Powwow is the steady thump of beaters on a hide-covered drum, a cadence of mixed voices singing in Arapaho, Shoshone, Crow, or Lakota, and the sweep and swirl of men and boys wearing brightly colored regalia, of young girls with fringed shawls, older women dressed in buckskin, even tiny tots in beaded moccasins and creamy white buckskin outfits. Begun as a ritual gathering of spiritual leaders and medicine men, powwow is now a social event.
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Built in 1858 as the first federally funded and deliberately constructed trail, the 256-mile Lander Trail was initially created for the purpose of moving military troops to the Pacific Coast for protection of those areas.
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