Preparing for the Pow Wow

There was a pow wow the weekend of October 11-12. The students played drums, danced and sang.

Hello
My name is Jada I am in Grade3. We had Pow Wow this weekend. I watched people dancing and drumming.


Hello My name is Miles and I am a dancer .I am in Grade4 My brother's name is Dennis. I have two younger brothers and one big sister. Our whole family dances and drums. I have been dancing for four years and know lots of traditional dances. We had Thanksgiving this weekend and we all went to the Pow Wow and my sister who lives on Vancouver Island came and spent the weekend with us.


Hello
My name is Romuald. I am in Grade3 I like dancing and I am a Grass dancer. I wear special regalia when I dance. Ross, my stepmother made my regalia for me. I drum and I dance and I have a family drum group. My uncle and aunty and my dad and step mom, Kenneth, Byron and I all drum as a family. It makes me feel very proud when we drum as a family.Washtepo is my favorite drumming song.


Hello
My name is Toni I am in Grade 4. Pam is my teacher. I am also a dancer but I am a Fancy Dancer and I wear regalia to dance in. It is made of soft buckskin leather and I wear moccasins on my feet. My sister Helena taught me to dance. I do not pick mushrooms but I like picking berries. Our school is right under a big mountain and we are close to a river. The salmon are running and when they have laid their eggs they die and it smells really bad. I like to go hiking with my grandpa.


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Patti Weeg
www.globalclassroom.org
October 11, 2003