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A. S. Barnes accented arms bells bend body Boogerman breechcloth buffalo Carlos Troyer Cherokee Chief Chippewa circuit council ring Council Rock counterclockwise crouch dancers enter dashing described Diagram double stomp double toe-heel dramatic drop drum signal drumbeat drummer eight counts Ernest Thompson Seton exit eyes face feather feet figure-of-8 fire flat-foot flat-heel floor foot flat forward front George Catlin Ghost Dance ground head hold Hoop Dance inches Indian dancing kick knee lead dancers leader leaps left foot left heel left toe looks loud beat mask Medicine motion move movement Number overhead paint position powwow raised rattles Repeat rhythm right foot right hand right heel right toe routine scalp shaking shoulders shown in Figure side skip social dances soft beat solo song spear stand sticks Stomp Dance stomp step stops story dances style swing tempo toe-heel step tomahawk torches trot turn two-time walk warriors whipper whirl