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Pickin’ an Old-Time Tune

One delightful evening not too long ago, a couple of friends sat around playing and singing some old-time tunes  like “Ookpik Waltz,” “My Own Kind of Hat” and (my favorite) “I Loved You Better than You Knew.” They were very, very good. I don’t play or sing, so I listened, enjoyed, and took pictures. This [...]

Fancy Dancer

We were privileged to attend a powwow on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The huge reservation, which covers several counties in North and South Dakota, is home to the Dakota and Lakota nations. Sitting Bull, who was a Lokota Sioux, lived and died there. The tribal people get together several times a year in a [...]