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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
Indian art market sways with spirit
Photos by En-Kae Chang, Kansan staff photographer
A little girl jingled as she walked cautiously to the middle of the grounds. "Mama!" she called out, and smiled at someone familiar in the audience. She waved proudly, her fringe-covered costume shaking and rattling as eight men began chanting and hitting a massive drum in unison behind her.
Several hundred spectators attended the Indian Art Market at Haskell Indian Nations University this weekend, many of whom formed a circle on the powwow grounds to watch "jingle dancers," "fancy dancers" and "traditional dancers" chant and chime as they moved, blurs of elaborate fringes, feathers and sequins.
Behind the ring of spectators were five tents filled with the works of local Indian artists. Pottery, dolls, framed paintings, lamps, fringed purses and furniture were displayed, as was jewelry such as beaded bracelets, intricate hair combs, earrings and belts.
The market also offered native foods such as Apache burgers, Navajo tacos and fried bread with beans. Children paced the powwow grounds with snocones in their hands and had their faces painted by the Haskell Artist Association. The market's festivities ended at 6 p.m. yesterday.
— Amanda Beglin
Right: Haskell students Cory Spotted Bear (left) and Frank Young perform the traditional Grass Dance. The Grass Dance has a fluid and bendable style, with dancers trying to move their fringes in as many places as possible at once.
Above: Haskell students Dustin Phoenix (right) and Cory Spotted Bear perform the traditional dance called the Sneak-Up, where dancers may imitate warriors or animals looking for prey.
Right: Ryan Harjo, Haskell student, performs the traditional Hoop Dance. Formations made by the dancers are meant to bring help from the unseen world or the Creator.
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