Reading Week 3 Part B- “Pablo Tac”

Reading Notes are from “Our Songs and Dances,” by Pablo Tac pg 103-107.

• I wonder what the quechlam stones appear like that make them so notable. 
• A sickness killing so many people was probably smallpox from the Spanish. 
• Alcaldes sounds like “accolade” and we probably derived it from there. They probably were appointed the higher position, similar to how you get knighted when you earn an accolade. 
• Crying out missionaries word, the Spanish quest to spread Catholicism. 
• Native Americans of California do seem to enjoy dancing a lot, I wonder if any of that tradition is viewable in today? 
• Interesting that you require the elder’s permission to dance, but also that the elder will make sure everyone learns it perfectly, it must mean the dance was sacred. 
• Another tribe in which a feather headband was used, I wonder how prominent theirs was and who earned the right to wear it. 
• Red large snakes in California, that do not bite, I’m not sure what species this might be, friendly snakes I know of here are smaller. 
• Dancing until told to stop is really intense! 
• Dancing for three hours! Now that’s really crazy, I can’t imagine doing that myself. 
• The ball game sounds like a type of hockey perhaps. 
• It’s good that women were allowed to play this game as well. 
• Things got really intense with the two groups, and then the Spanish just appear, very surprising.