What Happened to Gourd Dancing in North Carolina

nighthawk · 02-14-2002, 01:18 PM

I've been powwowing most of my life and have traveled quiet a bit and seend gourd dances in many different states with differnt tribes but in NC it rarely happens and then only in Cherokee country as far as I know. What would i need to do or who would I need to contact to revive the tradition in this area. Help please.

**Kiwehnzii** · 02-14-2002, 01:55 PM

Is gourd dancing a age old tradition in the southeast?

nighthawk · 02-15-2002, 12:34 AM

I was just asking because I know there are plenty of natives at nearby Fort Bragg that have expressed a wish to dance at out local powwows but they need a drum to sing the songs. None in the area know any as far as I know and I was just asking whom could I ask that has good knowledge that maybe able to teach me if they choose to do so, so that the Bragg guys can come and dance. They know the dancin but aren't knowledgable enough to teach songs. Thank You for any help.

02-14-2002, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
nighthawk Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Carolina Robeson County, for all its downfalls it is still the only place Ill ever call home Posts: 27	What Happened to Gourd Dancing in North Carolina I've been powwowing most of my life and have traveled quiet a bit and seend gourd dances in many different states with differnt tribes but in NC it rarely happens and then only in Cherokee country as far as I know. What would i need to do or who would I need to contact to revive the tradition in this area. Help please. __________________ I am the rocks of the Eternal shores crash against me and be Broken!

02-14-2002, 01:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kiwehnzii Oldfart Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,871	Just asking Is gourd dancing a age old tradition in the southeast?

02-15-2002, 12:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
nighthawk Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Carolina Robeson County, for all its downfalls it is still the only place Ill ever call home Posts: 27	I was just asking because I know there are plenty of natives at nearby Fort Bragg that have expressed a wish to dance at out local powwows but they need a drum to sing the songs. None in the area know any as far as I know and I was just asking whom could I ask that has good knowledge that maybe able to teach me if they choose to do so, so that the Bragg guys can come and dance. They know the dancin but aren't knowledgable enough to teach songs. Thank You for any help. __________________ I am the rocks of the Eternal shores crash against me and be Broken!

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