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Day 3—Cherokee Indian Festivals

Day 3—Cherokee Indian Festivals. March—The First New Moon of Spring August—The Green Corn Dance September—The Ripe Corn Ceremony Fall—Friendship Ceremony or Atohuna Lasted 7 days and nights. There were dances every night. “The Booger Dance” was especially enjoyed by the children.

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Day 3—Cherokee Indian Festivals

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  1. Day 3—Cherokee Indian Festivals • March—The First New Moon of Spring • August—The Green Corn Dance • September—The Ripe Corn Ceremony • Fall—Friendship Ceremony or Atohuna Lasted 7 days and nights. There were dances every night. “The Booger Dance” was especially enjoyed by the children.

  2. The Booger Dance • Men traded clothing with a friend and put on scary wooden masks. • The masks represented enemies, evil spirits, or creatures. • Men pretended they were enemies and acted silly to make enemies look foolish. • Children tried to guess which was their father under the mask.

  3. Cherokee Indian Booger Dance Masks http://www.chattoogariver.org/index.php?req=booger&quart=F2003 Web site for more information about Booger Dance.

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  5. http://www.cherokeebooger.com/_wsn/page2.html

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  7. http://www.cherokeebooger.com/_wsn/page2.html

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  9. Take a Virtual Museum Tour and View Other Types of Native American Masks

  10. Cherokee Indian Masks Uktena -- the great feathered serpent who terrorized the Cherokee people in ancient times and has been forever immortalized as the Cherokee Dragon. This mask is made of gourd, turkey feathers, deer antlers, rawhide and natural Blood Root dye and can be view at the Cherokee Casino in Catoosa Oklahoma. Snake Mask -- Gourd mask with natural Black Walnut and Blood Root Dye with rawhide hair. http://www.cherokeebooger.com/_wsn/page2.html

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  12. Sa-Cinn Indian Masks Thunderbird Spirit Mask Thunderbird loved humans and felt as a protectorate towards humans.It was believed long ago that the thunderbird took human form at times when humans were in great need of guidance. Disguised as a warrior or elder thunderbird would come from out of the woods, give his advice and then go back into the forest and disappear Tsonoqwa The wild woman of the woods depicted here with closed eyes and open mouth. The wild woman of the woods legend kept children inside the longhouse at night. The wild woman was told to look in the forest at night in the woods for lost children from the villages. http://www.sa-cinn.com/joebolton.htm

  13. Frog Transformation Mask This mask depicts the frog transforming in to a human form. Among the Northern Tribes frog is a clan symbol and is highly respected as a guardian symbol which is why frog adorns so may totems. Copper Eagle Copper was a rare and highly valuable metal to our native people. This eagle is painted in copper to show how much the eagle is revered as a spiritual symbol, and how much that this bird enriches our lives that it is as prized as the valuable copper. http://www.sa-cinn.com/joebolton.htm

  14. Nuu-Chah-Nulth Indian Nation Mask Spirit of Whale Hunter http://www.sa-cinn.com/new_page_21.htm

  15. Ceremonial and decorative Northwest Coast masks from Haida, Salish, and Nootka Indian carvers. Ancestors Dream Mask Thunderbird Moon Mask http://www.dorothygrant.com/art/masks/main.html

  16. Haida Warrior Female Moon Mask http://www.dorothygrant.com/art/masks/main.html

  17. Big Killer Whale “Sonoqua” Wild Women http://www.dorothygrant.com/art/masks/main.html

  18. Potlatch Puppet Mask Frog Prince http://www.dorothygrant.com/art/masks/main.html

  19.    Alaska Native Masks Northwest Coast masks and war helmets carved by a Tlingit artist. Eagle Ancestor Wild Women of Vancouver http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks.htm

  20. Human Portrait Mask Raven Portrait Mask http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks.htm

  21. Wisdom of Forgiveness Copper Mountain Lover Mask http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks_4.htm Maskhttp://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks_3.htm

  22. Tlingit Beaver Mask Tlingit Human Mask http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks_2.htm

  23. A Witness to Change Bear Clan Dancer http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/masks_2.htm

  24. Students Make A Mask • Use your imagination to make a Cherokee Indian Booger Dance festival mask representing a Cherokee Indian enemy, evil spirit, or creature. • Write a paragraph that includes: • The name of your mask and the Cherokee enemy, evil spirit, or creature it represents. • A summary of “the Booger Dance” festival.

  25. Example of Booger Masks Made out of Cardboard

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