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 ...
In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and ...
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 ...