Arts Activities Support
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Nurture American Indian artistic traditions of dance, drum, and singing at the three-day Minneapolis Thanksgiving Celebration Pow-Wow in November 2014 by engaging 60 drummers/singers and 300 dancers; Promote access to and understanding of American Indian artistic traditions of drumming/singing and dancing by engaging 1,200 audience members.Drum/singer counts (using registration/sign-in sheets); Dancer counts (using registration/sign-in sheets); Audience counts (using estimated counts per day for all three days and all four sessions); Interviews with sample audience members, volunteers, and artists for final report.
Supported the transmission and mastery of drumming and singing traditions by sponsoring 12 drum groups and a hand-drum competition, engaging more than 80 drummers/singers; Supported the transmission and mastery of dancing traditions by offering four sessions with a diversity of dance opportunities--from team competitions to category dances, from social dances to multiage dance contests; over 300 dancers and 1,500 audience members participated in addition to the drummers and singers.
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