In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and ...

At the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Indigenous people from across North America tell their personal stories with intricate ...

Josiah Enriquez, a 23-year-old Navajo from the Pueblos of Pojoaque and Isleta, won first prize for the third year in a row in the 36th World Hoop Dance Championship, said a news release from the Heard ...

Josiah Enriquez retained his title by a two-point difference. The now three-peat adult division champ, who is Navajo and from ...

Three familiar performers at the Youth Hoop Dance Championship in Santa Fe have taken top honors at the 36th annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest.

As a child, ShanDien Sonwai LaRance never thought her love for hoop dancing would take her around the world. But her dad knew. "Keep hoop dancing," her dad often said. "It's going to open doors for ...

The annual event, now in its 36th edition, connects younger generations to the energetic and deeply symbolic Indigenous performance art ...

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 ...

As Native youth performed traditional hoop dance in a competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the movement of the hoops created meaningful designs born of nature. Hoop dancers weave their hoops into many ...

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 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 ...