Lead Dance, leader unidentified; Recorded at White Oak Ceremonial Ground, near White Oak, Oklahoma, June 22, 1974. Hosts: White Oak Shawnee Ceremonial Organization; Frank Bob; Chief Emmeline Carpenter, Head 'Old Lady'. Singers: Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware); James Squirrel (Shawnee); Jess Brown (Shawnee). Dancers: Shawnees from host ground, Delawares, Quapaws and Otoes from the 'Eight Tribes' of Ottawa County. Instruments: water drum, gourd rattles, (Lead Dance) leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Series of six Woman Dances -- Background Conversation -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Series of nine War Dances -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Cherokee Dance (men and women alternating in file behind woman leader); Recorded at White Oak Ceremonial Ground, near White Oak, Oklahoma, June 22, 1974. Hosts: White Oak Shawnee Ceremonial Organization; Frank Bob; Chief Emmeline Carpenter, Head 'Old Lady'. Singers: Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware); James Squirrel (Shawnee); Jess Brown (Shawnee). Dancers: Shawnees from host ground, Delawares, Quapaws and Otoes from the 'Eight Tribes' of Ottawa County. Instruments: water drum, gourd rattles, (Lead Dance) leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Series of six Woman Dances -- Background conversation -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Background conversation -- Series of six Woman Dances -- Background conversation --Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Series of ten Woman Dances; Recorded at White Oak Ceremonial Ground, near White Oak, Oklahoma, June 22, 1974. Hosts: White Oak Shawnee Ceremonial Organization; Frank Bob; Chief Emmeline Carpenter, Head 'Old Lady'. Singers: Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware); James Squirrel (Shawnee); Jess Brown (Shawnee). Dancers: Shawnees from host ground, Delawares, Quapaws and Otoes from the 'Eight Tribes' of Ottawa County. Instruments: water drum, gourd rattles, (Lead Dance) leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
audio:6353; APSdigrec_0237; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 01
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Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance, background announcements and conversation -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Wayne Longhorn (Shawnee), leader -- Steve Kinder (Peoria), leader -- Vernon Adkins (Otoe), leader; Recorded at Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 5, 1974, by Kenny Kinder (Peoria). Leaders and shell-shakers as identified. Almost all participants are Quapaws and others of the 'Eight Tribes' of Ottawa County, and Shawnees and the Whiteoak and Little Axe Grounds.
Source
Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
audio:6333; APSdigrec_0222; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 01
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Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Lead Dance, Kevin Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux) -- Lead Dance, Steve Kinder (Peoria) -- Lead Dance, Billy Charles Blalock (Shawnee) -- Lead Dance, Jim Blalock (Shawnee) -- 'Open Fire' (non-contest) Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- M.C.: winners announced -- Lead Dance, Beverly Dick (Shawnee) Shell-Shaker -- Lead Dance, Jean Runnels (Delaware/Iowa/Otoe) Shell-Shaker -- Lead Dance, Joyce Blalock (Shawnee) Shell-Shaker -- Lead Dance, Mary Louise Valier (Comanche) Shell-Shaker -- 'Open Fire' Lead Dance adopted by Shawnee; Recorded at Nevada Fair Ground, June 15, 1974). Hosts: Bushwhacker Pow-Wow Committee (White Hobbyists) (Ed Whittington, Chairman). Head Staff: Leaders and Shell-shakers as identified; Chris White (Delaware/Shawnee), M.C.
