KREM

'We become one': Jingle dress dance heals and honors heritage at Northern Quest

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 ...
WIBW

'Jingle Dress' Dancer shares history of Ojibwe tribe at TSCPL

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A special guest shared some of the stories and tradition of her culture in a fun way at Topeka’s library. The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library welcomed Victoria Lafean of ...
AOL

The Jingle Dress Project brings healing through Indigenous dance: 'We were trying to figure out how we could best help those people who are in need'

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 ...
Missoulian

For girls, jingle dress dance offers a lesson in culture

ARLEE - ArriAnna Matt-Henry and Rose Bear Don't Walk will enter the dance arena as jingle dress dancers Saturday in Arlee. It all began last Christmas, when ArriAnna asked her mother if she could have ...
Texas Monthly

Inside the “Project Runway” of Fashion Prep for the Austin Powwow

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 ...