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Series 2: 1983 Omaha Tribal Powwow (continued)
Subseries 2: Dorothy Sara Lee
Archivist's note: Lee's original documentation has been used to describe the photos, with minor edits for clarity.
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Field notes, 1983
Extent: 53 pages
Sub-subseries 1: Black-and-white photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Black-and-white photo logs, 1983
Extent: 12 pages
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 12, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-3
Extent: 36 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Afternoon and evening
Image(s) Content
1-3 Gayle Cable introducing Gourd Dance
4-5 Drum group before Gourd Dance
6-7 Roger Welsch
8-12 Gourd Dance
12-16 Children dressed for Pow-wow competition
17-22 Gourd dancers
23-31 Grand Entry, Friday evening
32-34 Small child at flag song
35 Clown
36 CBS cameramen
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-5
Extent: 37 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Afternoon and evening
Image(s) Content
1-3 Host drum
4 Senior citizens
5 Grand Entry, afternoon
6 Whipman
7-9 Traditional dancers
10 Drum
11-12 Child at end of dance line
13-14 Whipman recognition dance
15 Tail dancer
16-19 Pow-wow Princess
20-26 San Juan Pueblo group: Eagle Dance
27-28 Carl Fleischhauer
29-31 Tent, cars, and regalia on hill
32-33 Grand Entry, evening; senior citizens
34-37 Paul Brill special
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-6
Extent: 33 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Evening
Image(s) Content
1-2 Paul Brill special
3-4 Judges
5-15 Paul Brill handing out genealogies; 2 sisters; Charlie Edwards; Joseph Harlan; Rufus White
16-19 Reading genealogies in grandstand
20-21 Clifford Wolfe
22 Elmer Blackbird
23-26 Clifford Wolfe reading genealogies
27-28 More presentations
29-30 Presentation to Dennis Hastings
31-32 Junior Girl's Shawl competition; judging
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-1
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Evening
Image(s) Content
1-7 Junior Boy's Fancy Dance competition
8-9 2 Junior Traditional contestants
10-12 Contest judges
13-15 Little Girl's Cloth competition
16-20 Junior Girl's Cloth competition
21 Little Boy's Traditional competition
22-24 Junior Boy's Traditional competition
25-31 General Dance
32-34 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
35 General dance
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 215338-1
Extent: 18 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
No frame description in the photo log.
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13-14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-2
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Saturday evening/Sunday afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-2 Special
3-4 One of the singers listening to a recording made earlier [Sunday afternoon]
5-6 Maria at entrance to her camper
7 Drums and shed
8 Nebraska ETV camera
9 Clifford Wolfe
10-12 Carl Fleischhauer and Drum group
13-16 Grand Entry [Sunday afternoon]; Pow-wow Committee; Tiny Tots Traditional dancers; senior citizens
17 Boys on bench
18-28 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
29-35 Special for John Turner
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-4
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Image(s) Content
1-6 Special for John Turner; Kenny Blackbird with flute
7-8 Paul Brill
9 Child fixing claw-foot staff
10-11 Paul Brill handing out more genealogies
12 General dance
13 Boy examining regalia
14-16 Special for Blaine Mitchell
17-27 San Juan group: young Buffalo dancer
28-33 San Juan group: farewell
34-35 Special
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Black-and-white contact sheets, August 12-14, 1983
Extent: 7 photographs : contact sheets, black and white ; approx. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in.
Sub-subseries 2: Color photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Color photo logs, 1983
Extent: 6 pages
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 12, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-1
Extent: 8 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1 Roger Welsch
2 Young traditional dancer
3-7 Grand entry, Friday evening; Whipman
8 Whipman recognition dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-2
Extent: 15 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1 Gourd dance
2-7 Grand Entry, Saturday afternoon
8-10 Melanie Parker, Pow-wow Princess: solo
11-15 San Juan Pueblo Indian Youth Dancers: Eagle Dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-3
Extent: 18 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-3 Carl; drums and drummers
4 One of the arena directors
5 Rufus White, head singer
6-14 Grand Entry; K. ft. Edwards L#8J; senior citizens
15 David Blackbird, Whipman
16-18 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-4
Extent: 18 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-2 Conclusion of San Juan group Buffalo Dance
3 Traditional Buckskin
4-10 John Turner special
11-12 Women's Cloth competition
13-15 Women's Shawl competition
16 Head Judge
17-18 Fancy Dance judging
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-5
Extent: 19 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1 Men's Fancy Dance competition; judging
2-11 Men's Traditional competition; judging
12-13 Blaine Mitchell special
14-19 Youngest Buffalo dancer, San Juan group
BOX 4 Camera roll, probably 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-6
Extent: 19 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Subseries 3: Sound recordings
Archivist's note: Dorothy Sara Lee's original documentation, when available, has been used to describe the recordings, with minor edits for clarity. See Box-Folders 1/14 and 1/15.
