![]() All eyes were on her as she paced the arena, and even though she's a first-year University of North Carolina Chapel Hill student, she looked much older.Įach dance is separated by gender and age, and each conveys different message. The bottom half of her dress featured a landscape her sister painted, and her hair was pinned back with a handmade barrette. She moved carefully, with her chin held high and a beaded crown on top of her head. The powwow called Mansfield, and other community members who've won certain contests, royalty. "I truly believe we are born artists," said Lydia Mansfield, this year's Miss North Carolina Native America Youth Organization and member of the Lumbee Tribe. Most of the people dancing in the powwows have been doing it "ever since they could walk." ![]()
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