Men's traditional dancers,, 2007 A pow wow (also powwow or pow-wow) is a social gathering held by many different communities. A modern pow wow is a specific type of event for Native American people to meet and dance, sing, socialize, and honor their cultures. Pow wows may be private or public. There is generally a dancing competition, with many different types of traditional dances, music and regalia, often with significant prize money awarded. Pow wows vary in length from a one-day event, to major pow wows called for a special occasion which can be up to one week long. In popular culture, such as older, the term has also been used to describe any gathering of Native Americans, or to refer to any type of meeting, such as among military personnel. However, such use is generally viewed as and disrespectful.
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The word “pow wow” is derived from the word powwaw, meaning 'spiritual leader'. A number of different tribes claim to have held the “first” pow wow. Initially, public dances that most resemble what we now know as pow wows were most common in the region of the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a time when the United States government fragmented many Native communities in the hopes of acquiring land for economic exploitation. In 1923, Charles Burke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the United States, passed legislation modeled off of Circular 1665, which he published in 1921, that limited the times of the year in which Native Americans could practice traditional dance, which he deemed as directly threatening the Christian religion.
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However, many Native communities continued to gather together in secret to practice their cultures’ dance and music, in defiance of this, and other, legislation. By the mid-nineteenth century, pow wows were also being held in the Great Lakes region. Organization [ ]. Fancy dancer, 2007 Planning for a pow wow generally begins months, perhaps even a year, in advance of the event by a group of people usually referred to as a pow wow committee. Pow wows may be sponsored by a tribal organization, by an American Native community within an urban area, a Native American Studies program or American Native club on a or campus, tribe, or any other organization that can provide startup funds, insurance, and volunteer workers. Committee [ ] A pow wow committee consists of a number of individuals who do all the planning prior to the event.
If a pow wow has a sponsor, such as a tribe,, or organization, many or all members of the may come from that group. The committee is responsible to recruit and hire the head staff, publicize the pow wow, secure a location, and recruit vendors who pay for the right to set up and sell food or merchandise at the pow wow. Damn Vulnerable Web App Isola. A Northern plains style Men's Fancy Dancer, California, 2005 The head staff of a pow wow are the people who run the event on the day or days it actually occurs. They are generally hired by the pow wow committee several months in advance, as the quality of the head staff can affect attendance.
To be chosen as part of the head staff is an honor, showing respect for the person's skills or dedication. Arena director [ ] The arena director is the person in charge during the pow wow. Sometimes the arena director is referred to as the whip man, sometimes the whip man is the arena director's assistant, and many pow wows don't have a whip man. The arena director makes sure dancers are dancing during the pow wow and that the drum groups know what type of song to sing. If there are contests the arena director is ultimately responsible for providing judges, though they often have another assistant who is the head judge.