Essay :: Cultural Traditions
"They were talking, telling jokes, and laughing loudly. So much laughter. John wanted to own that laughter, never realizing that their laughter was a ceremony used to drive away personal and collective demons." (pg. 21) - John
"He had learned about owl dances, but feared them. John knew many Indian tribes believed the owl was a messenger of death. For those Indians the owl was death itself." (pg. 37) - John
Dances of the pow wow "They dance in order of age. The oldest dancers enter first, followed by the next oldest, until, finally, the youngest, John." (pg. 45) - John
