CALIFORNIA INDIAN DANCING

BY THE END OF THE 1800'S THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE PUSHED TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR HERITAGE WAYS BY BY THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCER. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL AND EXPRESS THEIR RELATIONSHIP OF NATIVE PEOPLE WITH THE EARTH AND WITH NATURE. THEY ARE CLOSE TO THEIR CREATOR. MANY TRIBES DANCE TOGETHER AND PASS ON THEIR

TPHEYOUNGER FOLKS. TO CONTINUE STRONG TRIBAL TIES. PATWIN, NOMLAKI, AND POMO AND MAIDU MAKE FLICKER FEATHER HEADBANDS. SOME DANCES ARE FOR HEALING THEIR CHILDREN AND ELDERS. SOME SING TO RECEIVE HEALING.
THE WAPPO I KNOW SAY THEY PERFORM DANCES TO HEAL AND STAY WITH THEIR SPIRITUAL SELF.

THE MALE DANCERS IMPERSONATE BIRDS SO AS TPO BE INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN HEAVEN AND THEIR TRIBE. THEY WEAR MANY BIRD FEATHERS A COYOTE DANCER MAY INTERRUPT A DANCER AND MAKE THEM LAUGH . THEIR COSTUMES ARE AUTHENTIC AS THEY WERE IN ANCIENT TIMES. CHUMASH HONOR THEIR ANIMAL WORLD - DOLPHIN, BEAR, AND BIRDS. OUR FAMILY HAS WATCHED MANY DANCES AND FOUND THEM IN VERY INTRIGUING. SOME WERE IN HOPI, ZUNI, PAPAGO, AND MEXICO AND VARIOUS PARKS./MUSEUMS.



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