Yesterday I got on a big reminiscing kick of our days at BYU. One of the highlights was dancing in
Living Legends. We both danced in the Native section and got to learn a lot more about our Native American Cultures. I'm part Choctaw and Taber is part Kiowa Apache. While we were in the group we got to tour in San Francisco, Washington DC, Alaska and New Mexico. Taber was in the group for a year before I joined and he was able to dance in the opening ceremonies for the 2002 Olympics and the Light of the World production put on at the conference center in Salt Lake. Anyway, I found this picture and thought it would be perfect for a Friday Foto. Then I found a bunch more so I'm putting those in too : )

Taber and I after one of our shows.

We're on the far right in this picture (he's in the blue)

Taber and our friend Chauma acting as head man and head woman at the BYU pow wow during their senior year.

Taber doing the hoop dance.
He tried to teach me how to do it but I only ever got up to 5 hoops (he dances with 21)

Since graduating we've gone to a few pow wow's and Taber's done the hoop dance at various talent shows for church and in grad school. Lately though we haven't been doing much to keep up with it (or expose our girls to it) So now I'm feeling inspired to at least take them to a pow wow so they can get in touch with the part of their background (tiny though it may be) that happens to be Native American.
5 comments:
I would love to see him do the hoop dance...what a cool legacy to give to your children! This brings back memories of my own dancing days!
The hoop dance is amazing! We saw it performed when we were visiting the Grand Canyon. Love the pictures - Friday Fotos is a great idea :)
These pix are great, so colorful.
Ya know, when we (Americans) go to other countries and observe the cultures and traditions of their people, we often forget that we have so many Native American tribes that are also rich in culture and tradition. It's good that LL allows yall to share some of that with other people.
Okay, just another reason why you guys are so amazing! I love all the pictures. Also, I had no idea Taber had such hoop dance talent! Wow!
I'm liking these fun random Friday Foto posts - keep 'em coming!
Yeah buddy still got da moves!
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