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 ...

Jingle dresses are often handmade by the wearer or their family for a specific purpose and are very infrequently, if ever, sold afterward, Duncan said. On occasions where the garments are commissioned ...

HINCKLEY — You can hear Mikah Whitecloud Hart coming from a long way away. She’s a jingle dress dancer, one of a group of women who parade in subtle rhythm at powwows, rattling rows and rows of small ...

Christmas may be just around the corner, but a seminar Thursday, Nov. 14, shed light on a different cultural phenomenon with the word “jingle.” Jingle dresses — traditional ritualistic dancing ...

Century-old art forms and a story of healing are at the center of Turtle Bay Exploration Park's latest exhibit, and a meaningful addition to the park's summer program highlighting Native American ...

Jingle dresses are adorned with multiple rows of metal cones that jingle when the dancer moves. This one, made by Cindy Giago, features bright stripes of fabric. Aaliyah Giago, 9, performs a jingle ...

TOWER, Minn. - The dress talked as Abbi Zapata bumped her feet across the floor. It was a gentle sound, as rhythmic as ice shards moving against a thawing shoreline. It's a century-old sound that ...

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 ...

The jingle dress was used for healing during another health crisis — the 1918 flu pandemic. A group of Native American women from Utah is traveling the U.S. to promote healing from COVID-19. They’re ...

If you’re in the United States or Canada, you may have seen the intricately designed Google Doodle above. It celebrates the Jingle Dress Dance performed by Native American women. The dance, which ...