Oklahoma stomp dancers
School children dance with Oklahoma Creek Stomp Dancers, during the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Southeastern Indian Festival on Thursday, April 3, 2014, near Atmore, Alabama.
The women dancers, left, wear tin can shakers that substitute for antique Box Turtle shells. The river pebbles inside them, to create instrumental rhythmic shakers for the dances.
For more information about the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, please see the Flickr photo album at flic.kr/s/aHsmPdtuU2 and the website usda.gov
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
