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DANCING RAINBOWS
QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:


  1. Why are Curt and his grandpa exited?     
  2. What are Curt and Andy?     
  3. What is the name of Curt and Andy’s tribe?     
  4. What kind of work did Tewas do in the past?     
  5. What kind of work do Tewas do now?     
  6. What is to be an elder in the tribe?      
  7. How is Andy well known among his people?    
  8. What are all Tewa dances?
  9. What do Tewa people dance for?     
  10. Describe the Buffalo Dance:     
  11. What does the Buffalo Dance do?     
  12. What does Curt family do for feast day?     
  13. Where do they go on holidays?     
  14. What does the Garcia’s house smell of?     
  15. What does Andy do early on Feast Day?       
  16. What do Tewas believe about rain?     
  17. What do they call Earth and Ski?     
  18. How do they keep away the bad spirits?     
  19. Describe Curt costume:     
  20. What does the story say about drums?      
  21. What happens during the Comanche Dance?     
  22. What happened in 1923?     
  23. Describe what happens now in Feast Day?      
  24. What happens after the feast?     
  25. What happens at sunset?     
  26. What other dance Curt and his brothers do?     
  27. What do Tewas think of eagles?     
  28. Why is Curt proud to be a Tewa?