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Great Plains-area Indians preserve culture at powwow Dancers spend much time preparing By Brandon Loomis beaded costumes and practicing for upcom Staff Reporter ing competitions. Scott Aldrich of Winne -■-—- bago said he works at his dancing for at least American Indians from across the Great two hours a day. Plains danced, sang, beat their drums and played traditional Indian games this weekend at a powwow at the Lincoln Indian Center. More than 200 American Indians attended the 11th an nual powwow, which also in cluded flag raisings in honor of Indian veterans of American wars. Edna Stabler, president of the Lincoln Indian Club, which sponsored the three-day event, described the powwow as a cultural meeting designed to preserve Indian traditions. “Our main goal is to keep our kids interested in their heri tage,” Stabler said, “and to keep them off the streets.” Young Indians are taught to value their lives and to respect others, Stabler said. Dancers at the Lincoln pow wow competed in either the fancy or traditional dance cate gories. Don Murray of Ponca City, Okla., explained that fancy dancing is more upbeat, colorful and modem, while tra ditional dancers wear buckskin and dance slowly, as their an cestors did. Murray, a fancy dancer, wore a bright orange ‘This is a pretty small powwow,” said ■H| Roscoe Wade, a traditional iij dancer from Pawnee, Okla. He said he had danced in powwows with prizes upwards of $1,000. Wade travels to competitions throughout the Great Plains. He I' compared the powwow circuit to that of the rodeo, since many dancers are good, enough to mjjjm make a living from prize 9 money. He said a powwow this HI summer *n Oklahoma City, \r% Okla., was so large that it VM brought more than $2 million to 1^1 the city’s economy. I Stabler said Lincoln’s pow 1 wow was small because of a B lack of funds. She said it is >l: expensive for the club to pro ■ 'vide prizes, food and lighting W equipment. Fund-raising events B went poorly this year because K relatives of many of the organ ■ izers had died recently. Stabler H said that when Indians lose rela lives, they are required to mourn ■rejjj tor 30 days and therefore can't Pr®6 participate in social activities. |l|l To avoid similar problems jpg next year, Lincoln Indian Club IB] members are starting early. j|9j They will sponsor an Oct. 24 nu&B Halloween Indian mask nartv costume with arrangements ot orange, blue and white feathers on his back. The dancers were judged on their cos tumes, movements and ability to stop on the last beat of a song. First-place winners in each category received $100 prizes. and collect donations. Despite early efforts to raise money. Stabler said, the club will inevitably have a hard time paying for next year’s powwow. “Well,” she said, "i it’sgood for the kids, then it’s worth it.” -----—i This year’s powwow was in conjunction with Native American Week, which began Sept. 21. Ceremonies will end today, which Lincoln Mayor Bill Harris has designated as American Indian Day in Lincoln. Stabler said she appreciates the mayor’s recognition of Indians. “It’s always an American Indian day for me,” she said. I —. .-. an (Above) Scott Aldrich of Winnebago dances during the fancy dance competition at the 11th annual Lincoln Indian Club Pow Wow. (Left) A w )oden totem pole stands in front of the Lincoln Indian Center. ." ' ' ... i Bald spots may have cure L By Shawn Hubbell Staff Reporter_ A drug to treat baldness has helped some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students grow back their hair, but the Food and Drug Adm ini stration has yet to approve the drug. Dr. Rodney Baslcr, a dermatologist at the University Health Center, said the drug, mon oxidile, still needs FDA approval before it can be marketed by the Upjohn Co. under the product name Rogainc. Baslcr said he has been prescribing the drug to some UNL students and uses the drug himself to treat male-pattern baldness. Baslcr said monoxidile, when applied to the scalp, enlarges the hair follicles’ center of growth and extends the growth stage of hair in some men with bald spots. An FDA advisory panel has recommended preliminary approval of the drug. Gerald Flcischli, health center medical di rector, said male-pattern baldness is a common condition produced by male hormones that causes receding hairlines and premature loss of hair. Ed Nida, an FDA spokesman, said monoxi dile had been approved by the FDA for use in medication for high blood pressure for nearly 20 years when it was found that hair growth was a side effect of the drug. Nida said that once a product is approved by the FDA for one drug, it’s “open season” for other drug-makers to want it for other medica tions. However, the FDA hasn ’ t approved the drug in other medications. “We’re in the business of licensing prod ucts,” Nida said, “but they have to meet certain criteria. First, they have to be safe, and sec ondly, they have to be effective.” The FDA said monoxidile, used as a treat ment for male- pattern baldness, isn’t safe or effective. T.R. Ricd, a spokesman for Upjohn, said he hopes the FDA approves Rogainc. The FDA medical board is not required to lake the advi sory board’s recommendation, he said. Nida said that just because the FDA hasn’t approved monoxidile for baldness doesn’t mean it’s illegal to sell it. He said people should be aware of the possible risks involved in using it. If a patient with high blood pressure lakes medication with monoxidile in it and then uses it to treat baldness, his blood pressure could drop to “zilch,” Nida said. Anyone considering using the drug to treat male-pattern baldness should consult a doctor first, he said. Baslcr said he has prescribed the drug to several UNL students with male-pattern bald ness and said he even uses the drug himself. Baslcr said he usually talks to about four male UNL students a week who arc concerned about early loss of their hair. Before the devel opment monoxidile, Baslcr said, aboutall he could do for students with male-pattern bald ness was pacify them. “But we treat it now,” Baslcr said. “I’m really aggressive about it.” Baslcr said the first thing he considers when a student is concerned about hair loss is disease. If it is male-pattern baldness, Baslcr said, he tells the student about monoxidile. Although the success rate of monoxidile varies, Baslcr said, the chances of it working increase if men start using it when they start losing hair. About 50 percent of the men who use the drug will sec a “cosmetic difference,” Baslcr said. Those odds increase in college men as much as 70 percent, he said. Baslcr warned that the drug is costly and takes time to produce results. At best, Baslcr said, it takes three months to produce any results and often takes nine months before the growth of new hair. Health center pharmacist Jim Ochm said a ^two-ounce bottle of monox id ile costs about $60 and will last one to two months. Is it worth it? 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