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Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6413; APSdigrec_0246; Recording Number: 27; Program Number: 01
Description: Gourd Dance -- M.C.: thanks and announcements -- Gourd Dance Series; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman) (Members predominantly Osage). Singers: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Invited Dancers: Kiowa Gourd Clan. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd and War Dance (tape 1) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6418; APSdigrec_0248; Recording Number: 28; Program Number: 01
Description: Gourd Dance Series -- Gourd Dance Series; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman) (Members predominantly Osage). Singers: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Kiowa Gourd Clan, invited Gourd Dancers. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd and War Dance (tape 2) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6421; APSdigrec_0250; Recording Number: 29; Program Number: 01
Description: War Dance -- Women's Buckskin Contest: preliminaries and warm-up -- Women's Buckskini Contest (in two groups) -- War Dance (open) -- M.C.: announces finalists -- Contest Finals -- War Dance (open) -- M.C.: announces tie -- Tie-breaking Contest Dances; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10-11, 1974). Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Invited Dancers: Kiowa Gourd Clan. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6416; APSdigrec_0247; Recording Number: 27; Program Number: 02
Description: Gourd Dance Series -- M.C. announcements -- Gourd Dance Series; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman) (Members predominantly Osage). Singers: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Invited Dancers: Kiowa Gourd Clan. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd and War Dance (tape 1) [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6420; APSdigrec_0249; Recording Number: 28; Program Number: 02
Description: M.C.: announcements -- Parade-In -- Four Round Dances -- M.C.: introduces Kihekah Steh Club Officers and Head Staff -- Ponca "starting Song" (slow honoring song), War Dance; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman) (Members predominantly Osage). Singers: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Kiowa Gourd Clan, invited Gourd Dancers. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd and War Dance (tape 2) [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6419; APSdigrec_0251; Recording Number: 29; Program Number: 02
Description: War Dance -- War Dance (open) -- Boys' Fancy Dance Contest -- War Dance (open) -- M.C.: announcements -- M.C.: Contest Finalists announced (break in tape) -- Series of Gourd Dances, recorded on August 11; Recorded at Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Ground, near Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 10-11, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer, other singers are Ponca. Invited Dancers: Kiowa Gourd Clan. M.C. unidentified.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-10

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance (tape 2)
Identifier(s): audio:6349; APSdigrec_0234; Recording Number: 20; Program Number: 01
Description: Giveaway in honor of Head Lady Dancer (concluded) -- Indian Two Step (couples, ladies's choice) -- Snake Dance -- Buffalo Dance -- M.C.: announcements of forthcoming events, contributions to host organization -- War Dance Series; Recorded at Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 4, 1974. Hosts: Quapaw Pow-Wow Committee (Harry Gilmore, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; other singers are Ponca; Lenny Skye (Quapaw/Peoria), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; JoKay Dowell (Quapaw), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions
Date: 1974-07-04

Title: Four Ponca Peyote Songs
Identifier(s): audio:5984; APSdigrec_4018; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 11
Source: Kurath, Gertrurde P. Songs from Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin, 1952, 1956. (Mss.Rec.75);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Ponca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Peyote songs

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance (tape 1) [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6343; APSdigrec_0233; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 02
Description: M.C.: contest registration -- "Warm up Dance" (preview of next evening's Fancy Dance contest) -- War Dances -- Honoring Song preliminary to giveaway in honor of Head Lady Dancer -- M.C.: explanatory remarks on song and on Head Lady Dancer's role as 1974 Miss Indian Oklahoma -- Giveaway: individual recipients announced (beginning); Recorded at: Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 4, 1974. Hosts: Quapaw Pow-Wow Committee (Harry Gilmore, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; other singers are Ponca; Lenny Skye (Quapaw/Peoria), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; JoKay Dowell (Quapaw), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions
Date: 1974-07-04

Title: Albert Watters (Ponca) Birthday Dance: Evening Gourd Dance and War Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6339; local: APSdigrec_0228; local: 17; local: 01
Description: Series of Gourd Dances -- Gourd Dance 'Special' Songs preliminary to giveaway by the Ponca City Inter-Tribal Gourd Dance Society -- Giveaway: recipients announced by name -- M.C. announces visitors; Recorded at Gives Water Hall Dance Arbor, near White Eagle, Oklahoma, on June 29, 1974. Hosts: Albert Watters Family, in honor of the birthday of the dean of Ponca War Dance Singers. Head Staff: Harry Buffalo Head (Ponca) Head Singer. Gourd Dancers: Ponca City Inter-Tribal Gourd Dance Society; Abe Conklin (Ponca), Head Man Dancer; Sharon Jones (Ponca), Head Lady Dancer; Len Mokai (Comanche), M.C.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Ponca Indians--Music; Ponca dance; Birthday parties
Date: 1974-06-29

