Many variations of stories exist about the origin of the Jingle Dress Dance in Native American culture. In the one that Natalie Scott knows, it involves a sick little girl whose grandfather had a ...

Jun. 9—The jingle dress dance represents healing, pride and a spiritual form of wellness in Native American culture. The dresses, worn by women and girls, are lined with hundreds of metal cones, or ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — At Northern Quest Casino, typical bells and whistles could be heard from wall to wall. But inside the Pend Oreille Pavilion, spectators listened to different bells as dancers from ...

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 ...

This video is no longer available. The crowds gathered around a space just inside the entrance to the National Museum of the American Indian. They listened as Misty Rose Nace [Solorio], a member of ...

Fashion designer Nan Blassingame, of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, sits in her swivel chair, working on a traditional dance shawl. Her hands move up and down as she knots blue strings of fringe ...

CROSSLAKE — The Crosslake Area Historical Society presents The Cultural History of the Native American Anishinaabe Jingle Dress at 7 p.m. July 19 at the Historic Log Village in Crosslake. The program ...

Healing through art. Produced by BYU Video. Fueled by a connection to his ancestors and culture, recent BYU grad Eugene Tapahe is on a mission to heal hearts through Native American dance. Tapahe, an ...

Arlene Duncan was at work when she saw the text messages. Look at these online auction listings, her friends urged. They texted screenshots of three jingle dresses, colorful handmade garments with ...