Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise
Competition dancers surround the color guard during the Grand Entry at the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation near Livingston on Friday, June 2, 2006.
Darrell Blackbear with the Bear Claw drum group of Dallas gives a tobacco offering on the drum before the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
The tribe's eagle staff features eagle feathers with the names of the tribe's fallen veterans during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation near Livingston on Friday, June 2, 2006.
Sonny Blackbear (left of center) leads the song of the Bear Claw drum group from Dallas as Mel Whitebird (center in red) prepares to start the gourd dance during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Crystal Battise of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe gets help with preparations from her mother Missy Hawthorne (right) during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Angel Bullock, 8, of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe visits with guests during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Michael Roberts of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma prepares to dance during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Competition dancers face the color guard during the Grand Entry at the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Competition dancers surround the color guard during the Grand Entry at the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
Competition dancers move to the arena during the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.
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3 comments:
If nobody guessed, this is a "good assignment." :-)
I would call it a great assignment. Would have made a great natural sound tv/video piece. Great job too. Beautiful colors.
I was thinking the same thing. I recorded some sound, but I'm not up to speed on it yet. I plan to have it figured out this year.
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