Jingle Dance, Powwows, Drumming & Other Styles of Dance

Websites

Pow Wows.com - Find a Pow Wow!

• How Powwow Drums Are Made by Tachini Drums (Seattle)
• Jingle Dress Dancing: A Beautiful Native American Tradition by Multicultural Kids Blogs
• Native American Jingle Dance Gallery by Crazy Crow Trading Post - gorgeous photos & supplies
• Siletz Regalia Sharing Closet

The Jingle Dance Project

• The Jingle Dance Project (instagram)
• How Jingle Dresses are Being Used to Heal Communities by Vogue Magazine
• The Jingle Dress: The story behind a Native American dance and its power of spiritual healing by Good Morning America (article + video)
• The Jingle Dress Project brings its healing message to Haystack Rock by KLCC (article + podcast + video)

Recommended Books & Articles

Jingle Dance, Powwows, Drumming & Dance-related materials in ORPARC's Library, plus the full Tribal Collection.

Jingle Dance

• Created during Spanish flu, jingle dance dress now helping First Nations people cope with COVID19 by Stephanie Cram (article + audio)
• Do You Know What Regalia is? by CBC Kids
• The Healing Gift of the Jingle Dance by Pamela Sexsmith (Thundercloud First Nation)
• The History of the Jingle Dance Dress as a Protest Tactic by Naomi Lopez (zine)
• The History of the Jingle Dress by National Congress of American Indians (article + video)
• Hope and Healing Through Jingle Dancing in Oregon by Danielle Harrison (article + video)
• Keeping the Culture Alive by Indianz.com
• Jingle Dance Dress: Native American Meaning & History by Powwows.com (article + video)
• Jingle Dress by Sacred Springs Powwow
• Jingle Dress Children's Book Shows Dance is Prayer by Sandra Hale Schulman (Cherokee Nation) regarding Why We Dance by Deidre Havrelock (Saddle Lake Cree) - author in ORPARC's library
• A Man of Many Talents, Many Tribes: A Q&A with Dennis Zotigh (Kiowa/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo/Isante Dakota Indian) by Laura Zang
• Miss Indian Nations Eloquently Helps us to Understand the Meaning of the Dance by by Project 562 - book in ORPARC's library (article + video)
• One of a kind jingle dance cone project raising awareness of MMIWG (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls) by Brittany Hobson (article + video)
• Powwow dancing meets yoga in the life and artistry of Acosia Red Elk (Umatilla) by OPB
• Women's Jingle Dance by WeRNative

Beadwork

• The Artful Tradition of Native American Beadwork by Rieka Rain Tree
• Bead artist Jori Brennon shares a brief history of Indigenous beadwork in North America by CBC Life (video)
• Beadwork by Misty Lynn Ellingburg (Shoalwater Bay)
• How Virtual Beading Circles Are Empowering Indigenous Women by Vogue Magazine
• The Meaning Behind Beadwork Regalia by ARTEffects (video)
• Meet 8 Indigenous Beaders Who are Modernizing Their Craft by Christian Allaire, Vogue
• Native America Beadwork by Les Berryhill (Yuchi/Muskogee) (video)
• Native American Beadwork by Coyote's Game
• Native American Beadwork:Traditional Beading History, Patterns & Styles by PowWows.com
• The Origins & Evolution of Indigenous Beadwork: A Journey Through Time by Slaughterhawk
• A Thread Between Generations: Indigenous Beadwork From Then to Now by ASI Heritage

Powwows, Hoop Dancing & Drumming

• Color a Pow-Wow Drum by Daria Music (online + printable)
• Multicultural Kids Blogs
  • Pow-Wow Drum to Make & Play
  • What's a Pow-Wow Drum
  • You are Welcome at a Native American Pow-Wow
• Pow Wow Drum & Singing: Importance & Explanation by Powwows.com
• Powwow Etiquette by Tim Trudell (Isanti Dakota - Santee Sioux)
• The Powwow: Dancing, Singing, Drumming & Socializing by Open Horizons
• Powwows: An Ancient Tradition Still Thrives Today by Deborah Hufford
• The Spirit of the Drum by Pamela Sexsmith (Thundercloud First Nation)
• Project 562 - book in ORPARC's library
  • Decolonizing Sexuality at the Largest Two Spirit Powwow in the Nation
  • Duncan Family Hoop Dancers ( article + video)
  • Taos Pueblo Hoop Dancing in Big Pine Pauite (videos)

Videos & Podcasts

Powwows & Drumming

• Celebration of Powwow: The Living History Part I and Part II by NBC News (video)
• Experience a Native American Powwow: Full Documentary by Twin Cities PBS (video)
• The Powwow: Sacred and Secular by The Pluralism Project (podcast)
• This is what happens when Native Powwow meets electronic dance music by PBS ( article + videos + podcast)

Jingle Dance

• How to Make a Jingle Dress - 2 episodes by Juaquin Lonelodge (Cheyenne and Arapaho) (video)
• Powwow Sweat: Jingle Dance by StyleHorse Collective (video)
• The Jingle Dress, A Modern Tradition: An interview with Dr. Brenda Child by University of Minnesota (video + article)
• The Jingle Dance Tradition produced by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe for PBS (video)
• How to Jingle Dance