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A Close Up Look: Native American Pow Wow Dress Photo: Sandy Peters Gabe Bullock, men's head dancer, displays a colorful bustle which he made himself for his fancy dancing. Photo: Sandy Peters Three young girls are braiding each other's hair before the pow wow. Photo: Sandy Peters Brinder Jacobs wears a traditional buckskin dress. The long hanging fringe honors her ancestors.   Photo: Sandy Peters Brinder Jacobs' daughter-in-law, Melody Jacobs, a Mescalero Apache and the women's head dancer, is wearing a dress made of southern cloth. She says the dancers usually wear things that people give them or that they make themselves. She did all her own beadwork and made her own breastplate, belt, and mocassins. Photo: Sandy Peters Brinder Jacobs shows the handmade leather boots she wears at pow wows.    Interview: Pow Wow Dancer Gabe Bullock Interview: Pow Wow Dancer Brinder Jacobs International student's reaction: The Pow Wow Dancing Mesmerized Me Return to: Meeting People | Home Page   TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com