This photo preserved by Blaine Coleman shows the Kahkewsistahaw tea dance being held in Whitewood on Sept. 19, 1893. There is a push to see the event held once again in the same location, more than 130 years after it was first documented in the photo.
Calls are growing to bring back a powerful tradition once seen in the heart of Whitewood: the Kahkewistahaw tea dance. Such an event was photographed taking place in the community more than a century ago, outside the immigrant hall and doctor’s store on Sept. 19, 1893. The historic ceremony, hosted by Kahkewistahaw’s people near the […]
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