A complex 20th-century history allowed for few outside influences, but Israeli folk dances left a lasting impact. For many of these locals, the dances are familiar, almost second nature. All over the ...

"The dance is like a prayer so the sounds kind of carry into heaven.” When the United States was hit with the influenza pandemic in 1918, the women of the Ojibwe tribe practiced a healing ritual known ...

Juaquin Hamilton-YoungBird, historical ambassador for the Sac and Fox Nation and emcee for the Quarantine Dance Specials Facebook group, performs at a powwow on March 20, 2020. (Photo courtesy of ...

The Standing Rock Indian Reservation remains in national headlines as activists continue to protest the the Dakota Access Pipeline project in an effort to protect the Missouri River. Lakota Native ...

Cast as a Native American shaman or seer, Doug Scholfield used the smoke from a clump of burning sage to consecrate the stage of the Tom Bradley Theatre on Thursday -- opening night not only of a four ...

SEVEN NEWS. A LOCAL, ALL NATIVE DANCE AND CHEER TEAM IS MAKING THEIR WAY TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR, AND IT’S A STORY YOU’LL ONLY SEE HERE ON SEVEN. ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEIR ...

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the National Heritage Awards, folk artists Kevin Locke and Mary Louise Defender Wilson will share traditions and customs from their respective Native American ...

For Sam Amidon, folk music is a malleable art form, despite the genre’s outwardly rigid traditions. On his new album, Lily-O, the Brattleboro native deconstructs traditional folk music, stripping ...