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Much to celebrate at Long island Shinnecock Pow Wow
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Photo credit: Newsday/Newsday Photo / Thomas A. Ferrara | Aztec dancers in traditional dress perform during the Shinnecock Indian Nation's annual Pow Wow on the afternoon of September 5, 2009. (Newsday photo / Thomas A. Ferrara)
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2009 Shinnecock Powwow
Midday sun lit the silk and feather-festooned costumes to a height of brilliance on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, as the unrelenting drums and building howl of traditional song opened the tribe's 63rd annual Pow Wow Saturday.
In the shade of giant oaks, families in T-shirts and shorts mingled with tribal members in clanging dance wear. Scores of booths hawking Indian jewelry, moccasins,...
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