Show powwow of indian origin the name powwow is indian in origin from the algonquin language it first meant a medicine mans ceremony for the cure of disease that was before the white man and trouble came to the indians then it became synonymous with a great dance feast or celebration held before a grand hunt or war expedition noise shouts and confusion made up a powwow early americans grabbed the word gave it still another meaning A political powwow to them meant a gathering of would be statesmen and saviors of the nation where sound and confusion often triumphed over anything ot of a deliberative nature |