For the young Navajo women of Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, the musical regalia they wear while traveling around the country represents more than simply gorgeous textile artistry. (Although it ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — At Northern Quest Casino, typical bells and whistles could be heard from wall to wall. But inside the Pend Oreille Pavilion, spectators listened to different bells as dancers from ...

Another of Duncan’s jingle dresses contained military patches and insignia, which she made as she became more involved in leadership of the national veterans association Native American Women Warriors ...

This video is no longer available. The crowds gathered around a space just inside the entrance to the National Museum of the American Indian. They listened as Misty Rose Nace [Solorio], a member of ...

Thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls are missing — many presumed murdered, their families denied the dignity of laying their bodies to rest. "Art Heals: The Jingle Dress ...

Many variations of stories exist about the origin of the Jingle Dress Dance in Native American culture. In the one that Natalie Scott knows, it involves a sick little girl whose grandfather had a ...

Fashion designer Nan Blassingame, of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, sits in her swivel chair, working on a traditional dance shawl. Her hands move up and down as she knots blue strings of fringe ...

Arlene Duncan was at work when she saw the text messages. Look at these online auction listings, her friends urged. They texted screenshots of three jingle dresses, colorful handmade garments with ...

CROSSLAKE — The Crosslake Area Historical Society presents The Cultural History of the Native American Anishinaabe Jingle Dress at 7 p.m. July 19 at the Historic Log Village in Crosslake. The program ...

Native American culture – including a special dress – was celebrated and on display at a recent event that also marked the debut of a special exhibit at the Trickster Cultural Center that touts ...