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  • Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

Publication Date
April 15, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

Description

★ "Clearly organized and educational--an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries." --School Library Journal, starred review

Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. As a lifelong competitive powwow dancer, Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is a guide to the protocols, regalia, songs, dances and even food you can find at powwows from coast to coast, as well as the important role they play in Indigenous culture and reconciliation.

Publication date
April 15, 2025
Genre
Non-fiction
Page Count
88
ISBN-13
9781459843448
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Series
Orca Origins
BISAC categories
JNF039020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Dance
JNF038120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Canada/Native Canadian
JNF076050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Indigenous | History
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is an Anishinaabe dancer, educator, writer, artist and orator from Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Her grandparents, maternal and paternal, come from Wiikwemkoong. Her parents are residential school survivors. Karen is a scholar in Educational Policy Studies/Indigenous Peoples Education at the University of Alberta. She is an Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University in the Treaty Seven region and is cross appointed to the Department of General Education, Office of Teaching and Learning, and the Department of Humanities-Indigenous Studies. Karen lives in Calgary.

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