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Thank you all for replying!
I really value your opinions, and its great to see the different sides.
I got the idea to ask this question after re-reading one of my whispering wind issues. There were two young ladies on the cover I think they are mowhawk? They were wearing the buckskindresses , southern style but had contemporary design beadwork , canadian mapleleaf motif. I thought it looked nice. Ironically I bought the issue because it featured wabanaki beadwork. I was getting ideas for my traditional abenaki outfit ( no i wasnt stealing patterns) :)
Traditional buckskins for abenaki were the strap and sleeve dress or a fringed tunic over a fringed skirt.
The very few contest powows I have been to were small. The traditional category lumped north and south and cloth together as one category.A few narragansett ladies I saw had buckskins in a plains cut with thier own beading and in some cases wampum shells in place of cowrie.
I didnt know what to think, I thought it looked very nice, but wondered if someones ancestors someplace was rolling in thier grave.
There is such beauty in the dance and the way the outfit responds to it that its easy to see why so many want to incorporate it.
Thank you for the wonderful insight.
Jill
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