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This document provides information about Allen, a 12-year-old member of the Nez Perce tribe. It describes his ceremonial outfits which are handmade and include designs that have been passed down through families. The document discusses how American Indian art forms are kept alive as artists create new designs or pass down traditional patterns. It includes examples of beadwork patterns from different tribes and invites readers to complete the patterns using lines of symmetry.

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Patternoftradition

This document provides information about Allen, a 12-year-old member of the Nez Perce tribe. It describes his ceremonial outfits which are handmade and include designs that have been passed down through families. The document discusses how American Indian art forms are kept alive as artists create new designs or pass down traditional patterns. It includes examples of beadwork patterns from different tribes and invites readers to complete the patterns using lines of symmetry.

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Pattern of Celebrate!

by seeing
triangles that are on
different parts of his
outfit. Allen's father (also
named Allen) told us,
"That design comes from
my wife's grandmother.
It's a family design."
The ceremonial outfits
worn by the Nez Perce and
other tribes today were what
most American Indians
used to wear all the
time. Artists still create
the outfits today. They
create new beadwork
patterns or pass down
family ones.
Artist Ramona Kitto

A few times a month,


12-year-old Allen
Slickpoo III dresses up in
something more special than his
culture and the
language of my
tribe."
Allen's
Stately is a member of
the Santee Sioux (say
SAHN-tee SOO) Nation.
She told us, "The beauty
of beadwork is that you
usual jeans and T-shirt. Allen is a ceremonial can see a pattern that
member of an American Indian outfit is part of inspires you, and then
tribe called the Nez Perce (say that culture. you change it a little to
nehz PURS), For special events, Every piece of make it your own. I think
such as tribal celebrations and his outfit was handmade by this Is how we keep traditional
prayer services, he wears his members of Allen's family, from art forms alive."
ceremonial outfit and learns the feather headdress to the Become part of the tradition
about his people. "I'm proud to armbands to the moccasins (a by using lines of symmetry to
be an American Indian." Allen type of shoe). So was the complete designs based on
said. "I like to learn about the beadwork of different-colored American Indian patterns!
Tradition
Mative American Heritage Month
jyinmetry in beadwork designs!
1
1
What to Do This beadwork design is based on
one from the Wisconsin Woodland
1
Indians. Finish the pattern over II
the red horizontal (left-to-right)
an o
line of symmetry.
that are mirror images of
1
each other.
1
Some objects, such as
__
mz
Allen's beadwork, have
one line of symmetry.
The pattern shown to
the right is from the
mz
q^A armband to the left.) Plains Cree Indians,
who live mainly in
5ome objects have more
than one tine of symmetry:
Canada and Montana.
Complete this colorful pattern across :
the red vertical (up-and-down) line
of symmetry.
I
:
Other objects have none:

The patterns to the right are


i IIi! i
--

3 -
This pattern is based on
a Sioux design. Today,
the Sioux live mainly in
based on American Indian Minnesota, Nebraska.
beadwork. We've drawn lines North Dakota, and South
of symmetry on them. Use Dakota. Use both the red vertical and
colored pencils or crayons to horizontal lines of symmetry shown
fill in the boxes on the grid so to complete the beadwork pattern.
that the unfinished side is a By Tara V\/M:hter and Matt Friedman
mirror image of the other side. D o n t S t o p N o W : check out Scholastic s coverage o* the
We started one for you! opening ceremonies ot the new National Museum of the American
Indian in Washington, D.C.! Visit www.scholastic.com/museum.

November/December 2004 7

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