When Jonathon Nomee was a child, meeting champion dancers at powwows felt like meeting NBA stars at a basketball game.

The Arapaho name for the ceremony is hoseihoowu' . This word means roughly 'give away lodge.' The Arapaho do not really worship the Sun during this ceremony. Rather it is a time of prayer and ...

Officially bringing the title of 2025 Fancy Dancer World Champion back home. He was hand-picked from a pool of dancers across North America.

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 ...

BECKET — Seven women walk up the path and into the circle of people under the trees. Seven women in red capes and midnight skirts circle, lapping and overlapping. They stretch as though their bodies ...

ANDERSON, Ind. — Anderson Community Schools has permanently discontinued a pregame routine that has been held at high school basketball games. It comes after video of the ceremony went viral and the ...