"Six Nations Dancer Dies Performing at Powwow"
- Publication
- Brantford Expositor, 16 Jul 1991
- Full Text
- Six Nations dancer dies performing at powwowBy Vicki White, Expositor Staff
OHSWEKEN - A Six Nations resident who has been a competitive powwow dancer for almost 20 years died on the weekend while performing at the Kettle and Stony Point powwow.
Rusty Thomas, 42, was performing the hoop dance before a crowd of onlookers when he suffered a heart attack Saturday.
The hoop dance is a tradition among native people in Western Canada, and is not very common in this area. The dancer uses many hoops and dances within a sacred circle where dancers and drummers perform.
"To me, he was just a really soft-spoken gentleman," said Linda Jamieson, who works the Woodland Cultural Centre.
"He died doing the thing he loved the most."
Mr. Thomas was born on the Six Nations reserve and spent most of his childhood in the community. He moved to the United States when he was a young adult, and just moved back to this area about 10 years ago.
- Creator
- White, Vicki, Author
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Publication
- Item Types
- Articles
- Clippings
- Description
- "A Six Nations resident who has been a competitive powwow dancer for almost 20 years died on the weekend while performing at the Kettle and Stony Point powwow."
- Date of Publication
- 16 Jul 1991
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Thomas, Rusty ; Jamieson, Linda.
- Corporate Name(s)
- Woodland Cutural Centre.
- Local identifier
- SNPL003049v00d
- Collection
- Scrapbook #3
- Language of Item
- English
- Creative Commons licence
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Copyright Date
- 1991
- Copyright Holder
- Brantford Expositor
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
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