Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hoop dancer performs at the Nakotah LaRance Hoop Dance Championship. (Photo/Facebook/Lightning Boy Foundation). As Native youth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hoop dancing has always been a way of life for Manaya Duncan. "Ever since I could walk, my parents gave me a hoop," Duncan, now 16 ...

Last February, master of ceremonies Dennis Bowen (a Seneca elder) welcomed the reigning champion into the 2025 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest arena at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

The hoop dance, is believed to have started as a healing ceremony among Taos Pueblo medicine men, is now a vibrant expression of artistry and athleticism On the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 2, and Sunday ...

Since 1992, the World Championship Hoop Dance Competition has been held at the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix, and 2026 will be no different. Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even ...

This July, the National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center hosts Ty Defoe (Oneida/Ojibwe), a multidisciplinary performance artist who will be sharing his traditional hoop ...

The National Football League isn’t alone in crowning a world champion in Phoenix this month. The 33 rd annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest takes place at the Heard Museum downtown Saturday ...