This blog will cover not only the older traditional Pow-Wow but also how it has changed in the modern day. This blog is meant to inform you about what a Pow-Wow is, its history, and why it is important to the Native American people. This blog is summery of the topic so not everything is covered extensively but there will by hyperlinks to where you can find further information on Pow-Wows.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Relation to the Round House

"He held up a mirror and painted two black stripes down his forehead to his eyebrows, Then continued underneath his eyes and down his cheeks. Randall's eyes suddenly became impenetrable warrior eyes" (Erdrich 274).
   This quote is from Joe when he is at the Pow-Wow watching another boy put is face paints on. The dressing up and face painting is an important part of the culture and is something that has been done sense the early Pow-Wows. The quote shows how applying the face paint makes a man more of a warrior like his ancestors.
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