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This film preserves four authentic Pomo dances (Toto, Lehuye, Big Head, Ball Dance) as performed in elaborate regalia and headdresses on the Kashia Reservation on the northern California coast. The Pomo build a brush enclosure for the dance ceremony as they did in former times, and walk to the enclosure singing a special song. The dances we see are a blend of their ancient religion together with the nearly 100-year-old Bole Maru and more modern beliefs. They were used to celebrate many occasions, such as the arrival of spring, the coming of the first salmon up the streams, the harvest, an initiation of new members into a secret society or adulthood, and the curing of a sick patient. Filmed near Stewarts's Point, California with the cooperation of the Southwestern Pomo Community's Kashia Reservation and with the assistance of D.W. Peri, June 17, 1961.
Moving Image Documentary film Native Americans Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California--Dances 1963 Indians of North America Religion Indians of North America Rites and ceremonies Indians of North America California Pomo Indians Dance Indian dance North America United States Sonoma Stewarts Point Rancheria
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