"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 ...

What if we set it aside and rewrite the history of Bear Island to include Ojibwe women? What if the clatter of cartridge casings became the healing sound of jingle dresses? The Influenza Pandemic ...

Aspects of the powwow have grown more commercial, but the Jingle Dress Dance exists as a deeply spiritual part of these celebrations. Ojibwe stories say the Jingle Dress Dance arose when a young ...

Jingle dresses — traditional ritualistic dancing garments for women of the Ojibwe people and other Native American nations — took center stage at the Chalberg Theatre in Central Lakes College.

Oral histories vary on where exactly the jingle dress first appeared, but some origin stories point to the Mille Lacs Ojibwe community. Opening Wednesday, April 3, the new exhibit “Zibaaska ...

Suddenly, jingle dress dancers appeared and started performing the traditional Ojibwe healing dance, with the bison slowly joining in. “All of a sudden, I felt like I was at peace,” Tapahe says.

MOORHEAD — The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County will host a presentation about the history and cultural significance of the Ojibwe jingle dress by Indigenous Legacy at 1 p.m ...

In honour of the jingle dress dance, Child helped curate the exhibit Ziibaaska' iganagooday: The Ojibwe Jingle Dress at 100, held at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post in Onamia ...

Shawna Olson and her 19-month-old daughter Ariya of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation of Manitoba, Canada, stand in their jingle dresses at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grand Celebration Powwow in ...

Ribbon skirts, dresses and shirts have been around in the Onigamiising area for several hundred years, since the arrival of the fur traders. Before the fur trade, Ojibwe clothing was made of soft ...

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library welcomed Victoria Lafean of the Ojibwe Turtle Clan. Lafean performed the ‘Jingle Dress Dance’ the Ojibwe use to pass down their history.

a riff on Ojibwe jingle dresses worn by female dancers. And made jewelry with vintage rosary beads to reclaim the harmful history of church-run Native American boarding schools. “Fashion is such ...