{"id":923,"date":"2020-09-01T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=923"},"modified":"2021-02-18T19:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:58:51","slug":"powwow-a-celebration-through-song-and-dance-by-karen-pheasant-neganigwane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Books &amp; Ideas: Powwow, A Celebration with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane | Calgary Public Library\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTnyrvTXlLc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Calgary Library interview with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane &#8211;&nbsp;doctoral candidate, jingle dress dancer, and author of&nbsp;<em>Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;says&nbsp;\u201cbecause GRASAC is Great Lakes based, I&#8217;m honoured and excited to be included. If I&nbsp;may introduce myself, I have spent considerable time in the prairie provinces, mostly Alberta. This time around, I&#8217;ve been out there the past 9 years. I&#8217;m also fortunate that I am home (Manitoulin Island) quite a bit. &#8230; The book has done well in its short period. It was released on April 21st, and my publisher has announced that it is in second reprint!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protect the water\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3_wXiU7NSTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane Jingle Dress Dancing for Water Protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The book\u2019s publisher, Orca, describes&nbsp;<em>Powwow<\/em>&nbsp;this way:<br><br><em>The modern powwow has been uniting Indigenous peoples in joyous celebration of culture for decades, but its roots are far older.<\/em><br><br><em>Anishninaabe author and educator Pheasant-Neganigwane has crafted a narrative that tells the history of the powwow, a celebration of Indigenous culture that occurs throughout North America. She describes the history of colonization and Indigenous resistance that culminated in the 19th century\u2014a time when song and dance gatherings also were restricted by both the governments of Canada and the U.S. Holding steadfast to traditional culture and expressing it in the unlikeliest of places\u2014the so-called \u201cwild west shows\u201d and harvest fairs\u2014Indigenous peoples gradually developed these gatherings of song and dance into what are now vibrant celebrations that occur across the continent all year long. The powwow includes many aspects of Indigenous culture: rodeos, fashion shows, and even music awards. The gallery of photos throughout the book gives readers seats at a powwow, an event that is described as a continual space to restore kinship and preserve Indigenous identity. Weaving her own powwow experiences into her narrative, the author describes the formal elements of a powwow as well as regional variations. Sidebars look at related topics such as fry bread and victory songs, and the book ends with a brief primer of powwow etiquette and glossary of cultural vocabulary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orcabook.com\/Powwow-P4643.aspx\" style=\"color:#660b0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purchase <em>Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance <\/em>here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cjwe.ca\/news\/news\/powwow-a-celebration-through-song-and-dance\" style=\"color:#6b0716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windspeaker Interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane &#8211;&nbsp;doctoral candidate, jingle dress dancer, and author of&nbsp;Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;says&nbsp;\u201cbecause GRASAC is Great Lakes based, I&#8217;m honoured and excited to be included. If I&nbsp;may introduce myself, I have spent considerable time in the prairie provinces, mostly Alberta. This time around, I&#8217;ve been out there the past 9 years. I&#8217;m&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=923\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newsletter-stories","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}