DANCING RAINBOWS
QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:
- Why are Curt and his grandpa exited?
- What are Curt and Andy?
- What is the name of Curt and Andy’s tribe?
- What kind of work did Tewas do in the past?
- What kind of work do Tewas do now?
- What is to be an elder in the tribe?
- How is Andy well known among his people?
- What are all Tewa dances?
- What do Tewa people dance for?
- Describe the Buffalo Dance:
- What does the Buffalo Dance do?
- What does Curt family do for feast day?
- Where do they go on holidays?
- What does the Garcia’s house smell of?
- What does Andy do early on Feast Day?
- What do Tewas believe about rain?
- What do they call Earth and Ski?
- How do they keep away the bad spirits?
- Describe Curt costume:
- What does the story say about drums?
- What happens during the Comanche Dance?
- What happened in 1923?
- Describe what happens now in Feast Day?
- What happens after the feast?
- What happens at sunset?
- What other dance Curt and his brothers do?
- What do Tewas think of eagles?
- Why is Curt proud to be a Tewa?