Fans?

ogapahndn · 03-01-2002, 08:40 PM

What kind of fan do most of you dance with? Around here I see mostly eagle tail flat fans. Just wondering if that is what everyone uses.

Suzizila · 03-02-2002, 10:59 AM

I'm using a goose wing, but would eventually like to make a flat fan.

NDN Princess 2001 · 03-02-2002, 01:03 PM

I have a wing fan

n8tivechick · 03-02-2002, 03:50 PM

i am using a pheasent feather

03-02-2002, 05:52 PM

I use a wing fan, of Eagle "spike" feathers:)

shwk0961 · 03-02-2002, 08:01 PM

:) I'm using a flat fan with red-tail hawk feathers, but I'm working on a flat fan with cooper hawk feathers.

ogapahndn · 03-19-2002, 12:21 PM

I saw someone once use a drop fan made of macaw tail feathers. Is that appropriate to use? Or should you use eagle or hawk?

Czechy · 03-19-2002, 05:21 PM

I have a flat fan, a wing fan and one thats kind of both. That last one is made like a flat fan but has wing spike feathers. I'd love to have an eagle tail fan but can't legally own one so I make my fans from Canada goose, white turkey or Spanish turkey feathers instead.

As for a jingle dancer carrying a drop fan, I've never seen anyone do it. Jingle dancing is a Northern style so a Southern drop fan would look out of place.

shwk0961 · 03-19-2002, 07:10 PM

I saw someone with a drop fan of macaw feathers...I bet it was the same person. Personally, and it's just my opinion, it did look kind of odd.

shwk0961 · 03-19-2002, 07:14 PM

OH, I should also mention, her regalia was very beautiful...but it wasn't the norm either (I'm not saying it's wrong, I've just never seen any like it). I think I have a picture of her, if I can find it I'll post it.

Majii · 03-19-2002, 07:44 PM

:Thinking What's a drop fan? :Thinking

Never heard of the term. I may have seen them and just didn't know what they were called.

ogapahndn · 03-19-2002, 07:46 PM

A drop fan is kind of like a loose fan. The feathers just flop out in all directions unless you hold them together.

**MayChe** · 03-19-2002, 11:36 PM

I have a handpainted eagle feather fan and a small red tail hawk fan.

jinglealltheway · 03-20-2002, 02:01 AM

i have a flat fan with black tips.;)

**TaShunka Luta** · 03-20-2002, 01:19 PM

I thought those drop fans were used in the Native American Church - didn't know they were used at powwows.

rvnmad · 03-20-2002, 01:33 PM

I have seen a lot of them at powwows... but usually I've seen men carry them. :Eyebrows :dontknow:

I don't know much about them...

03-01-2002, 08:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
ogapahndn Downstream People Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ok Posts: 511	Fans? What kind of fan do most of you dance with? Around here I see mostly eagle tail flat fans. Just wondering if that is what everyone uses.

03-02-2002, 03:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
n8tivechick Jinglin fool... Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: YES! There really is a Kalamazoo, Michigan! Posts: 321	i am using a pheasent feather __________________ If you lose the drum beat of the creator, you are lost in life - Aanishnabe You say I don't look indian? Well you don't look stupid, but looks can be deceiving!

03-02-2002, 08:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
shwk0961 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 13	fans :) I'm using a flat fan with red-tail hawk feathers, but I'm working on a flat fan with cooper hawk feathers.

03-19-2002, 07:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
shwk0961 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 13	macaw feathers I saw someone with a drop fan of macaw feathers...I bet it was the same person. Personally, and it's just my opinion, it did look kind of odd.

03-19-2002, 11:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
MayChe Minglin' N Jinglin' Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Flo' Da Posts: 1,104	I have a handpainted eagle feather fan and a small red tail hawk fan. __________________ Check me out on MySpace: www.myspace.com/mayasbored **~If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. ~**

03-02-2002, 10:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Suzizila Junior Dancer Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Right by the Spay-lay-wi-theepi Posts: 206	I'm using a goose wing, but would eventually like to make a flat fan.

03-02-2002, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
NDN Princess 2001 Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 62	I have a wing fan

03-02-2002, 05:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Riverwoman Guest Posts: n/a	I use a wing fan, of Eagle "spike" feathers:)

03-19-2002, 12:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
ogapahndn Downstream People Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ok Posts: 511	I saw someone once use a drop fan made of macaw tail feathers. Is that appropriate to use? Or should you use eagle or hawk?

03-19-2002, 05:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Czechy wrapped in ribbonwork! Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Here....for now Posts: 769	I have a flat fan, a wing fan and one thats kind of both. That last one is made like a flat fan but has wing spike feathers. I'd love to have an eagle tail fan but can't legally own one so I make my fans from Canada goose, white turkey or Spanish turkey feathers instead. As for a jingle dancer carrying a drop fan, I've never seen anyone do it. Jingle dancing is a Northern style so a Southern drop fan would look out of place.

03-19-2002, 07:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
shwk0961 Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 13	OH, I should also mention, her regalia was very beautiful...but it wasn't the norm either (I'm not saying it's wrong, I've just never seen any like it). I think I have a picture of her, if I can find it I'll post it.

03-19-2002, 07:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
Majii Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 94	:Thinking What's a drop fan? :Thinking Never heard of the term. I may have seen them and just didn't know what they were called.

03-19-2002, 07:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
ogapahndn Downstream People Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ok Posts: 511	A drop fan is kind of like a loose fan. The feathers just flop out in all directions unless you hold them together.

03-20-2002, 02:01 AM	#14 (permalink)
jinglealltheway Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 42	i have a flat fan with black tips.;)

03-20-2002, 01:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
TaShunka Luta Not for the Weak & Timid Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In your mind Posts: 4,534	I thought those drop fans were used in the Native American Church - didn't know they were used at powwows.

03-20-2002, 01:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
rvnmad Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11	drop fans I have seen a lot of them at powwows... but usually I've seen men carry them. :Eyebrows :dontknow: I don't know much about them...