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Native American Culture
 === For my Native American experiences I attended multiple pow wows as well as Native American Cultural fairs. The main thing that I have learned through my experiences is how important family, traditions and dance are to their culture. The first thing I noticed was the emphasis on dance and how the drum beats to the rhythm of your heart and there are different types of dances depending on the regalia they are wearing as well as their age. ===


 * Fancy War Dance and Regalia is flashy and colorful, but also highly energetic. It requires strength and stamina and is usually performed by younger men and boys. The drum can play a medium war beat, a ruffle, crow hop, and a fast beat. Male fancy dancers typically wear brightly colored regalia. Twin feather bustles are one of the hallmarks of modern fancy dance regalia, along with a beadwork bodice, leggings or breech cloth and side tabs (most popular), bells just below the knees.
 * The elders of a tribe dance much slower then the younger members of the tribe but is still very important in telling their story.
 * This is one of the dancers who performed at the UNT one o'clock lounge, he along with his aunt and uncle performed many different types of dance, he is wearing the fancy regalia that is made of eagle feathers.

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 * === The other thing that many of the Natives talked about was the importance of family and the respect that is placed on the elders, they are seen as wise and people that should be highly respected. ===


 * === The other thing that many of the Natives talked about was the importance of family and the respect that is placed on the elders, they are seen as wise and people that should be highly respected. ===





=== Annie and the Old one is a great story to read to your class not only during Native American Heritage month but just to show the emphasis that the Native Americans put on the importance of family and how they elders are seen as wise and are greatly appreciated in their culture. ===
 * Comanches tend to have a strong tradition in making dream catchers as well as shawls and feel the need to make sure that the younger members of the tribe also learn that tradition no matter what percentage of Comanche they are.
 * They have a strong bond within family no matter if they are full Native or not, which can be sometimes rare depending on the Tribe. Some tribes only want full blood members and will not accept others who are only part Native.
 * The elders are expected to teach the younger members the traditions and cultures of their tribe which is a big reason as to why they are so important in their family.
 * When speaking with the grandmother of a good friend who is full Comanche she explained to me the need for family and acceptance and that her role as grandmother is to teach her grandchildren their traditions in order to keep them alive no matter if they live on a reservation or in the city.