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Lesson 1.2: Meskwaki Indian Traditions
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| American Indian culture is not just a matter of history. |
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[PHOTO BY CATHERINE HIEBERT KERST]
A color guard opens the ceremonies at the 80th Annual Meskwaki Indian Pow Wow in Tama in 1995. |
Contemporary American Indians, like the Meskwaki, live and work in Iowa and continue to practice their cultural traditions. These cultural traditions have changed as the Meskwaki were forced to move off their land repeatedly and onto reservations, and then, in the early days of Iowa statehood, were able to repurchase land. Similarly, music and other customs adapt to current circumstances.
Read the two-page article in the Festival of Iowa Folklife program book and the liner notes of Iowa State Fare, pp. 10-11.
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| Objectives |
Students will be able to:
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Identify the characteristics of Meskwaki Indian culture. |
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Differentiate the ways in which traditions are transmitted from one generation to another. |
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Examine the ways in which cultural life is expressed through music. |
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| Cross References |
Instructional Program:
Social Studies GEOGRAPHY, STATE HISTORY; Music COMPOSITION, APPRECIATION, TOPICAL SONG; Language Arts GENRE, COMPOSITION
Prairie Voices Lesson:
People for the Land: Native Americans in Iowa |
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