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An 8 page paper discussing Native Americans' communication through songs, dance, art, clothing, hair styles, face paintings, totems" and other means. Drum calls and smoke signals also were used by Plains groups, where there were no forests to obscure sight and the travel of sound. A few of the methods of communications among Native American groups are clothing, divination, drums, dance and oral histories, which are discussed in this paper. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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through their songs, dance, art, clothing, hair styles, face paintings, totems" and through other means. Drum calls and smoke signals also were used by Plains groups, where there were
no forests to obscure sight and the travel of sound. A few of the methods of communications among Native American groups are clothing, divination, drums, dance and oral histories.
Nonverbal Communication Clothing Little (2001) discusses the messages attached to clothing during the Pequot War of 1636-37, titling her work, "Shoot that rogue,
for he hath an Englishmans coat on!" Western dress was adopted by most groups long ago, but traditional dress still retains the communication keys of the earlier era.
Clothing was used as "an indicator of rank, status, age and gender" (Little, 2001; p. 238) for hundreds - and probably thousands - of years.
Clothing carries particular significance in ceremonial activities. A wedding dress in a Plains group might be particularly fine leather, particularly if the bride were a member of
the ruling family. Sexsmith (2003) describes the original dress of the jingle dress dance, or rather reports the account of a long-time jingle dress dancer of what the dress
should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance
hall and the ladies danced in a circle or a line in the old traditional style, straightforward dancing, no kicks, and no high steps. We were not supposed to pass
each other" (Sexsmith, 2003; p. 28). The dresses have changed in recent years, but when Evelyn Thom began performing the dance 50 years ago, the "dresses had no beadwork,
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