ShanDien LaRance started learning the hoop dance at age 8. She went off to join the circus at 19. LaRance, who is Hopi, Tewa, Navajo, and Assiniboine, joined her brother Nakotah, a nine-time world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POJOAQUE PUEBLO — In a demonstration of healing, Josiah Enriquez’s moccasins etched rapid, intricate patterns in the sand as he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hoop dancer performs at the Nakotah LaRance Hoop Dance Championship. (Photo/Facebook/Lightning Boy Foundation). As Native youth ...

Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even the tribes themselves are unsure of when it exactly started. What is known is it's more than a performance, it's even more than spiritual. For ...

LANDER — When Jasmine Pickner-Bell was 5 years old, her father, renowned hoop dancer Dallas Chief Eagle, gave her one hoop: a circle representing her inner self.

Representatives of indigenous communities from around the world will gather Feb. 18 and 19 in Arizona to celebrate their cultural heritage through hoop dancing. The 33rd World Championship Hoop Dance ...

Before spring break, students at Heights Middle School participated in a Hoop Dance workshop, taught by Diné-Hopi dance instructor Talavi Cook. Farmington Municipal Schools Public Information Officer ...

In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and transform it into a World Championship Contest. Little did we know our ...

The hoop dance, is believed to have started as a healing ceremony among Taos Pueblo medicine men, is now a vibrant expression of artistry and athleticism On the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 2, and Sunday ...

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 ...

POJOAQUE PUEBLO — In a demonstration of healing, Josiah Enriquez’s moccasins etched rapid, intricate patterns in the sand as he danced at the end of a dirt road, a portable speaker offering up powwow ...