Source
Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Ceremonial Woman Dances. Led by Ruby Diebold (women face male singers and sing with them, then file counter-clockwise around long house) -- Bean Dance (beginning) singers led by Bill Shawnee with horn rattle alternating concentric circles of men and women, counter-clockwise step; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 12, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Giveaway in Honor of Head Singer --Announcements of Forthcoming Events --Giveaway in Honor of Newly Wed Couple -- Series of Four Gourd Dances; Hosts: Mr. and Ms. Eugene Brown (Ponca) in honor of their daughter's marriage. Head Staff: Adam Pratt (Pawnee), Head Singer; Inter-Tribal Gourd (Dance) Clan of Shawnee, Head Man Dancers; Jeanette Red Bird (Arapaho) Head Lady Dancer.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Oklahoma Woman Dance, women initially face male singers and sing -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified; Recorded at: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 12, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Stirrup Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Coon Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Lead Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Background Conversation -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified; Recorded at: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 13, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Ceremonial File Dance (men and women), singers led by Dutch White -- Background conversations and announcements -- Eastern Iriquois Woman Dance (?Sen Enskanye), by visiting Dancers -- ?Gourd Dance, led by Frank Thomas and son; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 13, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
audio:5753; APSdigrec_0207; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 02
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Announcements of Forthcoming Performances -- Giveaway in Honor of Head Singer -- Series of War Dances (tape interrupted) -- Remarks by M.C. -- War Dance for Straight Dancers; Recorded at Delaware Pow-Wow Ground. Hosts: Delaware Pow-Wow Committee (Numerous Falleaf, Chairman). Head Staff: Troy Little Axe (Shawnee), Head Singer; other Singers are Shawnees, Delawares, Sac and Fox; Sonny Glass (Cherokee/Seneca-Cayuga/Quapaw), Head Man Dancer; Charla Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), Head Lady Dancer; Dee Ann Ketchum (Delaware), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source
Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Lead Dance, led by Thomas Blackbird (Cherokee) -- Lead Dance, led by Chris White (Shawnee/Delaware) -- Lead Dance, led by Monty Rains (Cherokee) -- Lead Dance, led by Steve Kinder (Peoria) -- Lead Dance, led by Robert Sumpka (Creek-Cherokee) -- Lead Dance, led by 'Bun' Urguhart (White, raised with Yuchis) -- Lead Dance, led by Paul Dunberg (?name unclear, tribe unknown) -- Lead Dance, led by John Blackbird (Cherokee) -- Background conversation -- Lead Dance, led by Mose White Eagle (Seneca-Cayuga); Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 15, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Singers: Chris White (Shawnee/Delaware), leader; Bill Dick (Shawnee), Steve Dougherty (Shawnee), George Valier (Shawnee), Jay Blalock (Shawnee). No head staff was appointed, as this dance is a mini sequel or adjunct to the Green Corn Ceremony.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Coon Dance (couples) -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- Lead Dance, leader unidentified -- ?Gourd Dance, led by Frank Thomas and son with gourd rattles -- Stirrup Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Cherokee Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 12, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Woman Dance Series, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Garfish Dance (Creek), antiphony led by Dutch White; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 13, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
audio:5752; APSdigrec_0208; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
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Blanket Dance (benefit for host organization) -- Announcements by M.C. -- Snake Dance -- Buffalo Dance -- Announcements -- Series of War Dances; Recorded at Delaware Pow-Wow Ground. Hosts: Delaware Pow-Wow Committee (Numerous Falleaf, Chairman). Head Staff: Troy Little Axe (Shawnee), Head Singer (Other Singers are Shawnees, Delawares, Sac and Fox); Sonny Glass (Cherokee/Seneca-Cayuga/Quapaw), Head Man Dancer; Charla Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), Head Lady Dancer; Dee Ann Ketchum (Delaware), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source
Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
audio:5744; APSdigrec_0206; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
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Giveaway in Honor of Head Lady Dancer (Dawes Family Song led by Chris White (Shawnee/Delaware) -- Series of War Dances -- Remarks by M.C.; Recorded at Delaware Pow-Wow Ground. Hosts: Delaware Pow-Wow Committee (Numerous Falleaf, Chairman). Head Staff: Troy Little Axe (Shawnee), Head Singer; Other Singers are Shawnees, Delawares, Sac and Fox; Sonny Glass (Cherokee/Seneca-Cayuga/Quapaw), Head Man Dancer; Charla Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), Head Lady Dancer; Dee Ann Ketchum (Delaware), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source
Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Bean Dance (conclusion) -- ?Gourd Dance led by Frank Thomas and son with gourd rattles. Alternating pairs of men and women in file as in Creek Buffalo Dance -- Eastern Iriquois Woman Dance (?Sen. Enskanye), by visiting dancers -- Oklahoma Woman Dance, singers led by Bill Shawnee -- Eastern Iriquois Round Dance, by visiting dancers; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 12, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.