Pow wow

What do pow-wows provide for Indians?

gathering place for Indian people to celebrate their culture through music and dance, and fertile ground for change

Which culture is shaping an overarching identity

a new pan- indian culture

what dance happened when scattered tribal bands convereged in one location

lakota wacipi

how is modern pow wow different than pre contact pow wow

modern powows are open to any one who wish to attend while pre contact is tribe- specfici

What are the musical precursors to today’s pow wow repertoires

Song and song-forms of Omaha and Ponca Nations’s Heluska War Dances

which two styles can pow wow be?

Northern or Southern

What instruments do the northern style include

drum groups from central and northern plains

what is southern singing synonymous with?

Oklahoma

What are traditional or word songs?

Indigenous language texts

What are vocable only songs known as?

straight songs

Has the established formal structure of pow-wow music stayed the same for half a century?

Yes

What is the formal structure of pow wow music called by scholars

incomplete repetition

What verse form are pow-wow songs in

repetitive strophic

What alphabet verse form pow wow

AA BC BC

difference between southern singing and northern singing

Southern singing has slower tempos, more flowing vocal lines, and softer dynamic levels. Northern singing - Northern musicians tend toward faster tempos and more active rhythmic structures

What are songs organized in steady two beat patterns derived from?

Old Heluska war songs

What are single accented drum-beats called

Crow- Hop or Horse Stealing

which type of pow wows have become host to sessions of guord dancing

southern