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Gazette on the street...
What do you think Saddam Hussein is up to this time?
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Pahrump
BEN ANDERSON -- Retired
Navy -- "I don't want to talk about
him. I was in the military and I
don't like him, that is all."
'ANET ROBINS -- Retired factory
worker -- "He wants to rile us real
good. He'd like us to overstep the
bounds, but we are calling his bluff.
It's really not the U.S., it's the UN."
v
ROB DENMAN -- Retired
decorator-- "Well, he is making a
fool of hinself. We should have
taken him out last time."
ALLAN WHITE -- Bus driver-
- "Just his old tricks like he has
done in the past. Pushing to the
limit and backing down at the last
minute."
7U'DY LEIKAM -- Housewife-
- "Getting him self shot this time.
I hope anyway."
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Nevada- then a,00d now
Traditional Native American dance program scheduled
by Phillip 1. Earl
Nevada Historical Society
ontinuing our celebration of Nevada's Native American heritage,
the Nevada Historical Society will host a pow-wow presentation of
. traditional dances
and songs at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, November 13, at
the Reno Museum, 1650 North
Virginia Street. This program ...... .....
will also include a discussion
of the historical significance
and cultural importance of
pow-wows. It is the third in a
five-part series on Nevada's na-
tive peoples. Funded in part
by a grant from the Nevada
Humanities Committee, the
state-based affiliate of the
National Endowment for the
Humanities. Thursday's pro-
gram is free to the public. For
further information, call (702)
688-1191.
Many of the dances to be
performed on Thursday pre-
date the coming of Euro-
Americans to the Great Basin
and have been handed down
from generation to generation.
Dean Barlese of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe will perform the traditional
men's dances and Billie Jean Guerrero will introduce the traditional women's
dances.
Children and youth are an essential part of Native American pow-wows
Boys' grass dance at Numaga Days, 1997. Left to right, Lindsey River, 12, Migud Padilla, 9 and
Tyrell Furst, 9.
and are today being taught to carry on their culture and traditions. Anita and
Kayla Talancon, 13 and 11, of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, will
demonstrate the girls' fancy
dance style consisting of
fast, intricate footwork and
. whirling movements en-
" hanced by the fringed shawls
worn by the dancers. Tyrell
" Furst, age 9, also of the
Reno-Sparks Colony, will
perform the grass dance, a
style derived from a tradi-
tional sacred dance of the
Northern Plains which has
become one of the most
popular dance styles at pow-
wows.
Also performing will be
the Buffalo Scout drum
group with Russell Furst of
the Reno-Sparks Colony ac-
companying the dancers
with song. Formed in the
1980s, the group has adopted
many song styles and regu-
larly appear at pow-wows
Photo courtesy of Nevada Historical Society and other Native American
gatherings throughoutthe West.
In addition to performing, those featured in the program will speak on the
origins of their songs and dances and the traditions which have inspired them,
Please join us for this program.
