Hello friends! Hope everyone is doing well. 

In this Episode of The Dance Sessions Pod., we will discover some information about Dance History associated with the peoples of early America, the American Indians. I have the greatest respect for all the tribes as they are recognized in history and present day. Since I am by no means a historian, this episode is strictly as fact based as I could make it using the following sources: 

D, Michael, and Trisha Howson. “Native American Dances .” Legends of America, Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, 2020, www.legendsofamerica.com/na-dances/.

Mason. “Dance (Pages. 151-154).” Encyclopedia of North American Indians, by Frederick E. Hoxie, Houghton Mifflin, 1996, pp. 151–154.

I hope you all can take something away from the many cultures and dance traditions. Each tribe is so uniquely different in their beliefs and it fueled their dance traditions and how they portrayed symbolism in their art. 

Enjoy this semi-dive into American Indian culture! Visit the places I have listed to dive even deeper into these amazing cultures.

-Chris