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Audio logs, 1983
Extent: 31 pages
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR01 Tape 1, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0234
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:42) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Gourd Dance [1]
Gourd Dance [2]
Gourd Dance [3]
Gourd Dance [4]
Break (Ambulance Station; Carl "Hello Maria" announcements)
Conclusion of Gourd Dance
Announcement of Grand Entry
National Anthem
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR02 Tape 2, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0235
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
4 Traditional War Songs
Intertribals
Hill Dance
Announcement of Pow-Wow Committee
Chairman Blackbird - speech
David Blackbird - Whipman
4 Tail Dancers
Traditional War Dancers
Pow-wow Princesses
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR03 Tape 3, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0236
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:05) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Tail section of Songs used to give honor to singers or drum groups.
Contents
Intertribals
An extra mike was moved by a woman singer, and later was placed in front of the women.
Dancing (with women's mike)
Unknown number of songs
Tribal Chairman Blackbird makes introductions
Discusses visit by Gov. Kerry's brother, assistant to the brother, then Bill Carrey (Carey?)
Then discussion of help from Sen. Exon [J. James Exon]
Cites previous help with getting electrical power
Bill Hopuer [sp?] and family [this is followed by an unclear note in Lee's handwriting: "no continue between #3 & 4"]
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR04 Tape 4, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RRXI 0237
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:17) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
End of Buffalo Dance from San Juan Pueblo
War Dance (Intertribal)
Speaker: Betty Logdon [sp?], Nebraska Historical Society
San Juan Pueblo - Eagle Dance (continued on SR05. Lee notes: "switch mike - should be better on right")
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR05 Tape 5, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0238
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:11) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
San Juan Pueblo - Eagle Dance (continued from SR04)
Thomas Brothers - speech to crowd
Rich and myself [sic - Dorothy Sara Lee] - speech to crowd
Dorothy Sara Lee [?] - Traditional "Tail" Dance
Intertribals
Another Intertribal
Announcement looking for dinner for the "nursing" home
"Clear the arena" announcement - Dorothy Lee and Band
Maria plays tapes, dancers dance to recordings
Loudspeaker with recording - left; Maria's voice - right. Continued on SR06.
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR06 Tape 6, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0239
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Maria and tapes
Continued from SR05. Lee notes she may have lost 10-20 seconds of audio between reel changes.
Maria's show ends with Columbia cylinder of flute songs
Maria: on our plans for a record album
Dorothy presents tapes to tribal chairman
Next song (Drum #2 off mike)
Speaker remarks on marathon
Next song (Drum #1 - speaker says something about princess)
Next song (Drum #1 - speaker names people - Pow-Wow Princess Special)
Dance led by princess and older women
Princess gives money
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR07 Tape 7 [not marked in audio log], August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0240
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:21) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Remark: for princess's grandmother giveaway
[?] giveaway by princess (at this point the tape was shut off for about half an hour, and turned on again for the announcements)
Next song, honoring someone (for Louis Dick [Louis Dick, Sr.]); lead dancer may have been brother Albert Dick [Albert Dick, Sr.]
"The Half Breed Song"
Money given
Siren
Mr. Dick (is it Louis?) makes speech (of thanks?) in Omaha [language] (at this point there were more small giveaways and remarks, etc., which were not recorded)
Recording restarted in time for the flag lowering song (Lee notes that "the action wiggled the flagpole; some electrical fizzing on our wire")
Flag lowering followed by a song (the song title is noted on the tape)
Announcements - supper, etc. (the recording is "cut for supper)
Grand Entry (Eagle Bone) (continued on SR08)
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR08 Tape 8, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0241
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:23) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Grand Entry (continued from SR07; tail end; about 30 seconds)
Posting of "Colors" (Flag)
Whipman's Song
Committee Song
Tail Dancers - four Traditional War Dance Songs ("Wakonda," the second song of four, is on cylinder, and was played earlier in the afternoon at the presentation. This set of four songs are original Helushka.)
Song for Head Dancer - "Whipman (for David Blackbird)
Song for Tail Dancers
Introduction of Singers; Princess; Arena Directors; Water Boys, Pow-wow Committee
"Honey Creek Singers" - Sneak Up Dance (a little off-mike)
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR09 Tape 9, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0242
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:30:36) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Tia Piah Singers
Change in songs - medley
Contesting
Tiny Tots Shawl Contest (seven contestants; singers will sing two times through)
Song #1 - warm-up by singers off to side
Song #2 - contest song for Girls shawl
Junior Girls' Shawl Contest (fourteen contestants (split in half); Tia songs off to side)
Song #1 - warm-up
Song #2 - contest
Girls' Fancy (continued on SR10)
Song #1 - warm-up
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR10 Tape 10, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0243
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