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CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTION OF THE SNAKE DANCE The Snake Dance performed today is a group dance . Participants join hands in a single ... Nicholas Smith ( 1955 : 34 ) described this as being like the children's game “ Crack the Whip ” .
CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTION OF THE SNAKE DANCE The Snake Dance performed today is a group dance . Participants join hands in a single ... Nicholas Smith ( 1955 : 34 ) described this as being like the children's game “ Crack the Whip ” .
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He described in detail the actions of the leader : The leader or singer ... begins the dance by moving about the room in a stooping posture , shaking in his hand a rattle made of horn , beating the ground violently with one foot .
He described in detail the actions of the leader : The leader or singer ... begins the dance by moving about the room in a stooping posture , shaking in his hand a rattle made of horn , beating the ground violently with one foot .
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present at the second Gun Shot treaty and a participant and signatory at the final Gun Shot treaty , described the proceedings of the first occasion from the Mississagua oral tradition in the following words : Your Grandfather ( meaning ...
present at the second Gun Shot treaty and a participant and signatory at the final Gun Shot treaty , described the proceedings of the first occasion from the Mississagua oral tradition in the following words : Your Grandfather ( meaning ...
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Contents
BLAIN | 12 |
PHIL BRANIGAN and MARGUERITE MACKENZIE | 28 |
JULIE BRITTAIN | 34 |
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