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Quapaw tribe celebrates history with powwow He began dancing with the grass dance and now competes in the fancy dance, an energetic and flashy dance.
“It’s very athletic,” she added. The grass dance, Angie said, replicates grass blowing in the breeze. Zach’s ceremonial dress included double feather bustles on the upper and lower part of his back. Orange and red were the predominant colors of his native dress. “We just wanted fire colors for him,” Angie said. The highlight for many of the visitors was the grand entry, when about 100 dancers from the very young to the elderly entered the arena and danced in a circle while singers sat in a circle in the middle of the arena with a large drum. The singers, “The Smoky Hill Drum,” traveled from the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota for the festivities. Legacy and history In a statement, John Berry, tribal chairman, said the annual Quapaw powwow provides the opportunity to rekindle memories and to celebrate the legacy and history of the O-Gah-Pah people. The Quapaw powwow is the longest continuous dance of its kind in the country, Berry said. 
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