Title: Albert Watters (Ponca) Birthday Dance: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6338; local: APSdigrec_0226; local: 16; local: 01
Description: Uninterrupted Series of Eleven Gourd Dances; Recorded at Gives Water Hall Dance Arbor, near White Eagle, Oklahoma, on June 29, 1974. Hosts: Albert Watters Family, in honor of the birthday of the dean of Ponca War Dance Singers. Singers: Harry Buffalo Head (Ponca), Head Singer, others singers are Poncas. Dancers: Ponca City Inter-tribal Gourd Dance Society.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Ponca Indians--Music; Ponca dance; Birthday parties
Date: 1974-06-29

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6348; APSdigrec_0236; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 02
Description: War Dance -- War Dance -- Indian Two Step -- War Dance -- Boys' Straight Dance Contest -- M.C.: announcements -- Blanket Dance (benefit for host organization) -- M.C.: contest winners announced -- M.C.: announcements, drawings for raffle prizes -- Girls' Buckskin (costume) contest -- War Dances; Recorded at: Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 5, 1974). Hosts: Quapaw Pow-Wow Committee (Harry Gilmore, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; other singers are Ponca; Lenny Skye (Quapaw/Peoria), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; JoKay Dowell (Quapaw), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions
Date: 1974-07-05

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance (tape 1) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6345; APSdigrec_0232; Recording Number: 19; Program Number: 01
Description: War Dance -- War Dance -- War Dance -- M.C.: introduction of guests and arena officials -- Blanket Dance (benefit for host organization and singers) -- M.C.: announcements -- War Dance Series; Recorded at Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 4, 1974). Hosts: Quapaw Pow-Wow Committee (Harry Gilmore, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; (Other singers are Ponca); Lenny Skye (Quapaw/Peoria), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; JoKay Dowell (Quapaw), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions
Date: 1974-07-04

Title: Seneca-Cayuga Green Corn: "Visitor's Night" War Dance [side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6362; local: APSdigrec_0261; local: 35; local: 01
Description: Opening Round Dances -- Background Conversation -- Ponca Flag Song -- War Dance Series -- Background Conversation -- War Dance Series; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 15, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Singers: Chris White (Shawnee/Delaware), leader; Bill Dick (Shawnee), Steve Dougherty (Shawnee), George Valier (Shawnee), Jay Blalock (Shawnee). No head staff was appointed, as this dance is a mini sequel or adjunct to the Green Corn Ceremony.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-15

Title: Albert Watters (Ponca) Birthday Dance: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6340; local: APSdigrec_0227; local: 16; local: 02
Description: Gourd Dance -- Slow Honoring Dance Preliminary to Giveaway by Host Family -- Another Honoring War Dance -- Giveaway: Recipients announced -- Series of Five Gourd Dances; Recorded at Gives Water Hall Dance Arbor, near White Eagle, Oklahoma, on June 29, 1974. Hosts: Albert Watters Family, in honor of the birthday of the dean of Ponca War Dance Singers. Singers: Harry Buffalo Head (Ponca), Head Singer, others singers are Poncas. Dancers: Ponca City Inter-tribal Gourd Dance Society.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Ponca Indians--Music; Ponca dance; Birthday parties
Date: 1974-06-29

Title: Albert Watters (Ponca) Birthday Dance: Evening Gourd Dance and War Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6341; local: APSdigrec_0229; local: 17; local: 02
Description: Gourd Dance Series -- M.C. announces presentation of flag, to be followed by Soldier Dance (honoring War Dance) -- Soldier Dance -- American Legion Post 38 Giveaway -- Round Dance series; Recorded at Gives Water Hall Dance Arbor, near White Eagle, Oklahoma, on June 29, 1974. Hosts: Albert Watters Family, in honor of the birthday of the dean of Ponca War Dance Singers. Head Staff: Harry Buffalo Head (Ponca) Head Singer. Gourd Dancers: Ponca City Inter-Tribal Gourd Dance Society; Abe Conklin (Ponca), Head Man Dancer; Sharon Jones (Ponca), Head Lady Dancer; Len Mokai (Comanche), M.C.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Ponca Indians--Music; Ponca dance; Birthday parties
Date: 1974-06-29

