Many of us go our whole life not knowing enough about our own culture. We get busy or think we are too busy to take the time. Or, we feel that when we retire there will be more time for us to learn more about our roots.
Our country’s Native Americans have always tried to hang on to their roots. Their annual Pow Wow’s are just one of the ways they tell the stories of their history and their traditions. Many tribal story tellers and tribal crafts can be found at these pow wows for you to learn more about the Native American culture.
This was an exciting weekend at Grand Rhonde, Oregon’s Pow Wow. There were local tribal members as well as many other tribal members from all around the Northwest.
The dancing competitions took place for two days. The excitement grew as the competitions came closer to the end of this event. It was a beautiful site to see the tiny children to the elders dressed in their authentic ceremonial dress and to perform their traditional dances.
Each of the dancers had their own style as they competed in the competition and danced to their tradition dances. They were judges by their peers some of which were dancers as well. The dancers danced to the music of the drums and ceremonial chants in their native languages.
I was lucky enough to experience this pride and joy of traditional Native American dance and history. My hope is that you will someday do the same. We each need to respect our own roots and traditions as well as others. The more we know about someone else the more we find out we are more alike that we thought.
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