The 153rd Annual "Original" Omaha Tribal Pow-Wow
Reproduced from Folklife Center News 6:4 (October-December 1983): 7-11.
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| Pow-wow competitions are for dancers, categorized by age and by gender, who perform "fancy" and "traditional" dances. Fancy dances call for intricate steps and more elaborate attire. At many pow-wows fancy dancing is emphasized most, but at the Omaha Pow-wow traditional dancing was stressed, and the best adult male traditional dancer received the pow-wow's biggest cash prize: $1,000. | |
 Traditional Male Dancer August 14, 1983. |
 Grand Entry August 13, 1983. |
 Robinson Family Gets Ready for Evening Dance August 12, 1983. |
 Fancy Dancers Get Ready in Camp Area August 13, 1983. |
| Judges score contestants both on dancing and costume. Younger competitors rely on parents or older siblings for help in preparation. A photograph in the parking lot (lower left) depicts sister and brother Linda and Norman Robinson costuming young Jamie and Seth as Norman Jr. stands by. | |
