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A few years ago when I was the chairperson for my college's committee, we had a white head man dancer. Reason being, he was a student and we like to have student or alumni be the head dancers, and there weren't any other guys who danced, Indian or not. None of us had a problem with it because he was brought into the dance arena by Indian people, had his Indian family come up from TX for his giveaway, and conducted himself completely appropriately. He was a great head dancer. Head dancers are asked to serve in those positions for a reason and if the committee thinks that the white dancer is enough part of the tribal community or whatever, then that's the committee's decision and I'm going to respect that. I don't think we should criticize unless we're a part of that community or tribe and know why the dancer was selected in the first place.
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