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                                                                                                                          Dancing Rainbows by Evelyn Clarke Mott

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                                                                                                                          Summary

                                                                                                                          Curt, a young Tewa Indian, and his grandfather, Andy, prepare for Feast Day.  They enjoy the good food, beautiful dances, colorful costumes - and the time they spend together celebrating the traditions of their ancestors. 

                                                                                                                          Genre

                                                                                                                          Nonfiction - Factual writing about real people, things and events.

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                                                                                                                          Here is a Pueblo tribe's version of the Buffalo Dance. 
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