Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even the tribes themselves are unsure of when it exactly started. What is ...

SALT LAKE CITY — When Terry Goedel stood in front of hundreds of students at Foxboro Elementary in North Salt Lake, there was a palpable awe. As part of his presentation, Goedel, who is a Native ...

Many kids who grow up off the reservation don’t dream of going back to their people’s traditional ways. For Eric Michael Hernandez, Lumbee, who grew up in Southern California away from his tribe in ...

Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68, according to his family. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux ...

In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing with a torch in ...

When James Jones began dancing, he never imagined the journey he would be on. As a hoop dancer, Jones brings Indigenous culture to the forefront when he takes the stage. “I began dancing at powwows,” ...

Several dancers with the Lightning Boy Foundation earned top honors at the 2025 Heard Museum World Hoop Dance Championship. Josiah Enriquez, 22, successfully defended his title and is now the ...

Terrance Littletent's dancing has wowed Queen Elizabeth II and opened the 2010 Olympic Games, but his top performance so far may have been at Hawthorne Elementary School on Friday afternoon. "Every ...

A North Branch, Minnesota second grader is in the national spotlight. He's preserving a rare art form and gaining accolades as he navigates loss. When Mattias Big Bear was just a toddler, his grandpa ...

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