<div dir='auto'><div>Wow! Thanks a lot David for all of this info. <div
dir="auto">As you know, I "traffic"in cultures and awareness training, but
confess I know nothing about native American cultures. Make that north of the
Rio Grande river. Ask me about Aztecs, Olmecs, Mayas, Teotihuancanos, and I can
be conversant if not fluent. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div
dir="auto">When it comes to controversies like the sports teams names, I am
equally dumbfounded, so your reply helps. Sometimes we dont know who to
believe, given our current state of culture wars, polarization and
talking heads. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Most
Mexican Americans like me are of mixed blood, part native, part Spaniard. So,
somewhere way back, my ancestors are also native to this continent. I also
highly recommend that movie, Apocalypto. It is one of my favorites. Good to
learn it is approved. And, IMHO pretty realistic. The human sacrifice stone in
that movie is a real thing and we saw it on our tour of Mexico City (along with
the Hennebergers and Jeff & Mary Ellen Davis), in an active archelogical
dig. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Someday, will tell
you my personal cathartic moment at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
in the 80s. As you may imagine, in Mexico they embrace names like Aztec etc. No
controversy there. From my armchair, seems like a USA thing. </div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks again, David! I always prefer real
people to google and wicipedia. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div
dir="auto">Happy Thanksgiving and BTHO LSU! </div><div dir="auto"><div
dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Edward
Retta<br>+1 214 394 3000 (GMT
-5)<br>crossculturecommunications.com<br>linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/</div></div></div><div
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 24, 2021 01:08, David
Townsley <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br
type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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dir="auto">Ed,<div><br></div><div>Powwows equate to gatherings. Most are
gatherings to see other natives and of course family. On this level it is like
a class or family reunion. </div><div><br></div><div>Then there are the
cultural powwows like last weekend. AT&T sponsored the gathering at their
plaza downtown. There were three native AT&T employees that coordinated the
event. This included setting up a dance competition, having an area set up for
vendors, getting a native color guard, giving out cash awards for the
competition, inviting a professional drum team from OK to keep the beat for all
of the events and serving free Indian tacos to
everyone. </div><div><br></div><div>They also brought in the jingle
dancers who travel the U. S. and Canada helping raise money and awareness of
the indigenous girls and women who are still being used as slaves with hundreds
going missing annually. </div><div><br></div><div>Then there are the huge
powwows that incorporates all aspects to their gatherings. If you have Hulu, we
highly recommend watching the first season of Reservation Dogs. The cast
members are all natives including an episode with Wes Studi who is absolutely
hysterical. Everything depicted on the show is true to life of how many of them
live day to day. There was a powwow in OKC before a local team game that
not only acknowledged the native culture, but had the four kids on Res Dogs in
attendance. </div><div><br></div><div>More later, but to answer your
second question, Hawana and most all indigenous people highly dislike the team
names, especially Atlanta with the tomahawk chop. They also despise the Lone
Ranger remake for obvious reasons. But they love Apocalipco by Mel Gibson
because the lead is a local Comanche boy from Lawton, OK. <br><br><div
dir="ltr"><div>David Townsley</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 23, 2021, at
10:52 AM, Edward Retta <<a
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wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div
dir="auto">David,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Just
what exactly is a pow wow? I thot it was a meeting, like a Loya Jerga in
Afghanistan. A meeting of the village elders. What's the etymology of the term?
Does it originate from English or some tribal language? </div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What does Hawana think about the Cleveland
Indians, Washington football team, FS Seminoles, Atlanta Braves and all
that? <br><br>Genuinely curious.</div><div dir="auto"><br><div
data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Edward Retta<br>+1 214 394 3000
(GMT -5)<br><a
href="http://crossculturecommunications.com";>crossculturecommunications.com</a><br><a
href="http://linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/";>linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/</a></div></div></div></div><div><br><div
class="elided-text">On Nov 22, 2021 16:20, David Townsley <<a
href="mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0
0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hawana was
in the women’s 60+ division. <div><br></div><div>Divisions for this powwow
were:</div><div>Child 0-4</div><div>Child 5-12 (M & F
separate)</div><div>Teen 13-18 (M & F separate)</div><div>Young Adult
18-25 (M & F separate)</div><div>Adult 25-59 (M & F
separate)</div><div>Sr. Adult 60+ (M & F separate)</div><div>And a special
division for this contest of Jingle Dancers. </div><div>There was also a
healing dance.</div><div>A giving thanks to the Creator
dance. </div><div>A giving thanks to Mother Earth dance. </div><div>A
couples dance and an all age/sex/style dance for
everyone. </div><div><br></div><div>The only dance I was allowed to do was
the couples dance because I was invited. Every other dance was either a
private, religious or competitive dance that required native heritage, style
and regalia. </div><div><br></div><div>If any of this info is wrong, it’s
only because this was my first powwow and what I remembered on the way to
downtown. There was also an induction ceremony dance for a 14 month old girl
who is a 4th generation dancer. </div><div><br></div><div><div
dir="ltr"><div>David Townsley</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 22, 2021, at
1:21 PM, Edward Retta <<a
href="mailto:eretta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>eretta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">OK, so what's
her "division?"<div dir="auto">And how many divisions are
there? </div><div dir="auto">Can non native Americans
compete? <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Edward
Retta<br>+1 214 394 3000 (GMT -5)<br><a
href="http://crossculturecommunications.com";>crossculturecommunications.com</a><br><a
href="http://linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/";>linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/</a></div></div></div><div><br><div
class="elided-text">On Nov 21, 2021 15:47, Patrick Pennington <<a
href="mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0
0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Most
outstanding <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div
dir="ltr"><br><blockquote>On Nov 21, 2021, at 12:31 PM, Dean & Mickey Brown
<<a
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wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div
dir="ltr">Very cool </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote>On Nov 20, 2021,
at 8:37 PM, David Pointon <<a
href="mailto:david.pointon@xxxxxxxxx";>david.pointon@xxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">That’s
terrific…<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div
dir="ltr"><br><blockquote>On Nov 20, 2021, at 20:19, Stephen Sublett <<a
href="mailto:ssublett77@xxxxxxxxx";>ssublett77@xxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div
dir="auto">Awesome, congratulations!</div><br><div class="elided-text"><div
dir="ltr">On Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 8:17 PM DANNY POPHIN <<a
href="mailto:danpophin@xxxxxxx";>danpophin@xxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
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