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<p>This article explores the prevenance of militarization within the important cultural and political space of the powwow. Finding popular explanations of military service (such as poverty, lack of opportunity, and desired upward social mobility) insufficient in explicating the visibility of militarization, this work illustrates how colonially suppressed values have been enacted through the creation of new symbols and forms of practice. Looking to the use of warrior staffs, the Lakota sacred numbers, and the Lakota Flag Song, the article focuses on warriorhood and illustrates how traditional cultural practices are preserved through cunning navigations and transformations of colonial landscapes, allowing for a creative expression of individual and communal sovereignty.</p>
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This article explores the prevenance of militarization within the important cultural and political space of the powwow. Finding popular explanations of military service (such as poverty, lack of opportunity, and desired upward social mobility) insufficient in explicating the visibility of militarization, this work illustrates how colonially suppressed values have been enacted through the creation of new symbols and forms of practice. Looking to the use of warrior staffs, the Lakota sacred numbers, and the Lakota Flag Song, the article focuses on warriorhood and illustrates how traditional cultural practices are preserved through cunning navigations and transformations of colonial landscapes, allowing for a creative expression of individual and communal sovereignty.

Preserving Values

Borderlands Journal

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This article explores the prevenance of militarization within the important cultural and political space of the powwow. Finding popular explanations of...

Preserving Values

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 130 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-012

Keywords
Native American, powwow, warriorhood, settler colonialism, survivance

© 2020 Javed Sommers published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Preserving Values

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 130 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-012

KeywordsNative American, powwow, warriorhood, settler colonialism, survivance

© 2020 Javed Sommers published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Native American, powwow, warriorhood, settler colonialism, survivance