• 2 or more singers, usually about 6-10, in the middle, water drum and horn rattles
• The Iroquois Society is matrilineal, and this dance is meant to get the women dancing with their relations on their father's side of the family
• Format is basically the same as with Moccasin Dance
• The women lead the dance by first standing in single file and singing the lead songs with the men, at a higher pitch
• When the beat changes, the women go to the men's side and pick a partner who is their relative on their father's side of the family
• The women dance in the two step shuffle style and the men dance in the fish step style.
• When the beat changes in the song, then the men and women switch places

 Song 1
(100 K)

Song 2
(101 K)

Song 3
(81 K)

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