FOODS OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS
Various seafood, especially fish, played an important dietary role in the Northeast and Pacific regions. Meat was the central dietary ingredient for the Indians of the Midwestern plains, where large herds of buffalo roamed. Deer and rabbits were also hunted. Native tribes of the Northeast hunted elk, moose, and bears.
Corn has always been a sacred food for Native Americans. Different tribes have different names for corn, but all of them mean "life."
FOOD FOR RELIGIOUS AND HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS
· Pumpkin-Corn Sauce
· Buffalo Stew
· Pumpkin Bread
Typical Dances
International folk dance developed in the immigrant communities of the United States of America during the first half of the 20th century. Traditional dances such as branles, polkas, quadrilles and others have been done internationally for hundreds of years; however, the creation of international folk dance as such is often attributed to Vytautas Beliajus, a Lithuanian-American who studied, taught, and performed dances from various ethnic traditions in
There is great variety in dance in the United States of America. It is the home of the hip hop dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country—nineteen U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance) and one of the major centers for modern dance.
the 1930s.