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Description: Men gather to perform the Feather Dance

TitleMen gather to perform the Feather Dance

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SubjectsIndians of North AmericaIndian dance--North AmericaIndians of North America--Rites and ceremonies

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Thoughts on the Preservation of Traditional Culture: An Interview with Timmy Thompson

F. Kent Reilly III

Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South

KENT REILLY: I’d like to start by asking you, as a traditional Muscogee person, and as a Medicine Man at the Hickory Ground near Henryetta, Oklahoma, to talk about growing up traditional and about how you became so fluent in the Muscogee language.
TIMMY THOMPSON: Well, my father was the chief at one of the ceremonial grounds and my mother was active in ceremonial traditions, too. A lot of traditions were passed down from my grandparents on either side, father’s side, mother’s side. I lost my …

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F. Kent Reilly III

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.37-41

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00064.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14299&redirecttoanchor=11191

Chapter subject tags:Muscogee (Creek) NationIndigenous peoples--North AmericaIndigenous peoples--North America--Rites and ceremoniesIndigenous peoples--North America--Cultural heritage

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