North County tribal member earns best dancer title during Miss Indian World pageant

Although she didn't win the prestigious cultural pageant, Cynthia Bond, 21, felt honored to represent her tribe during Gathering of Nations Powwow

Demonstrating the traditional matē matē dance style earned Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians tribal member Cynthia Bond the title of Best Dancer during last weekend’s Miss Indian World pageant at the Gathering of Nations Powwow.was an important aspect of traveling to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to compete in the cultural pageant.

she performed is part of her tribe’s ceremonies where women would follow behind men, sometimes dancing progressively faster.This year’s overall contest winner is another California tribal member, Tori McConnell, who comes from the Yurok and Karuk tribes near Eureka. “I feel like I came back to my homelands feeling a lot stronger as a woman,” Bond said. “I get to carry on this journey with me, and the journey of all my sisters that I got to meet along the way.”

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