Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POJOAQUE PUEBLO — In a demonstration of healing, Josiah Enriquez’s moccasins etched rapid, intricate patterns in the sand as he ...

Working with five hoops was the hardest. ShanDien LaRance modeled every move, flipping hoops forward until they were a flat, interwoven pattern in her hands before she pulled them into a ball ...

DANCE AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. >> HOOP DANCING. A TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN AND NEW MEXICAN DANCE FORM. >>E W TRY HOOP DANCING THROUGH THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOOP DANCE TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ...

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 ...

In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and transform it into a World Championship Contest. Little did we know our ...

Champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance, who traveled the world performing with Cirque du Soleil then returned to New Mexico to coach youth dancers, has died at age 30. LaRance, who was Tewa, Hopi, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Dallas Arcand steps into the hoops, he’s not just dancing, but weaving history, storytelling and tradition into every ...

The National Football League isn’t alone in crowning a world champion in Phoenix this month. The 33 rd annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest takes place at the Heard Museum downtown Saturday ...