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Miami tribe gathers for annual powwow Kinder said war dances with traditional feathers and beaded attire are performed during the evening. Honor dances also are held in honor of someone’s family member, he said.
“This is a celebration of tradition,” Kinder said. Some of the misconceptions people across the country have about powwows, he said, is that there is a lot of alcohol use. “There’s no alcohol allowed,” he said. “It’s a fellowship activity.” Another misconception is that all tribal members know the native languages, he said. The tribe has scholars at the University of Miami at Oxford, Ill., he said, who are working to reconstruct the native language. “It’s going to take an effort of a lot of people working on it for the language to stay alive,” Kinder said. 
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