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Talk on Caddo and Delaware History

3/3/2011

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On March 2nd, I did a presentation for the Hasinai Society's weekly meeting. This talk will covered the 150-year history that the Caddo and Delaware share and the impacts that this has had on their cultural traditions. Originally, I developed this presentation for the 2010 Delaware Nation's History Summit. 

In putting together this presentation, I came across this 1830s era depiction of a Caddo woman's dress (at left). Though a lot has changed, this vaguely reminds me of the blouse and skirt outfits that are worn today. 

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This photo (at right) is an example of contemporary Delaware clothing (from the Lenape Legacy powwow in 2002). Naturally, I was struck by the similarities between this outfit and the 1830s Caddo outfit, especially the dark blue skirt.

What we see at right is similar to the two-piece Caddo dress worn today, except that the Caddo skirt would be ankle-length and much fuller, usually worn with an apron and without leggings.

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    Rhonda S. Fair

    I am a cultural anthropologist, currently employed as the Tribal Liaison for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. This position gives me the opportunity to apply my ethnographic training, as well as do archaeological fieldwork. I am also on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma's College of Liberal Studies.

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