As Native youth performed traditional hoop dance in a competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the movement of the hoops created meaningful designs born of nature. Hoop dancers weave their hoops into many ...

Jul. 29—When Steve LaRance moved to New Mexico 10 years ago, he found no native hoop dancers in the state. LaRance, who lives at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, co-founded the Lightning Boy Foundation, ...

This is the first of two performances by world champion hoop dancer, Nakotah LaRance (Hopi Nation), who dazzles audiences with his fancy footwork and fast moves as he performs the hoop dance.

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Shadé-Phea Young’s path to becoming a hoop dance world champion wasn’t supposed to include a missed flight and a ...

Terry Goedel, math teacher at Vineyard Junior High and Rancho Cucamonga resident, is an accomplished Native American hoop dance expert who travels the world sharing this lost art. While growing up on ...

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 ...

FORT YATES, N.D. — Kevin Locke played an important role in keeping alive the lost art of the Native American hoop dance. He also was an accomplished flute player, storyteller and educator who was ...

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The Standing Rock Indian Reservation remains in national headlines as activists continue to protest the the Dakota Access Pipeline project in an effort to protect the Missouri River. Lakota Native ...

In a gymnasium packed with middle-schoolers, a deep voice broke out: “When I weep, he cries and comforts, and when I triumph, he puffs with pride. He sings, yet I cannot hear, and he dances, yet I ...

A circle, or hoop, has infinite sides and infinite angles. “Google it,” Lumhe Sampson encouraged the crowd at a music festival in St. Paul’s Mears Park. From the stage, Sampson held up a white plastic ...

This is the second of two performances by world champion hoop dancer, Nakotah LaRance (Hopi Nation), who dazzles audiences with his fancy footwork and fast moves as he performs the hoop dance.