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Cross-Curricular Ideas
Health and Physical Education: Use some of the dance videos for
movement breaks or Daily Physical Activity.
The Arts: Demonstrate an awareness of artistic traditions that can be
found in dance, music, and powwow (e.g., regalia).

Science and Technology: Indigenous people use plants for many
medicines, some of which (tobacco (Semaa) ties) can be found
at powwows.

Mathematics: Patterns in dance steps, patterns in drumbeats, patterns
and geometry on regalia designs

SOURCES

Snache, I. (2005). Rama First
Nation Ojibwe Language
Dictionary. Chippewas of Rama.
Ogemawahj Tribal Council.
(2019). Alderville First Nation
Resource Book. Nelson.
Ancona, G. (1993). Powwow.
HMH Books for Young Readers.
Boyden, L. (2007). Powwow’s
Coming. University of New
Mexico Press.
Leitich Smith, C. (2000). Jingle
Dancer. William Morrow.

SUGGESTIONS FOR
FURTHER READING
Clark, A. & Howe, E. (2016).
Where Fires Dance. (M. Crowe,
Trans.). Good Nature Ecological
Services.

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