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Spilyay Tymoo
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Keeping Cool at Pi-Ume-Sha
There was actually no cure fo the
heat at the Tenth Annual Pi-l me-
Sha Powwow June 23-24, dei pite
some of the remedies people t ied.
It was hot. The sun beat down, drying
throats and making skin glisten. Some people
basked in it, others hid from it. If not for the
occasional breezes and chilly evenings, the
powwow might have been unbearable. But as
it turned out, it was hot enough to inspire
creativity in coping, and just agreeable
enough to keep powwow spirits alive.
Announcer Nathan “Eight-ball” Jim had to
forego a brand new beaded hat for cooler
headgear. It’s a wonder he didn’t become
airborne during one of the welcome breezes.
Another style new this summer was a flour
sack worn by drummer Norman Johnson of
Albuquerque. Drummers with dry throats
were treated to regular rounds of soda pop,
graciously served up by Clark “Nine-ball”
Livingston.
Some opted for the shade of full-sized
umbrellas. Buckskin dresses can make
dancers wilt, so between contests one young
lady strolled with a “narasol.” Dorothy Phare
of Ferndale, Washington watched from the
shade as her husband Dick competed in full
traditional dress.
The stick game shelter was about the
coolest place around and many sought refuge
under the canvas and branch cover. It is
doubtful whether the players were even aware
of the heat, so absorbed were they in their
bone-hiding.
Others just put up with the heat. Sweat
flowed during the flag ceremony on Sunday
and one fancy dancer didn’t know if he would
make it or not. By late Sunday it began to cool
and even the spectators found the energy to
hop, skip and boogie, rendering their own
versions of the war and round dances in a
special “honky dance.”
Sw eat ceremony
Photos by
Cynthia Stowell
Headache
H i.
Buckskin belle
Contest results
on page 7
Sacked out
Hey, Pepsi here
Cool bones
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