Ceremonial Woman Dances. Led by Ruby Diebold (women face male singers and sing with them, then file counter-clockwise around long house) -- Bean Dance (beginning) singers led by Bill Shawnee with horn rattle alternating concentric circles of men and women, counter-clockwise step; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 12, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Principal Singers: Bob White (Seneca-Cayuga); Dutch White (Seneca-Cayuga); Frank Thomas (Eastern Iriquois, tribe uncertain); Bill Shawnee (Shawnee/Delaware). Other Singers and Dancers: members of the host ground, other "Eight Tribes" of Ottawa County, Shawnees from White Oak Ground, visiting Eastern Seneca and Cayuga from Grand River and New York State Reservations. Instruments: water drum, claves, horn and gourd rattles, (ceremonial) snapping turtle rattle, (Lead Dance) can or turtle shell, leg shackles.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
