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

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 ...

When Dallas Arcand steps into the hoops, he’s not just dancing, but weaving history, storytelling and tradition into every move. This year, at the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Arizona, ...

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 ...

Hoop dancing has always been a way of life for Manaya Duncan. “Ever since I could walk, my parents gave me a hoop,” Duncan, now 16, said Saturday while waiting to compete in the fourth annual Youth ...

The World Championship Hoop Dance Contest is held every February in Phoenix. Arizona (Credit: Karen Gardiner) There's no better place to see hoop dancers at the top of their game than at the World ...

Hoop dancing is one of the many traditions indigenous people are still carrying on today. Originally a healing dance, the art form is now performed at powwows and other cultural events as a form of ...

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 ...