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Summary: Learn how to give Native American names to kids in this free video series that will teach you how to throw a tasteful Native American-themed party for your child.
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"In this clip we're going to show you how to take a group of kids and turn them into Indians and truly make them feel like the Indian inside themselves. You put all the children in the circle and you talk to them about Indian tribes and how their names are related to how they feel and what they like. Have each kid, maybe pick an animal, and each kid think of their favorite thing. If their favorite thing might be running, then they could be Running Panther. Or, if a little girl likes flowers you could call her Tiger Lily. Once the kids have all gone around and learned their names, to create the Indian feeling atmosphere, we like them to call them their names for the rest of the party. How we remember them, we play a name game. What we do, is if my name was Tiger Lily and someone else's name was Running Panther, I would go "Tiger Lily to Running Panther." Running Panther would then respond, "Running Panther to Pocahontas." And this helps the kids to remember, it's great fun, and it gets the kids acquainted with each other. It's a great second or third game for an Indian party."
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angryindian said
on 8/7/2008 You know nothing about Indians. You know nothing about Indian culture.
I will give you the name, Ignorant Dork.
Stop insulting Indians and get a real job.
baileymanyhorse said
on 6/14/2009 this is just stupid and pathetic.
baileymanyhorse said
on 6/14/2009 this is just stupid and pathetic.
Lakota99 said
on 6/2/2009 Racist. shes teaching youth her racist example of us. Get this off stupid its not native its waciscu!
blacksheep81 said
on 5/10/2009 please take it down, it`s simply disrespectful