ALLENDALE, MI - The smell of sweetgrass burning and the sounds of the beaters hitting the rawhide drums permeate the air. In the minutes leading up to the Grand Entry, Tonya Antoine works on braiding ...
Pulsing drums, the jingle of dresses and bells, the scents of fry bread and sweetgrass and an arresting array of brilliant-colored regalia all swept through the Exhibit Hall Saturday, as the grand ...
Drums beat through the halls as dancers clad in brightly colored jingle dresses moved to the music. Fry bread filled the mouths of hungry powwow-goers, who filled their stomachs before taking a turn ...
With sweeping movements that sent their regalia’s brightly colored ribbons into the air, a troupe of grass dancers stomped their feet to each urgent beat of a large bass drum. The Wabanaki Confederacy ...
FIVE, SIX FIVE. SIX. SEVEN. GO. ONE. TWO THREE. FOUR. YEAH. COME ALONG HERE TO SEE A CLASS THAT COMBINES NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE MOVES WITH MODERN FITNESS ROUTINES, CREATING A CULTURALLY RICH AND ...
This weekend Magic Island will be filled with the sounds of music and dance from tribes from across America. The Native American Intertribal Pow Wow will run from 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday October ...
If you’re in the United States or Canada, you may have seen the intricately designed Google Doodle above. It celebrates the Jingle Dress Dance performed by Native American women. The dance, which ...
Behind the scenes of one of the Pacific Northwest’s most well-known and oldest pow wows is a group of students who spend the year planning. On top of finishing her two degrees, Jacinda Morigeau, who ...