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Iam getting a better understanding reading all of your opinion's. And I do see the reason of dressing in your own tribe's style. The outfit I am completing now is traditional to my people the abenaki, and I probably will start on a strap and sleeve buckskin dress soon.
It's been a little confusing watching the dancing at powwow and seeing people dance buckskin that its not a tradition for, and know what the level of acceptance is.
Adding to my confusion, I have read in some of the past threads about some people in eastern woodlands style regalia (I think) who were dancing in a dance step that is particular to their people. And some felt it didn't belong there as the powwow was not traditional to that group of people and if they wanted to dance in that way it should have been as a special. So I'm thinking that maybe some of the people in my area feel that its more acceptable to adopt the clothing and add their own tribal designs to the outfit. And as it was brought up, some do the competition powwows and feel the plains dress gives them a better shot.
I was hoping the next trip out to Wyoming I could catch a powwow and I wasn't sure what to wear. I'm sure my traditional outfit might look a little strange for the area , but I'm more sure now that a plains style buckskin might be offensive, ad seen as mocking.
I have a better picture now of the situation, you all have great advice!
Jill
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