The Powwow Dance and My Dance with Powwows

• Author / Creator

  Zheng,Xiao

•     This research examines powwow culture on Treaty Six Territory. On the one hand, powwow culture is traditional with historical roots in warrior societies and in Indigenous forms of dance, also informed by Wild West shows and the world wars.        On the other hand, powwow dances as modern performances also express the dynamism of modern Indigenous cultures.As a Chinese student in anthropology, I have reflected in this thesis on my position as a non-Indigenous researcher, and on the relationship between anthropology and Indigenous cultures. Therefore, another concentration of this research revolves around my own fieldwork story and personal perspective on the relationship between Indigenous cultures and anthropology. 
  

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Powwow
  • Indigenous Cultures
  • Anthropology
  • Reflexivity

• Graduation date

  Spring 2019

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-069k-ev47

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