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"Six Nations Dancer Dies Performing at Powwow"

Publication
Brantford Expositor, 16 Jul 1991
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Six Nations dancer dies performing at powwow
By 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
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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
Attribution-NonCommercial [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Copyright Date
1991
Copyright Holder
Brantford Expositor
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