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 ...

Need weekend plans? Go to the Hoop Dance competition hosted by the Heard Museum. The Heard Museum will be presenting the first-ever Hoop Dance Legacy award performer Jones Benally (Diné). Benally is a ...

This bronze statute by Craig Goseyun depicts an Apache hoop and pole game player, placed in 1997 at Haskell Indian Nations University. The statue was vandalized with paint on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. No ...

Apr. 10—Shadé-Phea Young's path to becoming a hoop dance world champion wasn't supposed to include a missed flight and a long drive to Phoenix. But those were the cards dealt to the Santa Fe Indian ...

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 ...

For the past decade, hula hoopers and “flow artists” have convened at a Michigan campground to practice a grown-up version of the youthful pastime.