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Re-enactor dispels Native American myths

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Although I am pleased to see people going to schools to teach our traditions I feel that this must be painstakingly researched before they take on this adventure.

The following may seem at times to be a picky complaint however, this is why there is so much miss understanding about our people, the indigenous people's of this country.

Yes, I was blessed with many visits to schools back when I was healthy enough to travel.

Jon Miller, an Eastern Woodland Indian living history re enactor, recently spoke to a group of children at the Uniontown Public Library about local life and culture of Native Americans. Mark Hofmann | Daily Courier

This person is not an Eastern Woodland Native American, this is very important to let people he contacts know, yes it was mention later on in the article, the caption under the picture tends to make him an expert?

My ancestors told me that if you go back far enough in time you will find that we also followed buffalo (gufiku) and used movable homes (otepku) like the tepee's.

That said, if you are dressing for an intertribal most types of dress up will do.

Traditional Eastern Woodland Regalia

Information on Eastern Woodland Dance Regalia

Traditional Eastern Woodland American Native People use very different material for our Regalia from the Plains Indians.

People that do not know better tend to mix and match their clothing.

If you are from the Traditional Eastern Woodland American Native area from Delaware north to Canada, Atlantic ocean to the Mississippi river, your ancestors made their Regalia from things found around Mother Earth like Deer, Moose, Wolf, Fox and so on, nothing fancy.

We did not tattoo our bodies non did we carry weapons into our ceremonies, there were guards at the four corners for protection.