Hosaga - A Program of Indian Lore

Springfield College · [1950?–1960?]

This is a souvenir program of Hosaga, a Native American dance and performance club. The program introduces the history of Hosaga, Indian lore, and the programs. mostly dance, that the club can perform. It also includes photographs of the club's performances and an introduction for Springfield College. On the front page of the program, it can be seen that its price is 10 cents. The program is undated. Hosaga is the name adopted by a group of students and the founding Faculty Advisor, Professor Ed Hubbard, in 1947 to identify their new “tribe”. The main purpose of the tribe was, and is, to study the history, ritual, art, dress and dance of native American Indians; particularly the traditions of the Plain Indians of the 19th century. Hosaga performs authentic Indian dances and sings authentic Indian chants in order to preserve a small bit of the lore for the youth of this land. Members of Hosaga have made their outfit after the manner of the Indian. They have practiced the dances and chants, seeking to achieve skill and sympathetic interpretation. Hosaga has also developed its own council and tradition. It welcomes as initiates into the tribe all those interested in its aims and objectives. It is the wish of Hosaga that with each presentation, there may come fuller realization of the wealth to be found in the cultures of the first native Americans who called themselves, not Indians as Columbus did, but “The Peoples”.