The story of the Jingle Dress Dance begins in Whitefish Bay, a reserve village located on the shores of Lake of the Woods in southwestern Ontario. Small and isolated, it is a Native community where traditional values and sensibilities still flourish.Continue to Old Style Side Step Jingle Dance →
Drums can come from a variety of sources. Some are handed down in a family; others are donated to a drum group. Older drums are made of deer, elk or horse hides, but contemporary bass drums can be purchased or renovated, and even blessed, just as are the older drums.Continue to The Drum →
The Round Dance was in earlier times known as The Dance of the Slain. Women were the main performers of this dance, which allowed them to show their pride and mourning at the same time.Continue to The Round Dance →
The Black Lodge Singers are one of the most respected northern style drum groups on the pow-wow circuit, highly in demand as a host drum throughout the United States and Canada. This Grammy Nominated drum group has more than thirty albums.Continue to Black Lodge Singers →
he Burns Paiute Tribe is a federally recognized tribe located north of Burns, Oregon. They are primarily the descendants of the "Wadatika" band of Northern Paiute IndiansContinue to Burns Paiute Tribe →