For the young Navajo women of Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, the musical regalia they wear while traveling around the country represents more than simply gorgeous textile artistry. (Although it ...

TOWER, Minn. - The dress talked as Abbi Zapata bumped her feet across the floor. It was a gentle sound, as rhythmic as ice shards moving against a thawing shoreline. It's a century-old sound that ...

At Northern Quest Casino, typical bells and whistles could be heard from wall to wall. But inside the Pend Oreille Pavilion, ...

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In the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Diné photographer Eugene Tapahe had a dream that brought healing to the people and the land. His dream was of jingle dress dancers approaching buffalo ...

Century-old art forms and a story of healing are at the center of Turtle Bay Exploration Park's latest exhibit, and a meaningful addition to the park's summer program highlighting Native American ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A special guest shared some of the stories and tradition of her culture in a fun way at Topeka’s library. The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library welcomed Victoria Lafean of ...

ARLEE - ArriAnna Matt-Henry and Rose Bear Don't Walk will enter the dance arena as jingle dress dancers Saturday in Arlee. It all began last Christmas, when ArriAnna asked her mother if she could have ...

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 ...

There are several different origin stories — some say the first jingle dress was made on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation, or perhaps it was in Red Lake, or Whitefish Bay. Most of the stories ...