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Dances of the Kwakiutl, from 1951

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Uploaded by on Dec 24, 2008

A magnificent film featuring Pacific Northwest Indian dances of the ancient winter ceremonial handed down among the Kwakiutl families as their way of keeping history. Beautiful costumes and masks are worn by the dancers in this black and white film

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  • from 7:55 to 8:32 is my Great Granny Lucy my late grampa Putlidagame's Mom :') <3

    love this video <3

  • I recognize this dance ;through family networks into Nuu-chah-nulth families.

  • Can someone explain the narrative, the act of the dance, what is it portraying?

  • fabulous~ thankyou for posting this~peace with love and respect

  • I love this video, so nice to see my great grandfather Hereditary Chief Willie Seaweed. I would have loved to meet him in person but he was gone long before my time=(

  • wow awsome video...

  • Wow..thank-you for finding and sharing this gem...

  • song almost sounds like haxwamis gilsgamithla at the start, i got datsa singing on my computer

  • This film was filmed by Robert Gardner who make the famous Dead Birds in 1964

  • This is very cool Love it

    O la gial ika

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