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Grass dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Howard, J. H.. (1951). Notes on the Dakota Grass Dance. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 7(1), 82--85. Retrieved from JSTOR online, Nov. 4, 2015 (The grass dance, or Omaha dance, as it is sometimes called, is the most commonly performed dance of the Dakota and Sioux Indians at the present time; a style of modern Native American men's pow wow dancing originating in the warrior societies on the Northern Great Plains; unlike most forms of pow wow dancing, the grass dance regalia generally has no feathers besides the occasional roach feather; instead the regalia consists of brightly colored fringe made of either yarn or ribbon)

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The Badland Singers: Assiniboine-Sioux Grass Dance, 1974 May 8

 Item
Identifier: M060.03.0016.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains phonograph records.

Dates: 1974 May 8