Where Can I Find Traditional Native American Pow-wow Regalia For Sale?
real native people make our own regalia or have family gift pieces of it to us. we don’t buy it and would never sell it.
a word of advice since i saw another of your questions concerning your heritage…
if you are attempting to connect with whatever native nation your ancestors are from, the worst thing you can do is start dressing in regalia and attending pow wows when you don’t know what you are doing. trust me on this one. i have seen people with absolutely no connection to any native community in storebought regalia (you can always tell) and they look foolish if not sad to any native people who happen to be there. don’t do it.
if you are sincere in wanting to find this part of your heritage you need to connect with the people FIRST..not take it upon yourself to jump in and start acting like what you believe we act like. you will risk any real connection with actual native people if we feel you are mocking us in any way. and beware the weekend indian. if it has the word “intertribal” in the name of their group, you are dealing with people like yourself who are not connected either.i’ve seen some teach others things that would get them laughed off a rez if they did that there, but they teach it as if its truth.
there is no shortcut to this.
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i bought my regalia at a trading post. fully beaded, cut-glass. been dancing for 25 years.
no fault in that. if you are indian, you are federally recognized as such.
no 1/8 etc.
we were taught to be ashamed of who we are, now we can stand tall and be proud of who we are.
we should stop being so competitive with each other at pow wow’s though.