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STEPS 

 (See figs. 20-22, pp. 98-100) 



Twelve fundamental steps follow the simple principle of placing 

 one foot in front of the other or to the side and bringing up the other. 



Walk: 



A saunter between songs and during the initial statement, ad lib 

 tempo. 



An elastic walk during all crossovers except Eagle Dance, right 

 foot ahead, left foot ahead, in time with the drumbeat. 



Side stomp (fig. 20) : 



Right foot right, flex knees, drag left foot to right, flex knees, in 

 time with instrumental beat or in ga'da§o*t in a strict tempo synco- 

 pating with the melody. An inching along with small steps, the right 

 foot covering no more than 7 to 8 inches at a beat. Rhythmic jiggling 

 up and down, with step and knee flection, in all stomp type dances 

 with central focus. 



Forward stomp: 



Same principle as sideward stomp, except for forward direction of 

 each step. Right shoulder always ahead of left. All stomp type 

 dances with dancers facing straight ahead, in 'ohgiwe' with a more 

 pronounced oblique inward turn than in typical stomp. 



Pat-step or step-pat: 



Right hand column is labeled A. 



Right foot forward gently onto ground, then knee slightly raised, 

 then full weight placed on right foot. Same with left foot. Or else, 

 step right, pat left, step left, pat right. Knee flection with each ac- 

 tion, in time with slow instrumental beats. Beginning of Fish dance 

 type and Feather and Drum dances, and daring slow beats in re- 

 capitulation of Feather Dance songs, also as one of War Dance variants 

 with possibly two or three successive pats. 



False Face round: 



Double heel-bumping, by men only. Based on pat-step, but char- 

 acterized by raising of the forward heel and by a sharp accent of the 

 heel at each step. 



Fish Dance step (fig. 20): 



On the basis of a pat-step, right foot ahead of left in turned-out 

 position, both feet twisted inward, that is, pigeon-toed; right foot 

 next to left into turn-out, then both feet twisted in. Sometimes right 

 foot in three successive twists — forward, back, forward. Then same 

 with left. Men and women in Fish Dance type, though some women 

 eskanye instead. 



