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Article: Warrior spirit: military warriors at work, Indian warriors on weekends.
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- Airman
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Feathers flashed in the sunlight like the wings of hummingbirds as American Indians spun, dipped and pounded their moccasins to the beat of a drum.
Dancers sported fringed buckskin pants, ermine, buffalo and wolf pelts, and neck chokers made of buffalo horn, quills and elk teeth. They wore beaded moccasins and shirts with multicolored stripes of cloth that gave the dancers smooth, wind-like movements. Their heads were adorned with the feathers of predatory birds or the hides of animal.
But one dancer's outfit stood out from the rest.
While other dancers jingled-jangled past him, Thunder-Cloud Hirajeta's regalia remained as silent as the moon. ...