northern trad help

crazyteniye · 06-18-2006, 02:00 PM

hey im looking to get into northern trad dancing, im from the secwepemc nation , but im currently in california till next year, if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated thanks eh

redthunder · 06-20-2006, 05:13 AM

Hey.

Well the first advice i would give you, if you understand the culture, is to apply for an eagle from the eagle repository. Google it, you can get an application.

The second thing would be to pick up the book, Northern Traditional Dancer by C. Scott Evans.( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...lance&n=283155 ) It's a great book, with a lot of help. A lot of young dancers buy this book, and they think they need to make everything in that book which is incorrect. Make what you feel is right, or what you would like. The essential clothes would be: an appron, side drops, a vest, a bustle, breastplate, knee bands or leggings, deer toes or bells, mocs, and then a headdress (usually a roach...). As for the roach, i give the same advice to everyone who seeks it, buy a really good one the first time. There is no point in buying a shoty one, and end up having to replace it in a few years or even months. I would suggest buying it from powwowbum49. He is a user on this forum. Send him an email for his pricelist: www.powwowbum@aol.com. I got mine from him, and im very pleased!! They are really good qualty. If you don't have the funds, SAVE.

Third thing, make sure you can dance.

Anything else?

Privateer6 · 06-20-2006, 02:27 PM

In addition to redthunder's suggestion, I also recommend talking to other dancer's at powwows. if asked politely, they love to talk about their regalia and how they made it. Heck I recently got some excellent advice at the last powwow I went to b/c i was having bustle problems with the new bustle.

crazyteniye · 06-22-2006, 09:14 PM

thanks for the help everyone its much appreciated

06-18-2006, 02:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
crazyteniye Secwepemcteniye Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ENDERBY B.C.CA-Eureka californiaUSA Posts: 5	northern trad help hey im looking to get into northern trad dancing, im from the secwepemc nation , but im currently in california till next year, if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated thanks eh

06-20-2006, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
redthunder Powwow King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 484	Hey. Well the first advice i would give you, if you understand the culture, is to apply for an eagle from the eagle repository. Google it, you can get an application. The second thing would be to pick up the book, Northern Traditional Dancer by C. Scott Evans.( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...lance&n=283155 ) It's a great book, with a lot of help. A lot of young dancers buy this book, and they think they need to make everything in that book which is incorrect. Make what you feel is right, or what you would like. The essential clothes would be: an appron, side drops, a vest, a bustle, breastplate, knee bands or leggings, deer toes or bells, mocs, and then a headdress (usually a roach...). As for the roach, i give the same advice to everyone who seeks it, buy a really good one the first time. There is no point in buying a shoty one, and end up having to replace it in a few years or even months. I would suggest buying it from powwowbum49. He is a user on this forum. Send him an email for his pricelist: www.powwowbum@aol.com. I got mine from him, and im very pleased!! They are really good qualty. If you don't have the funds, SAVE. Third thing, make sure you can dance. Anything else? __________________ I'm interested more in self determination than gender equity. In other words, changing white men for white woman in the structures of power, does nothing to transform the opression in my community. "You need to find yourself a girl, mate... Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you? [looks down]" -Captain Jack Sparrow

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06-20-2006, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Privateer6 Like my new toy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cylon occupied North Carolina Posts: 775	In addition to redthunder's suggestion, I also recommend talking to other dancer's at powwows. if asked politely, they love to talk about their regalia and how they made it. Heck I recently got some excellent advice at the last powwow I went to b/c i was having bustle problems with the new bustle.

06-22-2006, 09:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
crazyteniye Secwepemcteniye Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ENDERBY B.C.CA-Eureka californiaUSA Posts: 5	thanks for the help everyone its much appreciated

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