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Bear Dance:

pbs video https://www.pbs.org/video/kued-local-productions-we-shall-remain-ute/ - This video gave in depth information of who the Ute Indians are and their struggles. This video is authoritative because it is from PBS, which is a credible source. I used this information from the source to begin to understand who the Indian tribe was that I was learning about.

notes from source: their religion is nature. The sun is their prophet.


 * 1) pbs video https://www.pbs.org/video/kued-documentaries-we-shall-remain-bear-dance/ - This video gave a brief overview of why the Ute Indians perform the bear dance. This video is authoritative because it is from PBS, which is a credible source. I used this information from the source to explain that the bears taught the humans to dance winter away to welcome the spring.

notes from source: Started very long ago. Women chose which man they which to dance with for courtship. Celebrates spring and families connecting to say goodbye to winter. The bears taught the humans this dance to wake up spring. The first sound of thunder wakes up the bear which says goodbye to winter. Growl stick is played.

2. Southern Ute Indian tribe article https://www.southernute-nsn.gov/culture/bear-dance/ - This article gave information on what exactly the Bear Dance is for the Ute Indians. This source is authoritative because it is from an Ute Indian tribe reserve with a council board. I used this information to help give specific information on the bear dance itself.

Notes from source:

-held every spring back from fifteenth century when first thunder after winter was heard

-songs were sang

- men prepared everything for the dance and the women got together what everyone wore for the dance.

-the bears taught a man how the song and dance for this and said to teach the other humans

-the song shows respect to the bears and the dance releases tension from being inside for winter

3. Book- American anthropologist https://www.jstor.org/stable/658691?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents -

-the primal ancestor of the utes are believed by themselves to be bears

-bears are believed to have special powers

-the bear dance helps get woken up from winter leaving and to chose a new mate

-this dance wakes up the bears to they know winter is over

article addition:

Purpose of the Bear dance

The bear dance is performed by the Ute Indians after the first sound of thunder is heard as spring comes. This tradition began in the fifteenth century taught to humans by bears. The primal ancestor of the Ute Indians are believed by themselves to be bears. The reason for this dance was to help wake up the hibernating bears in winter, and the Indians from being inside during the cold season. Along with waking up for winter finding a new mate for the new season is another reason this dance is performed by bears, and humans. Men, women, and children are involved in this yearly dance. For this dance the men are to prepare everything for the performance. During the dance women invite men to dance in order to find a mate, and dance together.

I will add this paragraph to the article and title it as Purpose of Bear Dance.

 Architecture in Nepal: 


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * The content that is there is relevant to the topic of architecture in Nepal. There is very little information and it does not seem entirely specific to just Nepal but it does cover general styles and techniques of their architecture.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
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 * There are not necessarily any viewpoints even given. There is very little information so there really isn't much of a chance for a biased to be presented.
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 * The little information that there is has been broken up into sections. I do think that the headers need to be done better, or more descriptive, along with added.
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