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

At the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Indigenous people from across North America tell their personal stories with intricate ...

Josiah Enriquez retained his title by a two-point difference. The now three-peat adult division champ, who is Navajo and from ...

Josiah Enriquez, a 23-year-old Navajo from the Pueblos of Pojoaque and Isleta, won first prize for the third year in a row in the 36th World Hoop Dance Championship, said a news release from the Heard ...

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 ...

The annual event, now in its 36th edition, connects younger generations to the energetic and deeply symbolic Indigenous performance art ...

Three familiar performers at the Youth Hoop Dance Championship in Santa Fe have taken top honors at the 36th annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest.

SALT LAKE CITY — When Terry Goedel stood in front of hundreds of students at Foxboro Elementary in North Salt Lake, there was a palpable awe. As part of his presentation, Goedel, who is a Native ...

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 ...

In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing with a torch in ...