2m

Costumes for Lowak Dance Troupe, Scene 1

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us the costumes she designed for six Chickasaw Dance Troupe couples who dance in two numbers.

2m

The Squirrel: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler introduces the Squirrel Clan leader costume she designed for the Lowak Shoppala’ theatrical production.

4m 30s

The Removal: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler reflects on meeting Jerod Tate during which she equated Removal with stripping color from the lives of the Chickasaw people.

3m

The Bird: Lowak Shoppala' Costume

Margaret Roach Wheeler

• Arts & Music

Margaret Wheeler introduces the Bird Clan leader costume she designed for Lowak Shoppala', with feathers embedded in hand-woven silk wool.

2m

The Panther Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us this stunning costume, remembering when she realized that in Linda Hogan’s poem, this clan leader was a woman.

2m

The Skunk Clan: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler shows us the Skunk Clan costume and how she worked with felted silk wool.

3m

The Minko: Lowak Shoppala' Costumes

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler notes the mannequins for her costume exhibit at the Cultural Center were designed to represent copper.

1m

Lowak Costumes: Detail on Clans

Margaret Roach Wheeler

Margaret Wheeler provides some background on the clans, which governed and provided social structure to early Indian villages.