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Demonstration White Deerskin Dance

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Sípnuuk
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Cultural Practices, History
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A demonstration White Deerskin Dance, likely held in the township or Eureka or Arcata on the Northern California Coast.
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1912 World Renewal at Panamnik

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Sípnuuk
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Cultural Practices, History
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This photo shows one of the last White Deerskin Dances held in Panamnik in 1912, halting for over 50 years. World Renewal practices have since rebegun in a neighboring village site by living Relatives of past ceremonial leaders and dancers.