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6350; APSdigrec_0235; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 01
Description: War Dances -- M.C.: announcements -- Boys' (12-16) Fancy Dance Contest -- M.C.: winners announced -- War Dance Series -- M.C.: announcements, contributions solicited -- Girls' (12-16) Cloth (costume) Contest -- M.C.: announcements, tabulations of judges' scores -- War Dance; Recorded at: Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 5, 1974. Hosts: Quapaw Pow-Wow Committee (Harry Gilmore, Chairman). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; other singers are Ponca; Lenny Skye (Quapaw/Peoria), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; JoKay Dowell (Quapaw), Princess; Charles Dawes (Ottawa/Sioux), M.C.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Ponca Indians--Music; Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions
Date: 1974-07-05

Title: Seneca-Cayuga Green Corn: "Visitor's Night" War Dance [side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6361; local: APSdigrec_0262; local: 35; local: 02
Description: Blanket Dance (benefit for host organization) -- Announcement of amount donated -- War Dance Series -- Background Conversation: announcements -- Series of four Veteran's and Memorial Songs (slow, honoring War Dance Songs), Ponca in origin; Recorded at Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Ground, Cowskin River, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, August 15, 1974. Hosts: Seneca-Cayuga Ceremonial Organization (Bob White, Chief and Speaker). Singers: Chris White (Shawnee/Delaware), leader; Bill Dick (Shawnee), Steve Dougherty (Shawnee), George Valier (Shawnee), Jay Blalock (Shawnee). No head staff was appointed, as this dance is a mini sequel or adjunct to the Green Corn Ceremony.; 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.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Ponca Indians--Music
Date: 1974-08-15

Title: Osage Inlonska Society ("Drum District") War Dance at Pawhuska: Evening performance (Tape 2) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6323; local: APSdigrec_0216; local: 10; local: 01
Description: War Dance Series -- Speaker: announcements -- Series of War Dances -- Speaker: announcements -- War Dance Series; Recorded at Inlonska Dance Arbor, 'Indian Village,' Pawhuska, June 13, 1974. Hosts: Pawhuska Drum District (Ed Red Eagle; Head Committeeman and speaker; John Henry Mashunkashey, Drumkeeper). Singers: Morris Lookout (Osage) and Ponca Singers from the Heooska Society. Dancers: Pawhuska Inlonska members, visitors from the Osage Grayhorse and Hominy Drum Districts, the Ponca heooska and Otoe Elunska. In society performances, each war dance song is followed by a 'tail' restating the theme, during which only appointed 'Tail Dancers' may dance.; 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.
Subject: Osage dance; Osage Indians--Music; Ponca dance; Ponca Indians--Music; Oto dance; Puberty rites; Powwows--Oklahoma
Date: 1974-06-13

Title: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow: Evening War Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6415; APSdigrec_0244; Recording Number: 26; Program Number: 01
Description: Parade-In, Ponca Flag Song -- Lord's Prayer sung by Mary Crow (Delaware) -- War Dance -- M.C.: announcements of forthcoming events -- War Dance, registration for 'over-35' Fancy Dance contest -- 'Over-35' Fancy Dance Contest -- War Dance (open) -- Tie-breaking War Dance -- War Dance (open) -- Winners announced -- Blanket Dance (benefit for Alvin Murray (Otoe/Pawnee), broken leg); Recorded at Skiatook Community Center, Skiatook, Oklahoma, August 9, 1974. Hosts: Kihekah Steh Pow-Wow Club (Perce St. John, Chairman) (Members predominantly Osage). Head Staff: Joe Rush (Ponca), Head Singer; Ronnie Good Eagle (Osage/Sac and Fox/Comanche), Head Man Dancer; Carrie Vee Wilson (Quapaw), Head Lady Dancer; Renae Brumley (Osage), Princess; Ed Red Eagle and Gerry Webb (Cherokee/Creek), MCs.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Dance--Competitions; Ponca Indians--Music; Osage dance; Fox dance; Quapaw dance
Date: 1974-08-09