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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.新蒲崗迷你倉M.Aug. 11--For Denaye Antone, the powwow Saturday at Tiguex Park was a family affair.She and her brother danced wearing costumes made by their mother, who coached from the sidelines, while Denaye's aunt and cousin made and sold frybread nearby.The first Native American Dances Honoring All Tribes and Nations held Friday and Saturday drew about 200 children, adults and elders to the sunny Old Town park Saturday for an afternoon of dancing, drumming, eating, praying and connecting."A lot of the people you see here, they're all different tribes and most of the drum groups are family members and close friends," said Paul "A.J." Morgan, 39, a drummer from the group Swift Eagle, who kept cool under a tent as his family and friends showed up and shook hands, laughed and reunited. "We call or text each other and say, 'Let's get together; there's a powwow here or there.' "Joe Cruz, part of Morgan's extended family, showed up from Santo Domingo Pueblo and greeted Morgan enthusiastically."We get together, we pray for rain, we pray for life, we pray for everyone," Cruz said. "We dance for people who can't dance or can't get out."Organized by the city of Albuquerque's Cultural Service Department and the United Native Council, the free powwow was emceed by Boye Ladd, a storyteller and dancer from the Ho Chunk nation in Wisconsin, who introduced dances -- usually done by between one and a dozen people -- with an explanation. The grass dance was a traditional warriorstyle dance, while the fancy jingle is a dance in which women wear skirts adorned with small metal cones that make a musical sound as they move. The women's fancy shawl dance, involving women carrying fans while looking at Mother Earth, is one of many women can do since the '50s -- that's when dancing in powwows became more inclusive of both genders, he said."There's some easy moves, some hard moves," said Ladd, who, with a long ponytail, a cowboy hat and jeans, used a microphone to address people who'd formed a circle of tents and chairs in the grass. While socimini storagel dances that youth took part in had no prize or winner, some adult dances awarded trophies and money and were judged on the beauty of the dancer's regalia and the quality of the footwork, he said.Denaye, 10, danced in a few rounds, sometimes with other girls her age, other times with men and women, while drumming groups, most of which consisted of nine men such as Morgan and his fellow drummers, sat in circles spontaneously and passionately chanting and drumming, some with their eyes closed, making sharp calls of "Hey!" and "Ai-i-e-e!"When her dance was over, Denaye, sweat on her forehead and visibly excited, rushed to her mother, Shirene Antone. She was quick to give her daughter a bottle of icy water and praise."Beautiful, baby," she said when her dance was over. A few minutes later, she coached, "Just glide; go slow," at the start of the next dance, telling her to conserve her energy."I just make up moves," said Denaye of how she prepares to dance. "Like if I'm at my desk and I get bored, I do footwork."Her brother, grass dancer Wyatt Julian, 17, wore a costume that had yarn on his lapels and included a choker, a medallion, arm cuffs and side flaps "to make it look more fancier," he said.While the siblings were dancing, their aunt, June Wood of Nahitti was making traditional frybread a few hundred yards away using a propane-powered deep fryer.Whenever her daughter, another niece, and their friends relayed customers' orders, Wood used careful finger-work to stretch out 3-inch balls of dough made of flour, baking powder and salt. She lowered the stretched dough into sizzling vegetable oil, poked it a few times, and turned it over after about a minute. Then, she gave the steamy golden-brown bread to a helper, who waited with a paper towel and tinfoil."In all ceremonies that we have, it's a staple," said Wood of her frybread. "It's expected at every event."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage